I feel more sleepy during exams?do u feel same as me?
By shnsun
@shnsun (196)
July 1, 2009 8:34am CST
I am a student and i study in grade 12. Usually nowadays i sleep at around 1 am and get up at 6am. But during exam time i can't stay even upto 11 pm. And even if i stay up late i can't concerntrate reading. All i feel is sleepy. And most of the time thinking i will get up early tomorrow i sleep early. But what happens next morning is i can't get up. Even if i get up and start reading i feel sleepy again. I sleep late morning thinking "who cares about exams i will answer how much i can".
Do u feel more sleepy during exams like me?
Do u think as i do?
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18 responses
@toonvk (267)
• Belgium
3 Jul 09
You're welcome! You know what does the trick to stay fit during the exams? Salads, fruit and vitamin pills. If you eat heavy food like (steak with french fries, or meat loaf with mashed potatoes) most of your energy goes to digesting your food. But salads and fruit digest easily and so the most of your energy goes to your brain
@anubhavjha (46)
• India
2 Jul 09
There is no need to awake and read for the long nights during exams if you have done your study properly before the exam. The students like me who don't read for entire time have only one or two days to prepare for the exam and clear it. So for us there is no other option rather than being wake up entire night and see if we can do the entire study of 6 months in 2 days. Actually in exam we need to show what we studied for 6 months to 1 year in 2 hrs to 3 hrs of time.
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@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
2 Jul 09
oh yes... i used to feel the same like you when i was still a student as well... and it is very annoying because when you need to wake up and concentrate to study, you can't... so what i do usually is try to study bit by bit before the exam so that i don't have much to study when the time comes and i am already prepared... take care and have a nice day...
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@hotsummer (13837)
• Philippines
2 Jul 09
yeah i don't study well when i was student. i just fell asleep every time i review for my exams. i just review minutes before the exam itself.
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@chingmerry (414)
• China
2 Jul 09
i think most of the students have been a same situation as you when we were during exams.what we could explain that it is so tired to read book or there was a lot of stress for student.may be you are to nervous to have a good sleep.anyway i have had a same situation as you may be more worse than you when i was a student.
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@AAnshu (115)
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2 Jul 09
I am the same too. Other times i can read books till late at night. till 1 or 2 and even 5 once. (had to wake up right after getting on bed. wasn't so good). But during exam i can't stay awake, not even till 10. I keep on dozing off with my book in hand waking up in every 5 min or so just to give a blank stare on the pages and not understanding anything.
This must be because during exam we read whole day not only at night. Therefore our eyes gets tired and we need to rest quicker.
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@Soniasony (1827)
• India
1 Jul 09
Your case is of utter seriousness you have towards exams. I am not blaming you , I am comparing you with myself , even I was feeling almost the same way.Its very young to think of what we need , so we just read to pass our exams , or to impress our parents.Later you will now the gravity of seriuosness and get back to what you need .Till then enjoy life have fun lol.
@markmoney (2868)
• Philippines
4 Jul 09
The reason is you get a very little time of sleep, not a good habit. That's why when you wake up, you still feel sleepy because your sleep is not enough, your body needs more rest. It's hard to study if you don't feel comfortable, feeling sleepy is one cause. So I guess you should change your practice. Try to sleep early. Manage your time properly. Prioritize your health. But if you really need to stay awake at night, maybe you need to drink something that can make you stay awake. Such as energy drinks like, Lipovitan or RedBull or whaever available in your place. Or you can take multivitamins to have more energy. I was taking a multivitamins before named "Stresstabs" and I will recommend it to you, you will not feel sleepy. It's really effective. One time, I talked with someone that took us until 5am, I just sleep for one hour, I wake up at 6am and then I go to work. I don't feel sleepy at all, I'm still active. That one is really effective for me, try it. But now I have changed my mutivitamins to Enervon, this one will prevent you from sickness like colds and cough even the weather is bad. So what you just need is a proper time management and vitamins. Have a nice day! Happy myLotting!
@OConnell87 (1042)
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1 Jul 09
i'm like that too i think its because around exam time, you do a lot of brain work whether its reading your notes to working out practice questions and even if your having a break all i can think about is how many days till my exam and what else i need to learn and i test myself on bits that i have just read, so i think because our brain is working a lot harder than if we didnt have exams then your going to be tired more
@shnsun (196)
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1 Jul 09
You may be right but what i think the reason behind my sleepyness is boring. Reading is a boring one for me. Reading is not much interesting and siting at the same place for longtime we get bored and feel more sleepy. dont you think so Oconnell87? Anyway thanks for first response and happy mylotting!!
@justbeingtiffany (1156)
• United States
2 Jul 09
no not really i feel frustrated question after question i'm like thinking maybe i should just bubble in any answer. i just get mad. n never sleepy because i'm always chewing on some gum or hard candy.
