How to avoid fall into sleep while at work?

United States
June 26, 2009 4:42am CST
Go to bed late last night, and sleepy head this morning. But I still gotta go to work. While I was at work, I constantly feel drowsy, but the clock is running slow. I can't wait for the break time. I wish that I just take a sick day, and running home for a long hour sleep. If you felt sleepy at work, how do you try to awake yourself? What methods do you use is most effective. Coffee? I drink it everyday, it seems not very effective. What about others?
6 responses
@kaz_man (292)
• Australia
26 Jun 09
I usually sleep around 9:00-10:00 pm and wake up at 5:00-5:30am I guess I am an early starter, I used to wake up at around 7 am, felt tired but now I have woken earlier, I started to feel more energetic also doing some exercise helps alot.
@kaz_man (292)
• Australia
26 Jun 09
If forgot to add its different for everyone. So try experimenting like sleeping early and waking up early or something.
@venshida (4836)
• United States
30 Jun 09
You can take a bathroom break that's what I did when I was employed. I always got drowsy around noon.
@daliaj (5674)
• India
26 Jun 09
Two years ago, I was working for two companies. I had a day shift job and a night shift job, working 16 hours a day. I got to sleep only four and half hours a day. Then, I faced the problem of feeling sleepy in the day shift office. Let me write down the tips. 1. Have something hot (coffee or tea) whenever you feel sleepy. 2. Talk to colleagues who are bot busy for some time. 3. Go to some intersting websites or read news for sometime. 4. Have a toffee or choclate for some time. 5. Have pepper or something hot(spicy)in your mouth for sometime. Hope this will be helpful to you. All the best.
@achinthya (1216)
• India
26 Jun 09
if you feel sleepy while working freshens up by washing with water or stand for sometime and walk around don't stay in one place..
@med889 (5941)
26 Jun 09
I drink water a lot, water which I do not like to drink everytime I have to do it when I am feeling sleepy at work and then I try to talk to many people so that I do not feel sleepy as I can sleep on my table or on my keyboard which I have done.
• Philippines
26 Jun 09
First sleep well so that you will not feel sleepy the following day, but if you cant avoid such you could definitely drink coffee( make sure it is really hot) but if this doesn't work try to make yourself busy so that you wont feel sleepy...