[coolstorybrother]

SO you guys probably know the deal... exams coming up want to do the best i possibly can so trying to use my time efficiently as possible. I would like some tips as to know so of you can concentrate on revision for long periods of time without thinking of other things.....

Thanks

[TheWorldEndsWithMe]

I'd be interested too, I find myself getting so distracted and finding any excuse not to do any work.

[coolstorybrother]

(Original post by TheWorldEndsWithMe)
I'd be interested too, I find myself getting so distracted and finding any excuse not to do any work.

lol join the club :L how long does it take you before you start drifting off?

[fishfan01]

I just picture myself opening my results in August and seeing anything less than AAA. I scare myself into working.

[Ayesha.Tabassam95]

(Original post by coolstorybrother)
SO you guys probably know the deal... exams coming up want to do the best i possibly can so trying to use my time efficiently as possible. I would like some tips as to know so of you can concentrate on revision for long periods of time without thinking of other things.....

Thanks

I havent actually used it but Ive been thinking of using modfinil recently.. dont know if it actually works though

[11flon]

Urgh, same here. Even if I remove any source of distraction (laptop, phone, iPod etc.) I just end up daydreaming. Around exam period I gave up all fizzy drinks, ate a bit more healthily (still have a terrible diet but ate fruit where I'd normally pig out on chocolate and such ) and exercised more and it actually had a surprisingly good effect on my concentration. Could've been in my mind because that's the effect I was hoping it'd have or it could've been the lack of sugar rushes and come-downs but it worked :P shame I slipped back into my old ways after the Jan exams.

[coolstorybrother]

(Original post by Ayesha.Tabassam95)
I havent actually used it but Ive been thinking of using modfinil recently.. dont know if it actually works though

quick google of "modfinil" - seems to be a drug which makes you super productive? Really? I mean like it just seems non legit to use this but fair enough if your gonna do tell us how it went - did you get it via prescription? There's got to be some natural exercises.....

[FuzzySheep]

I go to the library personally, I find it really works and gets me motivated seeing as everyone else around me is working too!

I also recommend some exercise, no matter what it is - helps me feel more awake and alert

[Blutooth]

(Original post by Ayesha.Tabassam95)
I havent actually used it but Ive been thinking of using modfinil recently.. dont know if it actually works though

The first time I took it I felt like a machine, had the most productive day ever. The next time I took it, I had an exam and the exam seemed to go ok. I was a lot calmer. Modafinil also makes it much easier to concentrate on driving.

However, I stopped taking it because of the harmful side-effects like not being able to get to sleep till 3 am, headaches and heart palpitations.

Go to the library instead

[chickenonsteroids]

I put food in front of me so that I have to work a certain amount to eat some


I know... it's sad but it works

[senator88]

I like to make a revision plan. A realistic one though, with plenty of breaks, because I lose concentration so easily. I'll probably do a couple of hours..then an hours break, and so on. If you start early-on you won't have to cram everything in at the last minute. I've got a month until mine so am going to do a topic a day for the next couple of weeks, then repeat the cycle etc..

[Ayesha.Tabassam95]

(Original post by coolstorybrother)
quick google of "modfinil" - seems to be a drug which makes you super productive? Really? I mean like it just seems non legit to use this but fair enough if your gonna do tell us how it went - did you get it via prescription? There's got to be some natural exercises.....

You have to get it prescribed or else its like 20 quid for 4 tablets. I honestly havent tried it or bought it yet cause Im too scared incase my parents bust me with it
It supposedly help to increase your concentration span.
Erm.. rubbing your earlobes helps to stimulate your blood circulation... according to my french teacher.

[cyfer]

I like to pace my room and ramble to myself about stuff in my exams.

I don't know why but it works.

Oh and for speaking exams either for English or foreign languages I sit in front of my bathroom mirror for 1-2 hours and talk to myself. At first my mum didn't know what I was doing and she was genuinely worried I was going insane (since I was doing this around 12-1sh in the morning (midnight))

[Ayesha.Tabassam95]

(Original post by Blutooth)
The first time I took it I felt like a machine, had the most productive day ever. The next time I took it, I had an exam and the exam seemed to go ok. I was a lot calmer. Modafinil also makes it much easier to concentrate on driving.

However, I stopped taking it because of the harmful side-effects like not being able to get to sleep till 3 am, headaches and heart palpitations.

Stay in school Kids, and remember: don't do drugs

Looool. I think youre side effects were cause you probably took them to often, no?

[seasons of wither]

(Original post by Ayesha.Tabassam95)
rubbing your earlobes helps to stimulate your blood circulation... according to my french teacher.

oh my god that's hilarious :') i need to try this.

blueberries, bananas, tuna sandwiches, exercise and short bursts of revision rather than hours at a time all help me to concentrate also sometimes if i find my concentration getting a bit thin i put on some undistracting music and that can help me get it back a bit.

[Blutooth]

(Original post by Ayesha.Tabassam95)
You have to get it prescribed or else its like 20 quid for 4 tablets. I honestly havent tried it or bought it yet cause Im too scared incase my parents bust me with it
It supposedly help to increase your concentration span.
Erm.. rubbing your earlobes helps to stimulate your blood circulation... according to my french teacher.

Lol, I told my dad I had bought some modafinil and he asked to try some for the next company presentation.

[Blutooth]

(Original post by Ayesha.Tabassam95)
Looool. I think youre side effects were cause you probably took them to often, no?

The side-effects weren't severe- just a bit disconcerting. I couldn't get to sleep till 3, only taking one tablet. Those things are prescribed for narcoleptics. I think the headaches were a result of just not being able to get to sleep on time.

I haven't taken more than 10 tablets, and the longest stretch I was on them was 3 days= 3 tablets or less. Some days I took half a tablet. The side-effects are real even with minimal use, especially the lack of sleep and palpitations. Having said that, I don't think the drug is dangerous unless one really abuses it.

[ugk4life]

(Original post by Blutooth)
The side-effects weren't severe- just a bit disconcerting. I couldn't get to sleep till 3, only taking one tablet. Those things are prescribed for narcoleptics. I think the headaches were a result of just not being able to get to sleep on time.

I haven't taken more than 10 tablets, and the longest stretch I was on them was 3 days= 3 tablets or less. Some days I took half a tablet. The side-effects are real even with minimal use, especially the lack of sleep and palpitations. Having said that, I don't think the drug is dangerous unless one really abuses it.

how did you get it?

I might have to try this myself lol

[HQazi]

Put the Blackberry aside for 2 months.

Trust me, its the worst thing you can have with you while you are 'revising'. Maybe you don't even have Blackberry, but its for all the other people here. You are NOT revising while you BB is buzzing constantly.

[Artymess]

Study with friends, and (depending on course content) quiz each other - I just like the competitiveness and the atmosphere when you're studying with everyone else