[CQ-Contest] Drugs, Sleep and Contesting

[Pete Smith]

I was thinking of writing a little piece on this for the Contest 
Compendium's section on sleep deprivation.  My memory no doubt has 
gaps, but I don't recall any serious discussion of the topic here.  I 
think that a couple of years ago there was a flurry of interest in a 
drug called Provigil that had been developed for use by people 
afflicted with narcolepsy, but that's all I recall.

Obviously, I'm not suggesting a discussion of illegal drug use (no 
greenies, please) but I wonder what the collective experience has 
been.  Have you tried anything other than the measures suggested in 
the Compendium article on Sleep strategies?  See 
http://wiki.contesting.com/index.php/Table_of_Contents#Contest_Operating 
for that.

73, Pete N4ZR
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