• @[email protected]
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    639 months ago

    Swap coffee and energy drinks. Energy drinks are def the most braindead of the bunch—I know, I used to buy them.

    Also where is the “100mg adderall” option?

    • Cait
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      Considering most people consume coffee, I think you should reconsider

      • @RobertOwnageJunior
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        109 months ago

        But Energy drinks are way worse. They’re basically only sugar (at least most of the big ones).

        • @[email protected]
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          18 months ago

          I like my C4’s for pre-workout, but they’ve got some kind of artificial sweetener I’m assuming

          • @Moc
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            I really did try to use pre workout powder and I hated it because it’s too sweet at that time of the morning.

            Cup of black coffee is the best pre workout. If you really want some energy, smash a banana too.

      • @Sigh_Bafanada
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        18 months ago

        It’s a weird one, cause coffee is the most default, but energy drinks are more braindead

    • @Cheems
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      359 months ago

      I get 8 hours of sleep almost every night. I can tell you I don’t feel well rested any day

        • @[email protected]
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          159 months ago

          Consistency and quality of sleep are also important factors, but so is your diet and the times you eat.

          Feeling well rested after a night of sleep requires much more than “8 hours sleep”.

          • newIdentity
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            I sometimes have the feeling that I’m only getting REM sleep.

            Of cause that can’t be true, but I don’t think it’s thaaaat far off.

            • kase
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              Just curious, what makes you think you’re only getting REM?

              Speaking as someone dxed with narcolepsy, a sleep disorder where you get a disproportionate amount of REM. There are a lot of conditions–sleep disorders and otherwise–that can cause excessive sleeping and daytime fatigue.

              Not to say that it isn’t sometimes just a matter of sleep habits or consistency, but my advice is that it can’t hurt to speak with a doctor about your symptoms if you have the chance. :)

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                Well it can also be the case that I just have a very good dream memory, but I noticed that I can relatively easaly drift into a dream while being aware of my environment even when I was fully awake before. Not always though.

                I also can remember having 4-10 dreams in a night. Of cause we don’t only dream in the REM sleep so it’s kinda hard to keep track of how much I actually sleep.

                I probably just have a pretty good dream memory and have a very light sleep

        • @Cheems
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          19 months ago

          Depends, I have allergies and during peak allergy times for me I usually get very congested. So during the yes, I found something this season that help clear my sinuses really well and ended up getting some pretty good sleep. And then other factors of course, such as if I’ve drank or yadda yadda

        • @Cheems
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          19 months ago

          Yes, I am hip…

    • @expatriado
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      229 months ago

      make it dark chocolate if you’re looking for dark energy. checkmate physicist

      • @nodimetotieOP
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        49 months ago

        Ok, now you gonna tell me that dark chocolate is made of dark matter?

  • Dr. Coomer
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    239 months ago

    I’m starting to think it’s physically impossible to get enough sleep to where your not tired when you wake up.

    • @monotiller
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      I have a sleep tracker and it keeps saying, “girl, you’re the best at sleeping, getting the 8 hours, getting the REM, going to bed and waking up at consistent times, blood oxygen maybe a little lower than usual but if there was a sleep competition you’d easily be top 100!”

      But yet I still feel like death in the morning

  • @FrostKing
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    Can’t tell you the amount of times someone has acted astonished when I tell them I drink coffee because I genuinely like it—i just drink it in the morning because if I drank it later it’d keep me awake.

    A lot of people drink it purely to stay awake and I do not get that. Get some caffeine pills or something.

    • Ann Archy
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      I don’t take pills unless I get them from a vetted dealer.

      • @FrostKing
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        18 months ago

        I have drank it in the past, but there’s multiple other people who drink coffee in the house and I’m rarely the one to buy it. I also find that when I have to ability to drink coffee as much as I want throughout the day, I drink a lot of creamer and end up dehydrated XD

    • @nodimetotieOP
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      59 months ago

      Maybe they drink shitty coffee? A good coffee tastes great

    • @Toldry
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      There are disadvantages to caffeine pills:

      1. it’s a pill and feels more medical and unnatural than drinking a bean soup
      2. it’s easy to accidentally overdose and cause serious damage to yourself
    • ℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃
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      Dark chocolate has some caffeine, but if you’re used to coffee don’t expect it to do much. 90% at least if you want any effect. I just enjoy it for the cocoa, never really notice the caffeine bc I’m used to a big rush from coffee.

