6MT.net Infiniti G35/G37/GTR Community - Which is better?(re: sleep)- pictures finally (not of sleep)

**beanie** · 09-25-2005, 04:45 PM

Edit: finally got the pictures up from that weekend *^__^*
http://www.partasian.com/index.html

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background: Yesterday I went to Love Parade in SF and was out til 4:30 at a club. Got back to my friend's house and slept for about 3 1/2 hours. Drove home from SF, had lunch with family, and now i'm sitting here at almost 3:00 wondering if it's better to take a nap or try to stay up til it's really time to sleep.

Last weekend I came home after a somewhat similar night (went to sleep around 7:00 and got a couple hours of sleep). I came home and fell asleep from 1:00 to 6:00 and was a zombie for the rest of the night.

So what's better? Sleep now or try to stay awake? I haven't figured out what's best yet and need to stay awake so i'm posting here.

btw, Love Parade was so much fun. So much crazyness. I would say pics to follow but again, i'm waiting for them from some friends, and we all know what happens when I say that (still waiting for pictures from the San Jose Grand Prix

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~me and my tired yet happy mind/body thank you ^__^

G35Princess · 09-25-2005, 04:47 PM

personally...I'll sleep. naps are good.
take like a 1 hr nap
then wake up
do your thang
and go to sleep the normal time.

Good to hear you had fun... post the pics. I wanna see.

msb3079 · 09-25-2005, 05:28 PM

stay awake. the nap would kill you 9or at least me) you wouldnt wanna wake back up. then you'll have a good night's sleep

**beanie** · 09-25-2005, 05:31 PM

gp: hopefully i'll get them soon. i'll post some up when I do

so far, i'm staying awake fine...but I know if my head hits the pillow, i'll be out >__<

Lardoggy · 09-25-2005, 06:20 PM

I can't do naps, not much more than about 30 minutes of "cat napping" anyway. any more than that and I'm a grumpster for hours

unless I'm sick or something like that. I'd just stay awake and go to bed a bit earlier tonight!

Navy ECMO · 09-25-2005, 07:01 PM

I know I am probably waaay too late in answering this but just for posterity's sake...

Speaking as a guy who used to work graveyards 60+ hours a week while going to school full-time 5 days a week, I have a fair amount of experience with sleep patterns. I would say stay up and reset your body clock at whatever time you want it reset. If you want to start going to sleep at 9pm, go to bed at 9pm. Just make sure it's early enough before you have to wake up that you get a good solid 7-10 hours uninterrupted.

The key to staying awake in the meantime is to stay as vertical as possible. If you are standing up and moving around you should be fine. If you sit, especially watching TV or something passive, you will be nodding off and dozing. If you lay down and are horizontal, you're done for (unless you someone there to keep you active while laying down, if you get my meaning

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Hope that helps.

**beanie** · 09-25-2005, 07:07 PM

You're not too late...i'm still up. Struggling a little because my eyes keep burning but i'm still awake O__O

That's what I was thinking too @ resetting. Thanks Navy ^__^

Phelan · 09-25-2005, 07:35 PM

I vote for sleeping when ya can get it.

Navy ECMO · 09-25-2005, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phelan

I vote for sleeping when ya can get it.

Depends on how important a regular sleep pattern is to you. If it doesn't matter, then sleep whenever you can.

Phelan · 09-25-2005, 10:06 PM

For me waking up at a consistent time effects how I feel more than when I goto sleep or how much I sleep. Though now that I'm out of school and can't nap during classes I've found I'm not able to consistently stay up to 2-3am.

G35Princess · 09-25-2005, 10:15 PM

lol..it's sunday...take a nap... I slept for like 3 hrs early...and woke up again. and I'm fine.

Kalmairn · 09-26-2005, 08:01 AM

I know it's really late for this now, but oh well.

I'd take a 15-30 minute nap. It's long enough to recharge the batteries, and may actually help you sleep when you retire for the evening. The hard part is making sure the nap is only 15-30 minutes, but setting an alarm for 30 minutes might help. Sleeping longer than that might make you lethargic and more tired than you were beforehand - as Lardoggy said.

Regular sleep patterns are more restful and healing than broken up "catch it as you can" sleep. Some people deal with broken sleep patterns than others, naturally, but the rule holds true regardless.

I'm a 8-hour a night plus 15-30 mid-day nap type, FWIW.

K-

**beanie** · 09-26-2005, 11:34 AM

Thanks for your help everyone. I took a 15 minute nap and managed to stay awake til 10:00 and then lay in bed for half an hour because I couldn't fall asleep!

Hopefully I will still be awake in class tonight >__<

kal: not too late... because I know this will be happening again. It's beginning to be an every couple weeks occurence ~__~

**beanie** · 10-12-2005, 01:53 PM

... almost 3 weeks later and I finally got the pictures from my friend and got them posted

http://www.partasian.com/index.html

Navy ECMO · 10-12-2005, 02:01 PM

Beanie, you're not only super-cool, but also super-cute! Looks like you had a great time.