I can only study when having a monster

[naseeha]

I got the majority of my studying done in the last week of exams during classes with the help of monsters and I feel I study better when taking them. So the most I had was like 7 days straight.

I have about 8 weeks to study for the step and I want to know if taking one everyday will hurt me? Is there anybody else out there who drank/drinks monsters while studying for their step?

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[WashMe]

I got the majority of my studying done in the last week of exams during classes with the help of monsters and I feel I study better when taking them. So the most I had was like 7 days straight.

I have about 8 weeks to study for the step and I want to know if taking one everyday will hurt me? Is there anybody else out there who drank/drinks monsters while studying for their step?

I've been up all night and I'm drinking red bull right now... I guarantee that drinking energy drinks for 2 months will hurt you LESS than you'd be hurt by getting a 195 on Step I 😎

 

[Step1Hash]

I got the majority of my studying done in the last week of exams during classes with the help of monsters and I feel I study better when taking them. So the most I had was like 7 days straight.

I COMPLETELY read this wrong and though 'taking' was 'talking to' and didn't correlate monsters to a drink. I really thought this was a joke or you were psycho. With that being said, I don't know too much about energy drinks..but I just wanted to share my confusion. Good luck.

 

[quepatho]

I COMPLETELY read this wrong and though 'taking' was 'talking to' and didn't correlate monsters to a drink. I really thought this was a joke or you were psycho. With that being said, I don't know too much about energy drinks..but I just wanted to share my confusion. Good luck.

Haha, I totally read it the way you did. I thought s/he meant a stuffed animal.

My beverage of choice is coffee, personally, but to each his/her own.

 

[SlaveOfTCMC]

Better work on that external sphincter control because downing that much caffeine during the real test is going to send you to the bathroom often. Better make sure you can hold it until your break periods and that the Prometric center you are going to has proper facilities.

 

[shaman06]

As a future physician, perhaps the first thing you can study is the adverse effects that these 'energy drinks' have on our bodies, especially when consumed frequently.

A-type personalities, which tend to dominate the medical school population, seem hell-bent on maximizing study time (which I understand) but will often go to great lengths to severely restrict sleeping, chugging excessive amounts of energy drinks, or also as I have heard, popping ritalin like candy.

Of ALL professions, why should we accept this, let alone do it ourselves?

Now, I'm guilty of the occassional all-nighter, and I don't think that having a cup or two of coffee a day is bad, though I don't drink any (tolerance is 1.5-2 cups/day, I believe), but 8 weeks straight of those energy drinks seems like a poor decision.

If you want a better routine, then for the next 8 weeks of study - get a consistent 8 hours of sleep a night, get consistent excercise, and eat/drink healthy. And if you really need to consume something to give you a kick in the butt once in awhile, go for a cup of coffee, or something that I really prefer - snack on really citrusy-fruits.

 

[redcard]

I COMPLETELY read this wrong and though 'taking' was 'talking to' and didn't correlate monsters to a drink. I really thought this was a joke or you were psycho. With that being said, I don't know too much about energy drinks..but I just wanted to share my confusion. Good luck.

LMAO .... What makes it even better is your nickname


And OP , it's probably a bad idea . You need however to figure out what works for you instead of it.


I would go with this:

If you want a better routine, then for the next 8 weeks of study - get a consistent 8 hours of sleep a night, get consistent excercise, and eat/drink healthy. And if you really need to consume something to give you a kick in the butt once in awhile, go for a cup of coffee, or something that I really prefer - snack on really citrusy-fruits.

 

[tco]

If you want a better routine, then for the next 8 weeks of study - get a consistent 8 hours of sleep a night, get consistent excercise, and eat/drink healthy. And if you really need to consume something to give you a kick in the butt once in awhile, go for a cup of coffee, or something that I really prefer - snack on really citrusy-fruits.

Sounds logical.

8 hours of sleep/night
2 hours to eat during the day
2 hours to workout (including travel time, working out, and showering)
1 hour for other bodily functions
That leaves 11 hours of studying if you are a taskmaster and able to do everything in a specific hour, at a specific time, and in a specific way.

