Eat ~100mg of caffeine really quickly (like a caffeine pill or slamming some coffee maybe) and immediately set a 20 min to 45 min timer and get into bed. Fall asleep and depending on your condition you will feel mildly to very refreshed after you wake up. You'll probably be up even before your timer goes off if it's on the longer side.

  • NeelixBiederman [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    This works. I spent 5 years in the Starbucks mines and did this regularly during 8 hour shifts during lunch break.

  • john_browns_beard [he/him, comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    Hopefully this is helpful for some people but I've literally never been able to nap properly in my adult life. I'm rarely able to get to sleep outside of normal bedtime, and if I do, it's going to be for 2.5 - 3 hours. This wouldn't be as much of a problem if I was able to get myself to bed at a decent hour.

    My only saving grace is that I'm out like a light when my head hits the pillow at 1 AM or whatever.

    • Florn [they/them]
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      1 year ago

      The smallest dose of adderall knocked me the fuck out for the first hour every time

  • Des [she/her, they/them]
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    1 year ago

    i used to do this to take power naps. like i'd be tired mid day after work but maybe would be off the next day or go in late. so i'd take some caffine, lay down, and this way it would guarantee i wouldn't take like a 2 hour nap. get a little brain reset and be capable of getting done whatever i needed to do that day.

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  • space_comrade [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    I can never fathom how in the actual fuck can someone fall asleep within minutes. It takes at least 30 minutes for me.

  • Commiejones [comrade/them, he/him]
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    1 year ago

    I used to do the opposite. I'd slam a litre of sugary beverage, wait for it to pass through my tiny bladder and then go to bed and let the come down from the sugar rush push me into a sugar coma. Really stupid thing to do for a guy who has type 2 diabetes in his family.

  • joaomarrom [he/him, comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    I do that every single day in the afternoon immediately after my post-lunch coffee. I usually sleep 15-20 minutes and I wake up feeling incredibly refreshed and full of energy, it's amazing.

  • StewartCopelandsDad [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    i do this with modafinil sometimes if I need to sleep a short amount (~4h). take pill, go to sleep immediately before it sets in. wake up and you're already wired. i hate capitalism so much it's unreal

    kind of like the coffee effect but don't want to get addicted so I haven't gotten myself a source of caffeine besides occasional coffee shop dates

    • Farman [any]
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      1 year ago

      Modafinil is way more expensive than caffeine. So if you are going to get addicted to one the latter is better. You can probably buy a 2 pound bag of chinise restaurant tea for 30 usd thats about 1000 cuups of tea. While modafinil is what 14 tablets for the same price?

      • OrlandoDeCabron [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        I took Modafinil for a couple years, never developed a physical dependency on it, while I get nasty headaches if I don't get caffeine. It'd be like $0.25 for a day's moda.

        • Farman [any]
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          1 year ago

          Thats a lot cheaper than what i get them for. There is no reason not to indulge then.