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I'm always so exhausted, I can take an hour to wake up. How do you wake up quickly ?

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[-] Sekrayray@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Sleep with caffeine pills next to your bed. Set an alarm for 20 minutes before when you want to wake up. Take the pill with the alarm, and go back to sleep. You will magically wake up super awake at the time you want to be up.

This is obviously a lot less good than the healthy solutions here, but I work a rotating shift schedule and this trick has been working for me for over a decade.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

People say you shouldn't have caffeine until about an hour after you're awake. Something about letting your body chemicals settle before, you know, fucking them up.

[-] Sekrayray@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah, my understanding of the physiology is that taking it that early leads to rebound sleepiness in 4-6 hours after waking. I think it definitely does, but the immediate caffeine helps if you have a job that demands immediate alertness lol.

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

That's an interesting one. Are they 200mg? I find that too much but it seems to be the standard amount in caffeine tablets I've seen.

[-] Sekrayray@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

They’re Jet Alert 200 mg—but the pills are oblong so I break them into smaller doses based on how I’m feeling. Feeling really awake? Don’t take any. Slightly drowsy? A quarter of one (50mg). Normal level of drowsy? 100 mg. Etc.

There’s something about the going back to sleep that seems to have a stacking effect—you wake up feeling really well rested.

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