Can Too Much 3D Make You Sleepy?

[medula]

The last few days i have been really sleepy and i dont know why. Some might say drink more coffie but i dont drink tea or coffie. My sleeping pattern has gone from getting to bed at 4am to 11pm and getting up at 9am 10am. Some days i wake up at 7am.
Those times are not normal for me. It's like my time clock has gone full circle.
Too much 3D or what ?

First.. get regular. Sleep a normal pattern.

Then.. get some excercise..

most importantly.. get away from your computer for a bit. :hmm:

[cookepuss]

Some might say drink more coffie
That's a bad idea anyway. Coffee may provide you with immediate stimulation, but the eventual crash is just a b***h. You'll end up more tired than before in most cases.

Well, the problem could be eye strain, prolonged uninterrupted periods of work, or even dietary shifts. It could also be age related too. Long stretches at the PC will definitely drain you. That's a given. A subtle change in diet could affect your energy flow too. Depending on where in the world you are right now, a shift in weather/seasons is also likely to affect your energy level. It could be any number of things.

I'm voting on a combination of factors.

[/\>Scott M C4D</\]

I just got paid off from my job a few weeks ago and a few days last week i was up for like 22 hours. It took a few days to get back to normal but yeah i dont have the same energy level i had before when i was working. Normally when i came home from work i was still buzzing so am not getting out as much now.
It could possibly be a cold i have had,been sneezing and had a runny nose so it could just be a cold i have thats draining me a bit. If am tierd i just turn off my pc as i cant do anything.
I guess i could just sit back and watch the duck run movie and lean some stuff for R9.

[ODoul]

I have heard that fatigue can cause you to post ridiculous, non C4D related questions in forums reserved for such. :banghead: :)

[anobrin]

I have heard that fatigue can cause you to post ridiculous, non C4D related questions in forums reserved for such. :banghead: :)




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[policarpo]

I have often heard that on those days when you are exhausted from a night of the 3D bought, it is best to just sit back and smoke crack and watch the Chapelle Show.

I dunno if it works, cause I haven't slept a proper night in ages. :drool:

[LucentDreams]

Its not specific to cinema, but common in our field of work, especially for batchelors ;) Get a girlfriend and you will find yourself on a normal clock again, least thats how I did it. Before that I too was on a nocturnal clock. I find myself more productive at night typically anyways,

If you lacking in sleep then you need to do something, but if your simply working nights and sleeping days, as long as you don't have a day job or something, then I wouldn't worry. Again thats only if your still getting enough sleep though. if you aren't,, my suggestion is leave the PC, pturn on a long ass movie or something and lay down nice and comfortable in a dark room, won't be a great sleep, but it will get you some sleep, and when you wake up, you'll be really dozy, don't do anything serious to exert yourself, turn off the teli quickly and head straight to bed, you'll have a nice long relaxing sleep.

When I was freelancing about a year ago, this was somethign I did a few ties when I was starting to burnmsyelf out on a project. The initial nap doesn't rest you well by anymeans, but it gets you into a mindless groggy state that yuo can then make into a good sleep. Daerk room with a movie that requires focused attention, and a comfy position is a guaranteed way to put you into a short doze.

[Daoine]

But Kai, you've got to read the label very carefully on the back of that first remedy.

Side Effects include: bitching, complaining, mistrust, speculation, violent outbursts, questions, dizziness, migrane headache, stroke, advanced acute heart disease/failure, questions, obesity, upset stomach, diarreah... questions... The list goes on but if I finish it I'll have to add carpal tunnel to it:argh:

Glad yours is working out for ya though, you seem to have yourself a great healthcare plan. Mine's probobly just as good... wait, let me check her BC pill pack... Oh. That explains it. Guess I'll be back on the good stuff in about a week or so.:cry:

Strugglin on:thumbsup:

Daoine

[LucentDreams]

If you are getting enough sleep, but living nocturnal, there are not side effects or healthrisks with perhaps the exception of possible depression as humans have a direct connection between sunlight exposure and general mood. Even then, there are lights designed specifically for people with SAD (seasonal affective Disorder) that if used for an hour or so per day will help keep the person in check.

As I said in my post, if he's not getting enough sleep, then yes he needs to do somethign about it, if he's getting enough sleep and its just a matter or him being up at night and sleeping at day, thees nothing wrong with that.

