# Staying up all night. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 24, 2005, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-up-all-night/327639 "2005-10-24T08:55:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-up-all-night/327639/1 "2005-10-24T08:55:47Z")
Garr… The Dread Pirate Gabe not be likin’ this insomnia shit. Especially when he be havin’ class at 8-o-clock in the mornin’. I slept in until about 11 this morning, so I am unable to fall asleep tonight. I went to bed around 12. I was unable to even approach sleep. It is now just before two. I was debating whether or not to stay up all night, in order not to miss class in the morning. About 5 minutes after I committed myself to this, I am becoming sleepy. I know that there is no way I will be able to go to sleep soon and wake up in 4 hours to get ready for class. _sob_ Fellow insomniacs: Help me fall asleep and get to class! ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-up-all-night/327639/2 "2005-10-24T14:19:20Z")
Somehow I managed to fall asleep around 3, and just woke up at 7, so I will make it to class… In case anyone cared… _crickets_ ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-up-all-night/327639/3 "2005-10-24T14:27:53Z")
Damn, looks like I was too late with a link to [War and Peace.]]([http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext01/wrnpc11.txt](http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext01/wrnpc11.txt)) ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-up-all-night/327639/4 "2005-10-24T14:34:58Z")
_prepares coffee for the nonce_ ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-up-all-night/327639/5 "2005-10-24T15:31:42Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > Damn, looks like I was too late with a link to [War and Peace.]]([http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext01/wrnpc11.txt](http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext01/wrnpc11.txt)) I’ve already read it. and _Anna Karenina_ and _Crime and Punishment_ although not last night. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-up-all-night/327639/6 "2005-10-24T15:34:15Z")
+Get moving dude, according to the SDMB clock you will be late for class. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-up-all-night/327639/7 "2005-10-24T15:43:59Z")
> [@don't ask](#): > > +Get moving dude, according to the SDMB clock you will be late for class. My campus has wireless access in every classroom. 'Nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-up-all-night/327639/8 "2005-10-24T15:56:04Z")
Here you go [Mongolia travelogue - June/July 2005](http://danny.oz.au/travel/mongolia/) Now sleeeepp…sleeeppp Oh crap you’re in class!! Wake up! Wake Up!! ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-up-all-night/327639/9 "2005-10-24T16:14:34Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > I slept in until about 11 this morning, so I am unable to fall asleep tonight. Dude, that’s not insomnia: you were just frustrated because you _wanted_ to go to sleep, but your body was still rested. You fell asleep after having been awake for 16 hours, which sounds about average to me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-up-all-night/327639/10 "2005-10-24T17:30:19Z")
I haven’t stayed up ALL night (except when working nights in the field) for a long, long time. My personal record is 37 hours awake. I know that’s not a big accomplishment, but it’s a record I hope I never have to break. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-up-all-night/327639/11 "2005-10-24T17:49:54Z")
Insomnia rookie. 😛😉 When you want to talk _insomnia_, come see me tomorrow… at… noonish. Or something. It’s 10:46am here… I haven’t slept since… well… I’ve seen two sunrises, at least, and one sunset… so that would be… _counts backward_ _counts forward_ _looks confused_ _wanders away_ ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-up-all-night/327639/12 "2005-10-24T17:53:14Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > Insomnia rookie. 😛😉 > > When you want to talk _insomnia_, come see me tomorrow… at… noonish. Or something. It’s 10:46am here… I haven’t slept since… well… I’ve seen two sunrises, at least, and one sunset… so that would be… > _counts backward_ > _counts forward_ > _looks confused_ > _wanders away_ _sneaks up behind **Anastasaeon** , pounces with a pillow and blanket, rolls him up and dumps into nearest bed_ My work here is done. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-up-all-night/327639/13 "2005-10-24T17:57:16Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > _sneaks up behind **Anastasaeon** , pounces with a pillow and blanket, rolls him up and dumps into nearest bed_ > > My work here is done. 🆒 **Anastasaeon** = Anastasia 😛 [SUB]Why do people keep thinking I’m a _dude_? Dude![/SUB] ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-up-all-night/327639/14 "2005-10-24T18:02:16Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > **Anastasaeon** = Anastasia 😛 > > [SUB]Why do people keep thinking I’m a _dude_? Dude![/SUB] Your name… um… ends in a ‘n’? Please don’t kill me. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-up-all-night/327639/15 "2005-10-24T18:12:52Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > Your name… um… ends in a ‘n’? > > Please don’t kill me. ☹ _raises axe_ Ah, fuggedaboudit. If I killed you, all the other people who have called me a dude would want to get slayed, too, and I just don’t have that kind of time. You may pass. But I keep the pillow, blanket, and bed. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TwoOnSunday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@TwoOnSunday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoOnSunday)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-up-all-night/327639/16 "2005-10-24T19:10:46Z")
Next time, concentrate really intensely on finishing a dream you had at some point that you enjoyed. Knocks me out in minutes, which kind of sucks because I really do want to finish this one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-up-all-night/327639/17 "2005-10-24T20:00:25Z")
For the future, please tune your TV to “The Vanessa Williams Sells Zit Cream Late At Night, Every Night Show”… or the “Be an Internet Millionaire Show” or any of the “Call In The Next 10 Minutes Shows”. You will be asleep in minutes. …or try some Store Brand (our Jali always saving money) Tylenol P.M. (my pharmacist tells me that the sleeping agent is an antihistamine and non addictive) ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-up-all-night/327639/18 "2005-10-24T20:30:18Z")
Just admit it, **Gabe** , you just started this thread so google would do the searching for you. -foxy ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-up-all-night/327639/19 "2005-10-24T20:43:25Z")
I used to struggle with insomnia of the “went to sleep fine, slept four hours, and am now lying here staring at the ceiling” variety, but since I learned to meditate, my sleeping has improved dramatically. I don’t actually meditate any more, but learning to focus on my breathing has stayed with me, and is extremely effective at putting me back to sleep. It usually takes about three focused breaths, and I’m back out again. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-up-all-night/327639/20 "2005-10-24T20:48:47Z")
> [@ladyfoxfyre](#): > > Just admit it, **Gabe** , you just started this thread so google would do the searching for you. > > -foxy I would, if the google ads were selling anything to cure insomnia. Right now all i see are cures for sleep apnea. 🙂 Strangely enough, several other people in my class this morning reported insomnia last night, and all managed to fall asleep around 3, same as me. I blame The Government. However, we also must share some of the blame for forgetting to don our tinfoil caps before retiring for the night. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-up-all-night/327639.md?page=2)