<p>I’ve gotten myself into a horribly vicious cycle where I’ve barely slept at all for the past two weeks, pulling several all-nighters in a relatively short period of time. It’s starting to effect the way I think (I can’t concentrate on anything at all for more than 5 minutes), I’m less efficient in getting work done, and my personality. I’m sure a simple solution would be to just go to sleep earlier, or catch up on sleep during the weekends, but with the way things are going now, those options are pretty much impossible. I used to take naps when I got home, but those made it even worse. Now, I’m at a point where there isn’t a time during the day that I feel awake. It’ll be at least a week until I can fully catch up again with normal sleep. Any suggestions on how I can recover from this sooner without the traditional “just go to sleep” or “drink a lot of coffee” methods?</p>
<p>Drink a LOT of fruit juice and water throughout the day. And when your free, don’t go sleeping forever…gradually fall back into sleeping like 6 hours-8 hours. If you don’t you’ll feel really bad after that long sleep (been there done that)
sry…thats like all i can tell you</p>
<p>Try to take some naps when you’re feeling especially tired.</p>
<p>Drink and eat a lot. I mean, A LOT. (of course, you’d be sacrificing your looks, but if you are only doing this for a week, it shouldn’t have a irreversible effect. </p>
<p>During Hell Week, prospective Navy SEALs spend 5.5 days of the most grueling, continuous training anyone can receive; receiving only 3 - 4 hrs of sleep at the conclusion of the week. Because they are being tested on their mental ability to think and act rationally through sleep deprivation and fatigue, they make up for it by eating 7,000+ calories a day.</p>
<p>That’s exactly how I feel this week. As odd as it sounds, I exercise for a little bit (only like 15-20 minutes) and I feel a lot more awake after. I think I can concentrate more after I work out.</p>