Ya rite. LoL.


8 hours sleep
12 hours study + Monsters
2 hours of bodily functions (Pee in the shower to save time)
2 hours of random break times interspersed within the 12 hours of study

Sounds much more possible to me.

 

[shaman06]

Sounds logical.

8 hours of sleep/night
2 hours to eat during the day
2 hours to workout (including travel time, working out, and showering)
1 hour for other bodily functions
That leaves 11 hours of studying if you are a taskmaster and able to do everything in a specific hour, at a specific time, and in a specific way.

Ya rite. LoL.


8 hours sleep
12 hours study + Monsters
2 hours of bodily functions (Pee in the shower to save time)
2 hours of random break times interspersed within the 12 hours of study

Sounds much more possible to me.

haha, 2 hours is a hell of a lot of time to chill in the bathroom!

But seriously, I have 11 hours of dedicated study time built into my days, with 8 hours of sleeping, 3 for meals (this includes waking up/getting ready/cooking/eating), and 2 more hours for excercise & whatever time (play guitar, destress). When I eat breakfast & lunch, I am reading clinical cases (Lange Case Files); when I excercise and cook dinner, I'm listening to Goljan. There's legitimately probably 1-1.5 hours of my whole day when I am not actively studying in some capacity or sleeping, meaning I'm still getting in a solid 14+ hours a day getting inundated with information.
There are plenty of ways to pack a full schedule without needing a Monster binge 😀

 

[tco]

haha, 2 hours is a hell of a lot of time to chill in the bathroom!

But seriously, I have 11 hours of dedicated study time built into my days, with 8 hours of sleeping, 3 for meals (this includes waking up/getting ready/cooking/eating), and 2 more hours for excercise & whatever time (play guitar, destress). When I eat breakfast & lunch, I am reading clinical cases (Lange Case Files); when I excercise and cook dinner, I'm listening to Goljan. There's legitimately probably 1-1.5 hours of my whole day when I am not actively studying in some capacity or sleeping, meaning I'm still getting in a solid 14+ hours a day getting inundated with information.
There are plenty of ways to pack a full schedule without needing a Monster binge 😀

Studying while exercising would make me more miserable than not exercising at all, which is why I don't do it. I'm just going to wait until Step 1 is over to get back to it. If you do something else while working out, you're not dedicating the attention you need to for either task, so why do it?

2 hours in the bathroom isn't as much as you'd think. How long does it take you to shower? Do you shower once or twice a day? Especially with working out? How long does it take you to poop? Once or twice a day? Urinating? Urinating after drinking a monster? Do you study at home or school? Travel time to and from the bathroom, especially if away from school, can amount to five minutes per trip.

There's so many unaccountable hours of not studying that you don't realize how much time you waste until you use a stopwatch to find out. Any time you're not actively studying, hit the stop button. Then, at the end of the day, record your findings. You'll be shocked.

My studying efficiency has drastically increased after doing this...I was sitting at my computer all day and studying for 4 hours. Now I'm studying 8 or 9 hours every day.

 

[hurdlepup]

Studying while exercising would make me more miserable than not exercising at all, which is why I don't do it. I'm just going to wait until Step 1 is over to get back to it. If you do something else while working out, you're not dedicating the attention you need to for either task, so why do it?

2 hours in the bathroom isn't as much as you'd think. How long does it take you to shower? Do you shower once or twice a day? Especially with working out? How long does it take you to poop? Once or twice a day? Urinating? Urinating after drinking a monster? Do you study at home or school? Travel time to and from the bathroom, especially if away from school, can amount to five minutes per trip.

There's so many unaccountable hours of not studying that you don't realize how much time you waste until you use a stopwatch to find out. Any time you're not actively studying, hit the stop button. Then, at the end of the day, record your findings. You'll be shocked.

My studying efficiency has drastically increased after doing this...I was sitting at my computer all day and studying for 4 hours. Now I'm studying 8 or 9 hours every day.

the pomodoro method works well for this!