Will cofee/energy drinks compensate for the lack of sleep?

[Pasta]

Lack of sleep = 2-5 hours of sleep.

[Rio]

no, caffine makes it harder to realize your tired or feel it. So you might not feel as sleepy if its something like 2 hours. But 5? no, I drink tons of coffee sometimes and still get tons of tired.

Your body does a lot during sleep. Like destress and repair itself. If you use caffine all the time to try to sleep 3-5 less hours on average you will feel it badly down the line.

I've worked with some people who believe caffine to be some sort of magicall energy pill. Which its not. Your body gets energy from food. But first you lose energy because digestion takes energy to extract energy.

Caffine can give you insomnia and reduce the quality of sleep you do get as well. And insomnia when you don't want it, totally blows.


But if its just a one day thing. I'd go with black coffee. Avoid sugar because they can make you feel crashed. And I'd avoid foods that can make you feel tired like potatoes, turkey, and really anything high in fat,

I usually mix chocolate protein powder (Like cellucor Whey sport) into my tea/coffee 1-2 times a day. And make 1-2 pots per day of black tea with 8-10 tea bags a pot (if a cheap brand like national cup) or 5-6 if a more expensive type of tea. If I need extra caffine I can add a little sprinkle of instant coffee (like cafe BuenDia) to some of my cups of tea, but this will make the tea bitter. How bitter depends on the brand of coffee. (I get insomnia lot op! Its 6 am atm and I still can't sleep.)

Any tme I go whole days in a row on black coffee it doesn't end well. Caffine in really high amounts can cause problems/symptoms and can be dangerous.

[rojimboo]

Origineel geplaatst door Sashie:

no

yes

[-V-]

5 hours is bare minimum. Coffee is poor alternative, but good in a pinch. When I get dead-dog-tired, 5hr energy shots make me feel terrible, so I don't recommend those.

[Pasta]

Origineel geplaatst door Sashie:

no, caffine makes it harder to realize your tired or feel it. So you might not feel as sleepy if its something like 2 hours. But 5? no, I drink tons of coffee sometimes and still get tons of tired.

Your body does a lot during sleep. Like destress and repair itself. If you use caffine all the time to try to sleep 3-5 less hours on average you will feel it badly down the line.

I've worked with some people who believe caffine to be some sort of magicall energy pill. Which its not. Your body gets energy from food. But first you lose energy because digestion takes energy to extract energy.

Yea i get what you mean. When i sleep for only 3 hours and wake up the next day, I can't really concentrate when doing work. And when I play an RPG game I might get bored really quickly and even uninstall it and regret uninstalling it when i wake up the next day. I guess I should stick with the daily "8 hours of sleep".

[Lord Flashheart]

It seems you are heading for an early death!

[Pasta]

Origineel geplaatst door Sashie:

no, caffine makes it harder to realize your tired or feel it. So you might not feel as sleepy if its something like 2 hours. But 5? no, I drink tons of coffee sometimes and still get tons of tired.

Your body does a lot during sleep. Like destress and repair itself. If you use caffine all the time to try to sleep 3-5 less hours on average you will feel it badly down the line.

I've worked with some people who believe caffine to be some sort of magicall energy pill. Which its not. Your body gets energy from food. But first you lose energy because digestion takes energy to extract energy.

Will taking afternoon naps make up for the lack of sleep from last night?

[mr.who? WcD]

Origineel geplaatst door IAMTHEONEE:

Origineel geplaatst door Sashie:

no, caffine makes it harder to realize your tired or feel it. So you might not feel as sleepy if its something like 2 hours. But 5? no, I drink tons of coffee sometimes and still get tons of tired.

Your body does a lot during sleep. Like destress and repair itself. If you use caffine all the time to try to sleep 3-5 less hours on average you will feel it badly down the line.

I've worked with some people who believe caffine to be some sort of magicall energy pill. Which its not. Your body gets energy from food. But first you lose energy because digestion takes energy to extract energy.

Will taking afternoon naps make up for the lack of sleep from last night?

No its going to make it so that you cant sleep at night. No cofee/energi drinks/naps, just stay awake until you go to bed and of course go to bed early, the best is if you get 8 hours of sleep

[We are in the Beam]

No

[RolliePollie]

It would be like me tieing some stones to my stomach to suppress my hunger. Will it nourish me? If I was an earthworm maybe.

[KENJI]

Origineel geplaatst door IAMTHEONEE:

Lack of sleep = 2-5 hours of sleep.

yeah they will keep you alive and kickin so you can work / or go to school. but your performance will suffer and you will make more mistakes.
i did it with very strong espresso and red bull. it works but your body will collapse after some time without good healthy sleep.

[Sorokin]

It helps

[Arya]

Energy drinks contain caffeine, caffeine is a stimulant. It gives you energy(temporarily), it makes you feel less tired. The problem is, it doesn't do any of the things that sleep does and which your body needs. It's biologically impossible to replace sleep with energy drinks, and would eventually be fatal if you did it long enough.

Sleep is critical to your body's ability to maintain and regulate itself, and there's no way to replace or replicate those functions. You need sleep - that's biologically non-negotiable.

[Snowball_Eclipse]

No. getting sleep compensates for lack of sleep.

[Jej]

I can't really reccomend alternatives.

What I can say is to STAY AWAY FROM CAFFEINE PILLS. The last time I took one I felt like by heart was going to pop.

[Arya]

Origineel geplaatst door Jej:

I can't really reccomend alternatives.

What I can say is to STAY AWAY FROM CAFFEINE PILLS. The last time I took one I felt like by heart was going to pop.

Funny that, almost like you'd taken a massive straight-shot of a powerful stimulant...

It's as simple as this. Your body has basic needs: oxygen, water, food, sleep. None of those can be replaced with chemicals or drugs, and if you try you'll end up dead.