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tips for day sleeping (night shift)
Posted on 2/29/16 at 7:42 am
Posted on 2/29/16 at 7:42 am
How do you accustom your body to day sleeping when you go from working days to nights?
I have been experiencing trouble lately getting any sleep at all after my night shift. I typically can fall asleep by 8, after getting off at 6, but I wake up between 11:30 and 1:00 every day. Wide awake and unable to fall back asleep.
It's been three weeks now and it's really starting to wear on me. Any suggestions?
ETA: making matters worse I'm on the road and in a hotel.
I have been experiencing trouble lately getting any sleep at all after my night shift. I typically can fall asleep by 8, after getting off at 6, but I wake up between 11:30 and 1:00 every day. Wide awake and unable to fall back asleep.
It's been three weeks now and it's really starting to wear on me. Any suggestions?
ETA: making matters worse I'm on the road and in a hotel.
This post was edited on 2/29/16 at 7:43 am
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Posted on 2/29/16 at 7:43 am to Flanders
black out curtains for your room
Posted on 2/29/16 at 7:45 am to Flanders
Eating lots and lots of waffles.
Posted on 2/29/16 at 7:46 am to Flanders
Sleeping pills
Posted on 2/29/16 at 7:46 am to Flanders
Black out curtains and a white noise machine
Posted on 2/29/16 at 7:48 am to Flanders
quote:
I typically can fall asleep by 8, after getting off at 6, but I wake up between 11:30 and 1:00 every day.
I'd kill a man to get that much sleep.
Posted on 2/29/16 at 7:51 am to Flanders
Obligatory O-T lulz at having to work shift work.
Good luck on trying to circumvent tens of thousands of years of evolution in a fraction of a generation.
That's what little blue pills (or Evolution Peptides) do, so I'd recommend "Better Living Through Chemistry" if it doesn't get better for you.
Good luck on trying to circumvent tens of thousands of years of evolution in a fraction of a generation.
That's what little blue pills (or Evolution Peptides) do, so I'd recommend "Better Living Through Chemistry" if it doesn't get better for you.
Posted on 2/29/16 at 7:52 am to Flanders
Get a sleep mask. The ones at Bed Bath and Bayond are pretty solid and only $10. Much cheaper and quicker fix than blackout curtains. Also don't drink any caffeine except right when you get up at the beginning of your shift. Take a shower right before you go to sleep and turn the air down low. Lowering your body temp will make you sleepy. Getting a lot of exercise always helped me as well.
Posted on 2/29/16 at 7:53 am to Flanders
Guaranteed way to fall asleep after a night shift: Take a hot shower, eat a good breakfast, get in bed with a jizz towel and rub one out. Most days I wake up with my underwear still down around my knees. That's some gooooooood sleep. 
Posted on 2/29/16 at 7:56 am to HogBalls
quote:Arkansas, always Arkansas.
Guaranteed way to fall asleep after a night shift: Take a hot shower, eat a good breakfast, get in bed with a jizz towel and rub one out. Most days I wake up with my underwear still down around my knees. That's some gooooooood sleep.
SMDH.
This is nasty reading.
Posted on 2/29/16 at 7:58 am to Flanders
Earplugs, blackout curtains and make sure the temp in your room is consistent. Other than that, talk too your Doc
Posted on 2/29/16 at 8:00 am to LSUSoulja08
I'm using black out curtains, taking a 10mg melatonin, showering prior to bed, eating a hearty meal, and the heater is turned down to 60 as I open the hotel room window. (I'm in North dakota) so the room is a brisk 50-55° when I get up.
Nothing has worked.
Nothing has worked.
Posted on 2/29/16 at 8:01 am to soccerfüt
I have been through a few seminars on this exact thing with the best in the business. First thing of course is make the room as dark as absolutely possible. Close up cracks in the doors, tape over alarm clock displays etc. use a sleep mask if you can. if you feel safe in case of emergency, sleep with ear plugs. Your body will sense any light and think it's time to get up, kind of like when you have been working all night and the sun comes up, you get a second wind.
The biggest thing for me is if I can get to bed before the sun comes up. You really don't get onto a rhythm of sleeping during the day until the 3rd day I was recently told. Also if you are getting that much sleep on the first and second day, consider yourself lucky. The normal amount is 4-5 hours, tops.
The biggest thing for me is if I can get to bed before the sun comes up. You really don't get onto a rhythm of sleeping during the day until the 3rd day I was recently told. Also if you are getting that much sleep on the first and second day, consider yourself lucky. The normal amount is 4-5 hours, tops.
Posted on 2/29/16 at 8:02 am to Flanders
Take an ambien and jerk off
Posted on 2/29/16 at 8:04 am to achenator
I'm gonna have to get some ear plugs. The Hampton Inn here has been cheaply made. You can hear folks walking on the floor BELOW.
And it's my third week. I have a total of nine hours sleep the last three days.
Posting right now doesn't help and most responses I've tried. I'll be using ear plugs as that's the only thing I haven't done.
And it's my third week. I have a total of nine hours sleep the last three days.
Posting right now doesn't help and most responses I've tried. I'll be using ear plugs as that's the only thing I haven't done.
Posted on 2/29/16 at 8:07 am to Flanders
What most everyone else has said is what I try to use when I am on the night shift when we are working a shutdown. It is hard to sleep at a hotel during the day because of doors slamming and the housekeepers doing their thing. I always try to make sure that I am on the top floor away from the elevator so you do not hear anyone above you and less likely to hear people getting off of the elevator. I generally sleep with the tv on so that it drowns out the noise. It usually takes me three days before I can sleep decent, but it typically screws me up for about a week once I go back into the office.
This post was edited on 2/29/16 at 8:08 am
Posted on 2/29/16 at 8:08 am to Perrydawg
Thanks for the responses fellas. I have to look in to a sleep mask and using ear plugs. 
Luckily I only have 6 days left here.
Luckily I only have 6 days left here.
Posted on 2/29/16 at 8:10 am to Flanders
since youre at a hotel, buy a blind fold from wal mart. Dont drink any coffee or caffeine after about 2AM. When you get off, grab you a nice sized breakfast, eat, watch a little tv, and drift off like you normally would at night.
Also, try to keep your sleep routine on your off days.
I worked 3rd shift for about a year and the start was rough, especially when i first moved to 3rd shift, i worked 3 days and then was off for 5 due to thanksgiving, came back, worked a week, then got moved to first shift to cover someone who was taking a vacation, back to 3rd, only to work for 6 days before we had a 2 week christmas/new years plant shut down
Also, try to keep your sleep routine on your off days.
I worked 3rd shift for about a year and the start was rough, especially when i first moved to 3rd shift, i worked 3 days and then was off for 5 due to thanksgiving, came back, worked a week, then got moved to first shift to cover someone who was taking a vacation, back to 3rd, only to work for 6 days before we had a 2 week christmas/new years plant shut down
Posted on 2/29/16 at 8:10 am to Flanders
Get some of that Flex Seal and spray it anywhere light comes in your room.
Posted on 2/29/16 at 8:11 am to Flanders
Find a gym or find a park to run. Work your self tired and you can get a good workout in. Also black room light music and or sleeping pills. I hate pills. Music really helps so that you aren't waking up to every little car horn or lerson talking outside. The music gets you used to it.
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