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Mack, try eating something protein rich in the afternoon. It used to help me a lot. A few pieces of chicken, a boiled egg, or a protein bar.
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It's an annoying problem I have that often gets in the way of my plans, such as frisbee practice at school, getting work done, etc.
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Only when I don't have time to take a nap. I don't have to actually take the nap, you understand. I just have to have the time to take one to avoid needing to.
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mack is your Adderall or Ritalin or whatever you take timed release?
I told my doc that I got sleepy every afternoon, no matter what. We determined after some trial and error that the Adderall was wearing down, before the next "wave" of medicine was released.
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I used to be addicted to Mountain Dew, and I NEEDED it by about 3pm or I would fall asleep no matter where I was. With the Mountain Dew, I'd get sleepy by about 6 or 7ish, but I could stay awake. Then, I gave up sugar, and my sweet, sweet Dew. Good god, that was hard. But I stopped getting sleepy during the afternoons. Of course, I almost committed murder many times before my body rebalanced itself, but it made me feel so much better that it was worth it.
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I, too, get tired every afternoon around 4:30-5:00... which is, unfortunately, when I am on my 45 minute commute home from work.
Not saying I believe in angels, or anything, but I'm consistently amazed at how alive I am when I get home.
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actually, now that I think about it, my "Afternoon dropsies" as I call them, became MUCH milder when I stopped putting sugar in my coffee and just drank it black.
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That's about the time for me, but then again I might as well be nocturnal with the sleep schedule I keep at school.
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1. Yes. 2. diet soda and water 3. Nope, no snoring, no apnea. But I do have nightmares. I question whether it's nightmares or night terrors. When I have "regular" nightmares, Nathan doesn't wake up and I can remember them. When I have the "other" nightmares that I wonder if they're night terrors, I wake up freaked out and soaked in sweat and it ALWAYS jerks Nathan awake.
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