r/Nightshift

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Y'all I'm 7 hours into my 12 hour shift (6p-6a) and I am BEYOND tired, I went to the gas station to get an energy drink and I can feel myself casually nodding off. It's taking all in me not to doze off right now😃

Granted I haven’t slept very well these past few days, last few weeks but I feel like the effects of the after work crash has increased orders of magnate lately for me. I’m a 15 year veteran so I’m “used to it”. As soon as I get behind the wheel it’s feels like I downed a bottle of sleeping pills.

Any of you in the same boat? Music, water, cold air doesn’t seem to work.

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This is SOOOO awesome!!!

I work days and everyone in my life works days and I’ve always wondered what a night shift routine looks like do you wake up an hour before your shift or do you wake up and have some time during the

Regulations can not turn off the indoor lights, and there can be no deliberate act of blocking the eyes, such as eye masks and other things are out of the question. All I can think of is wearing a hoodie and covering my eyes with a hat. I wonder if there's a better way.

I can follow my night-shift schedule perfectly all week, but give me one day off and somehow everything falls apart.

I tell myself I'll just stay up a little later, sleep at a normal time for once, or wake up early to do something. Then suddenly I'm lying awake when I should be sleeping and exhausted when it's time to go back to work.

By the end of my day off, I've somehow managed to ruin the schedule I spent the entire week trying to maintain.

Does anyone else struggle with this? What do you do to enjoy your days off without completely destroying your sleep schedule?

I see a lot of you guys seem to have the option and opportunity to be able to sit and relax, or you work a desk job. This question is not for you.

For the people who work a job where they constantly on their feet how many steps a shift are you getting? I average anywhere between 20k and 50k steps depending on how busy I am. Do you guys struggle to also keep the same amount of steps or physical activity on your off days?

For people who work rotating or overnight shifts, what strategies have you found useful for managing daytime sleepiness and maintaining concentration? I'm interested in broader discussion around sleeping hygiene, caffeine, nootropics, and medically supervised wakefulness-promoting treatments such as modafinil and armodafinil.

Hey all, I just started this new ER fellowship after doing one year on med surg. We started at the beginning of July and I’m on nights. I’m having a really hard time adjusting to the night shift schedule, to the point where it’s making me depressed. I barely get to see my boyfriend or friends, and after most shifts I get bad migraines. My days off are basically just me sleeping and trying to recover.

The first couple weeks starting nights was okay, if I had a migraine it was manageable. But I had a tough time this past week recovering after 3 in a row. For example, the last time I worked was 4 nights ago, and I’m still recovering. First two days off were miserable I was just so exhausted and then I had a terrible migraine that woke me up in the middle of the night yesterday and I was up vomiting until 5 in the morning. Then I slept until 4:30 PM and missed a family party. My migraines were pretty well controlled when I was on days. I see a neurologist, so I know the complete flip in my schedule is affecting them.

I don’t know if night shift just takes time to get used to. I was on day shift on med surg, so this is a huge adjustment for me. But I’m feeling pretty hopeless and honestly feel like I definitely can’t do this much longer.
So my question is, how soon is it reasonable to talk to my managers about this? I just started this job, I’m not even off orientation yet (5th week) and I know they’re short staffed on nights. Idk what to do, I really like the night shift crew and honestly when i’m there it doesn’t affect me. It’s my days off where I’m miserable. I don’t want to give up too quickly, but I also don’t know how long I’m supposed to keep trying when I feel this bad.

I have worked every shift. I been on afternoons the longest which sucked, but I really liked my job so I sucked it up and stayed on it forever. Eventually though my job started to change for the worse. I decided to go to days. It's okay. But traffic is so terrible on my way home it's just not even worth it, plus all the people on this shift are older and kind of stuck up always getting in my business. Now someone at my hobbies from midnights asked for people to temporarily trade shifts. So I said yes. Growing up I was always a night owl. But of course now with work and stuff that changed. I was nervous at first but I tried it and I really loved it. I'm not going to lie the first few days I went home and turned in to an alcoholic to sleep. But after a few daysvI was already used to it and figured I didn't need the liqour anymore and I was right. I have blackout blinds, slept from roughly 830am-4pm. As for the job, it's awesome. Quiet, less staff, less employees, it is chill and everyone kept to themselves. The night would fly by and it was over before I even know it. Of course I only did it for two weeks. But for the time being it was great. I still hit a bit of traffic in the morning, but sure as he'll not as bad as the traffic on days. Is it worth it to consider going to midnights full time? I am mostly concerned about potential health risks.

Hi, i am doing night shift and doing WFH.and struggling to utilise my break time. I don't have any colleagues to talk to or any other activities.

What you all do in break time??

And pls suggest some things to do besides walking on an empty street

Hey all,

I am a hotel front desk supervisor who works 3 PM to 11 PM. I'm looking for some fun conversations about video games, movies, tv shows, or anything along those lines. I am really an open book so you can ask me about anything, but those are my main topics.

Night shift definitely has its downsides, but there are also things about it that I've gotten so used to that I think I'd genuinely miss them.

The quieter commute. Less traffic. Fewer people around. The feeling that the world slows down for a few hours. Even having weekdays free can be surprisingly convenient.

If you had to switch back to a regular day shift tomorrow, what's one thing about working nights that you'd genuinely miss?