Working Night shifts...What can i do to help

[Anghang]

when I used to do 12 hr nightshifts (6pm-6am) I wouldn't go to sleep until around 10am, wake up at 5pm, get ready and back to work...being able to shut out all daylight from the room helped, as well as silencing my cell phone...

during the shift I would just be on ATOT or any other site and have music on...

 

[clarkey01]

Originally posted by: Anghang
when I used to do 12 hr nightshifts (6pm-6am) I wouldn't go to sleep until around 10am, wake up at 5pm, get ready and back to work...being able to shut out all daylight from the room helped, as well as silencing my cell phone...

during the shift I would just be on ATOT or any other site and have music on...

LOL i carry a PDA to map but It's nto connected to the net.

Heres my plan

12 AM first brake ( 15 mins) : Pasta, Cold water

2 AM Second brake (1 hour) : Sandwhich, Pro plus

4:15 am Final break (15 mins) : Pro plus, jaffa cakes.

 

[clarkey01]

Cheers for the tips guys I'll lay off the redbull.

 

[Malfeas]

Two TylenolPM followed by a vodka tonic, this will put you to sleep in 30-45 minutes. But I've worked a rotating shift for years now, and don't need to do that anymore. I can just fall asleep whenever I need to. And blocking the light out of you bedroom helps to, or wear a sleeping mask. If you've ever been in the Navy or any branch for that matter, due to the rotating work shifts you quickly learn to sleep whenever and with as much background noise as possible. In fact I can no longer fall asleep in a quiet room, I have to have something making noise.

 

[clarkey01]

Originally posted by: Malfeas
Two TylenolPM followed by a vodka tonic, this will put you to sleep in 30-45 minutes. But I've worked a rotating shift for years now, and don't need to do that anymore. I can just fall asleep whenever I need to. And blocking the light out of you bedroom helps to, or wear a sleeping mask. If you've ever been in the Navy or any branch for that matter, due to the rotating work shifts you quickly learn to sleep whenever and with as much background noise as possible. In fact I can no longer fall asleep in a quiet room, I have to have something making noise.

Soft rain against the window helps me.

 

[Psyber]

I think wearing sunglasses on the drive home would help

 

[clarkey01]

Originally posted by: Psyber
I think wearing sunglasses on the drive home would help

I had the windows down with whitesnake on (here i go again on my own) blarring. Right lads im off which me luck.:thumbsup:

 

[CStan]

My work hours suck. 1 week the shift is 6:30am - 2:30pm, the next week its 9:30pm - 6:30am. It alternates every week. This is manual labour summer job, in a incubator-like warehouse.

 

[kranky]

You'll have better results sleeping before work than after.

 

[BEL6772]

Try staying up until 1:00PM, then going to bed. You'll be more tired then and you have a better chance of staying asleep until you need to get up and go back to work.

If you go to work just after you wake up, you'll have a better chance of making through your shift without stimulants.

I worked several years on a 7PM - 7:30AM shift and staying up after my shift and sleeping until I had to get up and go back to work always worked best for me.