yeah, I work night shift for 2 evenings from 7pm to 7am,, when I come home from the 1st nights work, I have difficulting in sleeping during the day, so when I go to my 2nd night to work 7pm to 7am, I am dragging my ***, and can hardly do my job. Sometimes, I fall asleep at my desk around 5:00anm. Not to worry, because the other people that work this shift with me also fall asleep. I even have one girl that brings in her air mattress, blanket and pillow and takes her evening nap for about 2 hours. I prefer not to do this, as I have just started my job. The great think about this job, is that we only work 2 day shifts 7:00am to 7:00pm, 2 night shifts 7:00pm to 7:00am and then we are off for 4 days and then the schedule starts over. It's great. I love the work, the hours and the time off during the week when everyone else is working or at school.
you just have to set your mind to it that when you get done from work that you will lay down and try to get some sleep.i know it's hard to do in the day light, and one thinks about the work around the house, or other chores that should be getting done. getting in a habit of doing this will help as the weeks go on.
That's tough working rotating shifts. After you finish your 2nd day shift, try to stay up as late as you can, and then sleep in as long as you can. Maybe you can stay up till 3 or 4am, then sleep in until after noon. Then after your 1st night shift, go straight to bed as soon as you get home. Hopefully you have a quiet, dark place to sleep.
I'd recommend taking frequent short naps. Structure your life, on and off of work, so that you can take a short nap at least every 5 hours when you're awake.
Additionally, make sure you eat healthy and exercise every day.
Then you'll be fine.
I agree with harley jazz,
Music, coffee, and moving around.
Use the memory of how tired you were when you're supposed to go to sleep.
What exactly is keeping you away during the day? If it is noise or sunlight, you can get earplugs and an eye-mask.
put up black blankets in your room so that its dark like night and then you might sleep a little better.
black out curtains, cold room, and maybe bloody mary.
Id get up and take a walk for your breaks, moving around will get the blood flowing and muscles moving.
Some simple stair walking or a few jumping jacks even a walk outside in the cold *if its safe. Drink plenty of water, watch your food intake at night, small well chosen meals, your body isnt into a set pattern and our organs to have rest cycles at night, so you dont want to over burden it, make your 6pmish or near that time meal your biggest. The rest of the night small healthy easy to digest foods.
No matter what shift your coming home from, allow time to destress, throw in some laundry, do some light house chores. I would stay off the phone and computer, as these are stimulants to the brain, and the anticipation of email or texting with friends can cause too much stimulation and the body/brain wont be able to relax. *I just read about a study on the effects of such things, and it does make sence, come home text, now the anticipation waiting and staying alert while waiting, has nothing to do with relaxation. Take a hot bath, that might relax you, and then take a not so hot shower to wake you up before going to work. Sounds like a great job though!!
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