[/\>Scott M C4D</\]

Thanks Kia,
Yeah,yeah it's really strange how your body clock completely takes over your life in the period you push it too far.
I use to study Music Technology and studyed it at home like an Open College course.
It was great and i was dedicated to it even though i knew that there wasnt a real qualification at the end of it but a lumpsome of money like £280 tax free just for doing the course. Yeah i had to buy something musical with it so i bought Reason 1.0 (Reason 3.0 has just been released today by the Propellerheads ( www.propellerheads.se ).
When studying the course i sometimes was up for like 35 hours at a time which makes you kinda spaced out and hyper-sensitive to whats around you,like your walking on air or something. (No i wasnt on drugs :P ).
Crazy times they were.
My time clock has been set back to what many people would consider normal and am getting plenty sleep as well and am not sleeping into the afternoon like i would normally do when am not working. It's refreshing to be able to do that but i am also more creative during the night hours than the day but at least i get to see daylight :).
With Scotland being quite far in the hemisphere,daylight during winter is fairly short and you can go without seeing the sun for days which can lead to SAD (Seasonal Affected Dissorder) where some people commit suicide.

Yeah this topic has nothing to do with cinema 4D specifically but it's something real that all creative artists deal with on a day to day basis that one should not overlook. It is our own mental and physical health we have to look after afterall.

[cubizmo]

Side Effects include: bitching, complaining, mistrust, speculation, violent outbursts, questions, dizziness, migrane headache, stroke, advanced acute heart disease/failure, questions, obesity, upset stomach, diarreah... questions... The list goes on but if I finish it I'll have to add carpal tunnel to it:argh:


So you have been with us on our last overnight work. and the one before. and... oh well.
My very favourite special effect is the time after working through the day and the following night, and then, next morning you come home and immediately one or both of these things happens:

a) you are so near your cozy bed, it's nice and warm and your gf/bf/teddy/whoever is waiting, and then the telephone rings. the customer's unhappy with something.

b) you are so near.... yaddayadda..., and then you're ACTUALLY in it, and then... nothing happens, and you can't fall asleep for crying out loud.

now definitely sorry for being far too OT for the cinema forum.

[dann_stubbs]

Yeah this topic has nothing to do with cinema 4D specifically but it's something real that all creative artists deal with on a day to day basis that one should not overlook. It is our own mental and physical health we have to look after afterall.

this is kinda funny - so go look after "it" and stop making OT posts and polls

go take a nap, walk, run, go walk around the mall, see other people etc... talk to a human not just a forum... don't say "we" when it is more you. my health, family and social interaction is fine, reading about yours in a c4d forum is not really the goal.

dann

[ODoul]

I'm sorry Scott, but I'm with Dann on this one. I'm not in charge here and I can pick and choose what I click on. The fact that I've even joined this thread says something to the relevance of the topic. I have, after all, been following it. I have no right to tell you what you can or can't post either. I guess my main gripe here is that every time a thread like this is posted, it bumps 1 off of the front page (which I never venture off of) which might have some relevance to Cinema 4D. You can post threads like this in the general topic forums until the cows come home and I'd be fine with that.

It is not my intent to bust your chops here. I just wish that a little discretion would be used. That's all.

Take care bud.

[nendo_3d]

don't know if am abit late but 3d can cause sleppiness because its mentle exhausten not physic. u mindneeds rest

[/\>Scott M C4D</\]

Yeah am cool with that,i didnt bring it back from the second page,for someone elses topic to be dropped off the bottom. I mearly replyed to the topic as it was there. Yeah i should have posted it in the relevant forum but it doesnt mean you have to read it and then complain about what i may have said. The topic subject completely clear and if the moderators had a problem with it they would have said and moved to somewhere more appropiete if they felt the need. This is just one part of a wider community on Cgtalk and some subjects affect others and some dont. I have written hundreds of topics over the last 5 years on a huge range of subjects. I have a life and i dont sit here 24 hours aday infront of one pc screen and guess what i do have friends and i do go out and am very active. I write topics for the benifit of others to share their experiences and to help others who maybe dont have the time to go looking around all the other forums. If you dont like what i post dont read it. If you have a problem with the subject ask the moderators to move it. I dont have a problem either way.
And the only Poll i posted recently was specifically on Cinema 4D 9.0 to give a indication of the user base on cgtalk who actually have the upgrade.
If i have something to share i will,if someone wants to reply they will,if you dont want to read it dont.If someone wants to move it they can. Thats the beuaty of a forum.

[thorn3d]

Can Too Much 3D Make You Sleepy?

No, but your consistently off-topic and fairly pointless threads dont do a bad job.

thorn

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