    • @nodimetotieOP
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      68 months ago

      But maybe not 90%, it’s super bitter

      • @[email protected]
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        I mean it’s not milk chocolate, but it’s tasty enough on its own. Really good if eaten with a cup of coffee.

        It’s not like as bitter as the “Baker’s Chocolate” that you found in your aunt’s cupboard.

  • @[email protected]
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    188 months ago

    There aren’t enough hours of sleep for me to go to uni for 8 hours, then go to work for 8 hours and not feel like a mess.

  • Norgur
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    159 months ago

    Number 4 is unfair. It’s not for lack of trying…

  • @[email protected]
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    I see teenagers drinking energy drinks and I’m always thinking marketing really works on teenagers. Because those are the only people drinking that shit and they are also trying to appear “cool”. So easy targets for marketing.

    • @CheesyFox
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      I always drunk energy drinks bc of their unique taste that I liked at the moment. Never seen ads that were saying “energy drinks are cool” tho.

      • Flying SquidM
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        108 months ago

        You never see ads saying “beer is cool” either. They just imply it heavily. Same with energy drinks.

        • @droans
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          In the US, that’s actually because of semi-voluntary regulations. In the EU and other areas, it’s less voluntary.

          They can’t claim or imply that drinking will help improve your social status or sexual success. They also can’t claim or imply that it’ll help you relax or that the alcohol is a positive quality.

          Basically, they’re not allowed to show someone drinking and looking like they’re having a good time… But they’re allowed to show one or the other.

      • @[email protected]
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        18 months ago

        I used to order caffeine free Bang, then I realized my gut was doing backflips because of the sweetener.

    • @Holyginz
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      I prefer a sugar free red bull to wake up first thing in the morning instead of coffee and I haven’t been a teenager for over a decade. It works better for me and tastes better. Its all just preference.

    • @LukeMedia
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      Oversleeping can cause fatigue as well

      • @[email protected]
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        yeah but how do i get out of bed when it physically hurts to even think about moving my pinky finger in the morning? i have to sleep like 10 hours for that to go away.

        • @LukeMedia
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          That sounds like another issue that I am unqualified to diagnose, you might want to speak to a qualified doctor about that.

      • @MindSkipperBro12
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        How about we stop pretending that “well rested” actually exist?

        • @LukeMedia
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          It does exist, it’s just not the easiest thing to achieve, especially with what is expected of most people for work.

          • @HRDS_654
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            39 months ago

            It is also a constantly moving goalpost that our body never quite figures out. Some days 7 hours of sleep is fine, others you need 10, and your body is really bad at telling you which days need certain amounts of rest.

            • @LukeMedia
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              In my experience, keeping a steady pattern both weekdays and weekends helps to that end. That’s easier said than done, though.

    • @Kage520
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      Sleep apnea? Or possibly just too much sleep

      • @[email protected]
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        i mean i doubt it since my diet is very varied and contains a lot of both meat and veggies, but i guess i might as well try it.

        • @[email protected]
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          18 months ago

          Maybe schedule an annual checkup and have them do some bloodwork. You never know but it helps to catch things sooner

          • @[email protected]
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            have had bloodwork and basic heart/breath check done as part of another investigation and i’m like exactly in the middle of the range of healthy values.

              • @[email protected]
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                i guess i’ll have to try forcing myself to do that, problem is that it takes me hours for the bone-deep lethargy to bleed away, and before that i can only just about haul myself into my computer chair

                • @[email protected]
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                  Yea i know that feeling its tough to push past forsure, if i ever find a way past that ill let you know lol

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    There is another way, but it’s a pathway to abilities some consider to be unnatural…

    • @WereCat
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      Are you a sniff lord?

  • newIdentity
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    I get enough sleep. I still feel sleepy all the time

    I should go see a doctor, but naaah

    • HubertManne
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      Im that way. I had a worker say I was like a lion. I can be intense and active for quite a few hours but I can only keep it up so long and then I lose it and its all fatigue.

    • @nodimetotieOP
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      Strictly speaking, it’s not just about the time but also about the quality of sleep, so gotta get that right, too

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    This is mostly accurate. (Except for the fact that coffee and energy drinks need to be switched.) I only need to drink coffee in the morning if I can’t sleep properly. On a regular day, I only drink some in the afternoon, and thats too only because I just like drinking coffee.

    • @nodimetotieOP
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      I contemplated the order a little but then decided to focus on the punchline