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8:14am November 24, 2014

How to stay awake

At least, one way to stay awake, despite being on a whole lot of sedating meds that by all rights should knock out a horse.

Chewing gum.

Don’t know why it works.

I’m not talking about gum with sugar. I’m talking about Xylitol, Sorbitol, or both.

It may just by the act of chewing.

And it doesn’t always work. (Yes, I’ve fallen asleep many times with gum in my mouth. The sheer amount of gum I stuff in my mouth, and the location, makes it nearly impossible that I’d inadvertently swallow it.)

But it works surprisingly often.