No time for fatigue! What to do?!
Question: I'm a part time college student who works 35 hours a week. I eat a pretty balanced diet considering the little free time I have. I feel like I get enough sleep, but never feel rested. Here's my schedule (M-Th) so you know how my day goes: 6:30am, alarm goes off; 7am, get out of bed & ready; 8am, at work; 3pm, head to class; 4pm class; 5:15pm, out of class, head to study &/or run errands; fit chill time here; 9:15pm, hubby gets home & we hang out until bed, anywhere between 11 & 12pm. My issue is that typically during class, around 4:30pm or so, I crash. I get tired to the point of yawning & stretching & feeling all heavy & stuff. My brain gives up & I don't stay at school to study. I'm failing both my classes because of it & with one half of the semester already gone, I've got to kick it into gear. I've started eating around 3:30pm, hoping it'd help, but it hasn't really.
Answers: I'm a part time college student who works 35 hours a week. I eat a pretty balanced diet considering the little free time I have. I feel like I get enough sleep, but never feel rested. Here's my schedule (M-Th) so you know how my day goes: 6:30am, alarm goes off; 7am, get out of bed & ready; 8am, at work; 3pm, head to class; 4pm class; 5:15pm, out of class, head to study &/or run errands; fit chill time here; 9:15pm, hubby gets home & we hang out until bed, anywhere between 11 & 12pm. My issue is that typically during class, around 4:30pm or so, I crash. I get tired to the point of yawning & stretching & feeling all heavy & stuff. My brain gives up & I don't stay at school to study. I'm failing both my classes because of it & with one half of the semester already gone, I've got to kick it into gear. I've started eating around 3:30pm, hoping it'd help, but it hasn't really.
First of all, I would try getting 8 full hours of sleep starting a bit earlier than 11 or 12. Eat small *nutritious* snacks such as fruit, cut up vegetables, a small veggie salad, etc. during the day every couple of hours. Cut out all sugar and caffeine from your diet and go to your health provider for blood work to rule out any medical problems.
to fight fatigue, you have to get enough rest! sleeping at least 8 hours a day would do. that would mean that you have to cute time to hang out with your hubby. just explain to him what's happening and why you need to sleep early. i'm sure he will understand.
set your schedule so that you can take a 20 minute afternoon nap if possible and practical. At night have a 3 hour no eating zone go into effect to prevent negative dreams. Eggs and ginseng in the morning.
Try taking ephedra or ephedrine. You'll be surprised at the amount of energy you get with little or no crash.
Number 1 - start taking multiple vitamins, drink juices (especially orange). I used to work 80-90 hours a week. When I felt the drag bit, I would eat some kind of sweets. Chocolate worked the best and I would be good for another 8 hours.
1)Ginseng is the #1 best herb for energy...drink it as a tea, you can find it at your local asian market or herb shop.
2)If you have an ethiopian or african shop around, go there and ask for Khat (pronounced "Chaht") they might not give it to you because it's illegal in the united states...but it's realllly good for energy
3) Try to find some ephedra
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