valcore 0 #1 May 23, 2006 So I have to ask, does anyone here have anything that might resemble adrenaline withdrawal. I know that if I do 5 or more jumps over a weekend I don't usually sleep very well and am a little figity for the next 2 or 3 days. Serious question though. I just want to know if others get the same feelings when they are not jumping and what they do to take their mind off of it. Also I was reading some material about adrenaline addiction does anyone know if there are any negative side effects to this? Or should I just jump more to keep this from happening. Blue Skies to all The most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I'm from the government and I'm here to help’. ~Ronald Reagan 30,000,000 legal firearm owners killed no one yesterday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
psipike02 0 #2 May 23, 2006 QuoteI know that if I do 5 or more jumps over a weekend I don't usually sleep very well and am a little figity for the next 2 or 3 days. I'm kind of going through it now. After I got my A a few weeks ago, I had did about 5 jumps during the weekend. Well I moved to colorado to do an internship and currently do not have the money to jump. So I find myself at work during the day figity like yourself and i start to sweat and my hands shake a little when I start to think about it. Its weird. Its only when I get a chance to go to the DZ and hang out, that it goes away temporarily, jumping or not. It's a drug....maybe I'm just weird like that, but glad you' feel somewhat the same stuffPuttin' some stank on it. ----Hellfish #707---- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,255 #3 May 23, 2006 Quote So I have to ask, does anyone here have anything that might resemble adrenaline withdrawal. I know that if I do 5 or more jumps over a weekend I don't usually sleep very well and am a little figity for the next 2 or 3 days. Really, if I do a decent amount of jumps in a weekend (maybe 6-8+) then come sunday evening I am completely zombified. I usually try and describe it as feeling completely drained and washed out, but at some base level deeply, deeply happy - then I'll go to bed and sleep like a log. I'm fairly sure thats due to the amounts of endorphins and stuff that gets pumped into my blood during jumping - the better the jumps the more knackered I am - but it could partly be due to lots of beer and little sleep at the DZ as well.Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matt1215 0 #4 May 23, 2006 Quote<<< I know that if I do 5 or more jumps over a weekend I don't usually sleep very well and am a little figity for the next 2 or 3 days.>>> LOL This happened to me bigtime a couple months ago after I made 7 jumps within 30 hours, 5 of which were AFF. I slept very lightly, if at all for several days. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSE 3 #5 May 23, 2006 I'm just the opposite. The more jumps, the more likely I am to sleep well. It exhausts me to have that much adrenaline in my system. That said, I've also been a rodeo rider, motorcycle freak, cliff jumper, and other adrenaline charged sport freak too. After the jump, if I sit for too long, I'm sleepy, so the best thing to do is to get back on the plane ASAP. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skydivesg 6 #6 May 23, 2006 Make 10-12 jumps on Saturday and 10-12 on Sunday and then come back on here and tell us how you slept. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peej 0 #7 May 23, 2006 Amen! When i have a busy weekend of team training and tandem camera jumps, by the time i get home on Sunday night my girlfriend laughs at me cos i'm like an old man. My joints are stiff, muscles everywhere hurt and i can't stay awake past nine pm Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matt1215 0 #8 May 23, 2006 QuoteMake 10-12 jumps on Saturday and 10-12 on Sunday and then come back on here and tell us how you slept. Hey, I might have to do just that. Nice 4 day weekend coming up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katherine 0 #9 May 23, 2006 QuoteThe more jumps, the more likely I am to sleep well. Me too. After a weekend of early mornings and lost sleep, traverling time, jumps (I found any significant RAPs levels exhasting) etc I am shattered by sun night. Then I get back to halls looking forward to a shower, beans on toast and a dvd and am greeted by my friends guilt tripping me into going outLeeds University Skydiving Club www.skydiveleeds.co.uk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisL 2 #10 May 23, 2006 Quote It's a drug.... Actually its a hormone __ My mighty steed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matt1215 0 #11 May 23, 2006 QuoteQuote It's a drug.... Actually its a hormone An excellent anti-depressant as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
psipike02 0 #12 May 23, 2006 QuoteQuoteQuote It's a drug.... Actually its a hormone An excellent anti-depressant as well. True dat...Puttin' some stank on it. ----Hellfish #707---- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #13 May 23, 2006 QuoteAn excellent anti-depressant as well. Until the next day or two when you come down off that neat natrual high. Then I think it made things worst.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisL 2 #14 May 23, 2006 QuoteQuoteAn excellent anti-depressant as well. Until the next day or two when you come down off that neat natrual high. Then I think it made things worst. Well we all know what to do then, dont we? __ My mighty steed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matt1215 0 #15 May 23, 2006 Quote Well we all know what to do then, dont we? OH YEAH!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisL 2 #16 May 23, 2006 QuoteMake 10-12 jumps on Saturday and 10-12 on Sunday and then come back on here and tell us how you slept. Well, I guess you win __ My mighty steed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fast 0 #17 May 23, 2006 QuoteMake 10-12 jumps on Saturday and 10-12 on Sunday and then come back on here and tell us how you slept. Slept great!! Man was I destroyed feeling this weekend. I did something like 18-25 jumps from last friday -> sunday. Driving home on a sunday night is often times very hard for me. I have fallen asleep many many times. The more I jump the more tired I am. I sleep like a dead log sunday nights.~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
valcore 0 #18 May 23, 2006 QuoteMake 10-12 jumps on Saturday and 10-12 on Sunday and then come back on here and tell us how you slept. The most I have done is 15 in a weekend. (poor military) Now don't get me wrong I sleep great that night but it is the next couple of nights that I am restless. The most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I'm from the government and I'm here to help’. ~Ronald Reagan 30,000,000 legal firearm owners killed no one yesterday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird 0 #19 May 24, 2006 Adrenaline withdrawl hits me hard after a good weekend, and even harder after a boogie. It feels a lot like PMS. A day or two afterward, I get bitchy and sour and anti-social, I don't want to deal with the normal stuff I just want back in the air. It's best to keep me away from people for a few days. I treat it like PMS; I take St Johns Wort for my moodiness and bite my tongue when I want to snap at people. I find that the best treatment is a mid-week evening jump. Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. -Robert A. Heinlein Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
valcore 0 #20 May 24, 2006 St Johns Wort actually works? The most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I'm from the government and I'm here to help’. ~Ronald Reagan 30,000,000 legal firearm owners killed no one yesterday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
