How do you cope on next to no sleep?

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I got about 3 hours overnight. I am beyond knackered and in such a foul mood I have advised my family to give me a wide berth today and I've tried to avoid posting what I actually want to reply to posts online. 😂

Urgh. Sleep deprived me is such a whiny moany bitch queen from hell I even annoy myself with it.

I remember when I was young it was all piss ups and sleep is for the weak and now if I don't get at least 8 hours a night I'm one comment away from ripping someone's arm off and beating them to death with it.

Caffeine. A walk in the fresh air if I can possibly manage it. Tell work colleagues that I've slept crappily and not to expect higher order thought from me today. Reeeeaally reeeeeally deep breaths when the DC are being so irritating and I want to defenestrate them. If all else fails, just pinning my hopes on going to bed early, taking a Nytol and passing the fuck out.

Water helps. So does a 10 minute power nap if you can manage it.

I just lie to myself that I've slept.

Very badly, family give me a wide berth

I don't cope. I used to do nights on a ward as a HCA and had an agreement with my manager that I didn't do more than 2 in a row as I couldn't cope (I don't sleep well when on nights).Have just finished training for a new role and been told that when I do nights it's non negotiable that I do 4 in a row -weeps- I'm a miserable, irrational, emotional, teary eyed short tempered acopic cowbag if I've not slept!

Iron self control, and coffee by the bucketload.

If I don’t perform at work then I won’t be paid, and my reputation will suffer. And they don’t give a shiny shite about how many hours of sleep I’ve had, they just want the work done.

I used to work 3 12hr night shifts in a row, had a 2yr old and no childcare during week days so didn't sleep for three days if none of my shifts fell on a weekend, those were interesting times. At best it was soul suckingly knackering and at worst, unsafe, considering I used to have to drive half an hour there and back and look after a 2 yr old once I got my sleep deprived body back home.

I drank a lot of coffee and smoked a lot of fags and drove with all the windows down to keep me awake.

Coffee, fresh air, hot showers, keeping active.

Sympathies

I've been an absolutely shit human being for the past 2.5 years. Worse now with a newborn.

When I was having the time of my life in my early twenties, I'd quote that I would sleep when I was dead. Tbh, it's a fairly attractive thought at this rate 😬

I'm a grumpy arsehole on no sleep.

For many long winded reasons I managed about half an hour last night. I have been awful today. Properly awful.

And I cry more when I'm tired. I've just sobbed at some woman taking her mother on stage with her when she won a Brit award. And then again at Ed Sheeran's new song. I don't even like bloody Ed Sheeran.

Loads of chocolate

I try and sneak in a power nap whilst the sleep thieves are safely entertained. Only a half sleep, their noise stops me sleeping properly but just enough if done in numerous small doses to get me through.

Moving. Getting out and about so I can't sleep.

Closing my eyes sitting on the bus where they're safely in their buggy

to those who also suffer.
I drugged the crap out of myself last night and slept like the dead!

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