How about a Tabasco shot and/or a little sniff of Nose Tork?
Unexpected ways to wake up your brain
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#52My dad's trick for beating jet lag is going swimming at the hotel where he lands. I have a hunch there's something about being in standing height or deeper water that triggers your body to stay awake (since you would otherwise drown)
Interesting, I like to go swimming midday or evening and it helps me "reboot" as well. After about 30 minutes of medium to high intensity breaststroke I often feel better than when I got out of bed that morning.
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#53Strange - doesn't mention Nicotine. I believe in patch or lozenge this has as much affect as caffeine [1]. Note that I'm not advocating smoking, just the nicotine itself. [1] http://discovermagazine.com/2014/march/13-nicotine-fix
Oh, just 250+ citations on nicotine here: http://examine.com/supplements/Nicotine/
Wow, I haven't read the article but I must say that I am very impressed with its organization and presentation of ideas/data.
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#54I've been off caffeine for 2+ years now, I always feel like I've been poisoned when I use it, jittery and completely unable to concentrate. Also interesting that they didn't mention any of the longer acting transporter blockers like methylphenidate or other "performance enhancing" drugs that have been widely reported to improve attention (the button pressing test is actually diagnostic for the action of these drugs).
Yes anyone else reading this who consumes any caffeine. Seriously ... give it up. Completely. It is a drug. I did it and I now sleep better, need less sleep, feel more awake in the morning, and save money. This is one of the best 'life hacks'
I've picked up and dropped a moderately sized caffeine habit at various points in my life. The biggest effect on me of being off caffeine is a reduction of my tolerance for caffeine when I have some next (smaller amount has bigger effect) and clearing out the addiction (can go days without caffeine without headache). I don't see appreciable changes in my quality of sleep (exercise does that!) or my ability to focus.
I have every expectation this differs dramatically person to person, and I encourage anyone with any sort of habit to examine it, but what you say does not necessarily apply to everyone.
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#55Where do you find 10 people who don't drink coffee?
BYU?
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#56Here's a trick I've been using: if you are driving and start feeling tired, hold your breath. Your brain will go into a bit of a panic mode: "Where's all the O2?!", and you will feel more awake for a short period of time. Do note, that this is a great trick to get you to the rest area 3 miles down the road, not a good way to drive all night long.
Yawning is designed to wake you up. Yawn's apparently provide a boost of O2. We yawn when we're tired because we're trying to stay awake/alert and yawning enables that; if someone yawns when you're talking then they're actually trying to concentrate - that's a good thing. I'm pretty good at fighting the panic response when holding my breath - lots of underwater swimming bravado as a child - at what point do you breat…
No evidence for the O2 boost for yawning. Actually, we don't really know what yawning is good for.
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#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes anyone else reading this who consumes any caffeine. Seriously ... give it up. Completely. It is a drug. I did it and I now sleep better, need less sleep, feel more awake in the morning, and save money. This is one of the best 'life hacks'
I've picked up and dropped a moderately sized caffeine habit at various points in my life. The biggest effect on me of being off caffeine is a reduction of my tolerance for caffeine when I have some next (smaller amount has bigger effect) and clearing out the addiction (can go days without caffeine without headache). I don't see appreciable changes in my quality of sleep (exercise does that!) or my ability to focus.…
True; YMMV.
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#58Here's a trick I've been using: if you are driving and start feeling tired, hold your breath. Your brain will go into a bit of a panic mode: "Where's all the O2?!", and you will feel more awake for a short period of time. Do note, that this is a great trick to get you to the rest area 3 miles down the road, not a good way to drive all night long.
Yawning is designed to wake you up. Yawn's apparently provide a boost of O2. We yawn when we're tired because we're trying to stay awake/alert and yawning enables that; if someone yawns when you're talking then they're actually trying to concentrate - that's a good thing. I'm pretty good at fighting the panic response when holding my breath - lots of underwater swimming bravado as a child - at what point do you breat…
It's meant to help you catch bugs and thus acquire protein.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mq7UKQ3Jm4&t=45m
(Yes, it's humor, but BAHfest is great at satirizing wild ass guesses that have become mistaken for legitimate hypotheses when we really don't have the evidence to say we know.)
Re: Unexpected ways to wake up your brain
#59Here's a trick I've been using: if you are driving and start feeling tired, hold your breath. Your brain will go into a bit of a panic mode: "Where's all the O2?!", and you will feel more awake for a short period of time. Do note, that this is a great trick to get you to the rest area 3 miles down the road, not a good way to drive all night long.
If you're alone in the car, try screaming. It creates an adrenaline rush. But I MUST add that none of these tricks will last for more than a couple of minutes, and after you do them a couple of times, they stop working. Sleepy drivers start "microsleeping", which means they fall asleep for a second or so then wake up without being aware that they did it. The microsleeps gradually get longer until you start noticing--…
Very true. To add to this - prefer busier, well-lighted places to quieter, darker places to stop and sleep.
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#60I've been off caffeine for 2+ years now, I always feel like I've been poisoned when I use it, jittery and completely unable to concentrate. Also interesting that they didn't mention any of the longer acting transporter blockers like methylphenidate or other "performance enhancing" drugs that have been widely reported to improve attention (the button pressing test is actually diagnostic for the action of these drugs).
reminds me of spiders on caffeine: http://www.trinity.edu/jdunn/spiderdrugs.htm