@mermaidivy (15394)
• United States
1 Jul 09
Yes, I did feel the same, I remember way back when I was still in school, everytime when it came to exam period, I just felt lazy, tired and sleepy to study because it is not something that I like to do or I will do in my spare time, I will study but I don't like to... that's why I'm not what sucessful businesswoman but a home stay wify now :p I wish you the best in your education! Study hard!
@shnsun (196)
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1 Jul 09
Yeah..most of my elders say it as you say. They are blame themselves for not studying hard in student life. They are afraid that i will be unsuccesful like them.
Now i am really feeling i must start getting serious about my studies. Thanks a lot for best wishes and thanks for responding. Happy mylotting!!
@suj123 (1067)
• India
1 Jul 09
Hi friend,
During exams i always feel sleepy. Whenever i tell this to my mom she always thinks that i am acting hehe. But really with lot of studying and hard work you get tried very fast and i am the one who always does the last minute studying till then I'll be like let exams start LoL.
To add we have our exams early in the morning at 7am and i am so sleepy at that time.
Happy Mylotting.
@shnsun (196)
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1 Jul 09
Wow you bear same characters as mine. And my mom thinks same as like your mom too.
I do last minute studying too. Well i always think of studing early of session but i am always diverted to somthing else and cant study early. I always play today thinking of studying tomorrow but next day, tommorow becomes today. With increasing tomorrows i get near to exams and have to study very hard at he last minute. This may be the reason i feel sleepy soon during exams but i don;t feel sleepy at all doing other intersting things like using computer. We have exams at 7 am too. And though i sleep upto about 5:30. Then i get ready for exam.No study at all nxt day lol...
Thanks for response friend! and happy mylotting!!!
@passionkiller (55)
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1 Jul 09
yep bro!!
i also fallasleep a lot...
always when i try to study during exams i fall asleep unknowingly several times..
at a certain time i completely go to sleep then my mom comes and bits me then i start to concentrate...
but sooon i go to sleep...
tomorrow also the same thing happens an the time of my exam comes i share with frens that-"i haven't read anything, been sleeping the whole night"
so this happens to me every time...
donno why but just hate it...
@THEcreationist (837)
• India
1 Jul 09
Well, i don`t feel that way.
I tell you that most students feel sleepy during exams.Sufficient rest is necessary in life, but if you are oversleeping, this is wasting your very useful time and you need to fight this not only in your exams but also in real life, to be successful. Although, this just a matter of your determination, there are some things you can do about it:
Try to focus on your goals and the necessity of your success for your parents and others who depend on you. Yoga is a very helpful resource for managing your lifestyle.
@shnsun (196)
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1 Jul 09
You seem new in mylot.First of all Welcome to mylot! hehehe i am new too. jst there and half day old.
The way you respond seems that you enjoy reading. I really liked your response very much.you are very true..Every second of our life is important and useful and we must not waste it. Well i have really started to do as you have said. Talking about last exam i had i really tried to control my sleepyness. I sleep later than previous exams and was able to get up too. At that time i fell as some power came in me. I read upto 2am and didn't feel bored too. And i was still able to wake up at 4am.That was the longest period i have read. I hope i will be able to continue this again. Afterall i have to be sucessful in life. Thanks for sugession happy mylotting!!!
@shail5554 (232)
• India
1 Jul 09
Yes I also feel more sleepy during the exams.I feel very sleepy during the afternoon after the lunch and if I don't sleep then I am not able to concentrate.I guess this is the same case with a lot of other students.
@radhanair1001 (519)
• India
2 Jul 09
yes me too..
i observed that its because most of us dont have the habbit of reading regularly..
we take the books only during the exams and thats why we feel sleepy in some minutes of reading..
nice topic....Keep lotting....keep earning....
Byee....
@cmnavarro (251)
• Philippines
2 Jul 09
yes, it happened to me... when i was still in school, i feel the same way... when it's time for you to study all of your notes and all, the urge of studying gets low.. i think you just need to take control of yourself.. do FIRST THINGS FIRST like study ahead of time and discipline yourself... like when you feel sleeping while studying, get up and do some shaking to perk yourself up... i know you'll get through that... just believe that you can do it and always pray.. god bless you=)
@restaurant (6)
• China
1 Jul 09
wanna know where are you from.And why do you stay up so late.Do you have a lot of homework?Maybe you can do something to make you more efficient.
@shnsun (196)
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1 Jul 09
Welcome to mylot!!!
I am from Nepal. I am crazy about using computer and like playing games , using internet and chatting with friends. And i find it so much intresting that i forget about the sleepyness. Time runs faster when i use computer. Its not that i have lots of homework. And even i have i don't finish all off them. I mostly copy out my friends homework...lol. And reading is damn boooooooooring for me.
Thanks for respose and keep mylotting !!! its fun as well as infromative..