Work 4p-midnight, but find it nearly impossible to sleep before 2-3am... then back up by 8-9am.
Rinse & repeat....
Im an icu nurse. I work nights. I would get sleep as soon as i get home so when i wake up say 2 or 3 pm i can still do something with my night off. Then hopefully sleep that night. The next morning i try to do something i like or chores cause by 12 i gotta be sleeping to get ready for work. It sucks but work flow is better as some has mentioned before. No bosses and not a lot of things going on comparatively to day shift.My gf is a nurse working night shifts. It's rough whenever we stay with each other even on her days off, her sleep schedule is all over the place.
So let's say you work 8pm Fri to 8am Sat and have a day off before your next night shift on Sun 8pm, what do you do?
When you get home on Sat morning do you try to stay up until Sat night then sleep until normal time on Sun morning.... then attempt to do a whole night shift starting Sun night? I could never figure out how this is done.
Take ambien. Fight it for a little bit. Youll have a trip. LoLI only work two days a week, two back to back 18 hr shifts. You would THINK when I get off I would pass the hell out but nope, being the chronic insomnia I am, I sleep two hrs here, three hrs there, but never longer than 4 hrs at a time.
There have been times I was so desperate for sleep that I would take 3 Advil PM, and still I would only sleep 3.5 hrs max.
Been there, but before I knew about it causing a weird high. I thought I had finally cracked.Take ambien. Fight it for a little bit. Youll have a trip. LoL
Only took Ambien once. The cat changed colors, all of the furniture ripped in half, and my wife's face changed into a perfect triangle. :eyebulge:Take ambien. Fight it for a little bit. Youll have a trip. LoL
I went outside the house in my boxer and my neighbors were out too.A few times I woke up and had plates in bed with me; I had cooked and eaten in my 'sleep'. Scary.
I took my wife by the nose and kept saying "I got the villain". Weird cause the next day MCA magazine came and there's mustang there named "Villain". My wife said I'm not allowed ambien when I'm old and senile.Only took Ambien once. The cat changed colors, all of the furniture ripped in half, and my wife's face changed into a perfect triangle. :eyebulge:
She wouldn't let me take it again!!! :tsk:
I did Hotel security for a but before going to my current assignment and i hated doing nights. Could never sleep well. I work mid shift at my current assignment and i love it. Such a refreshing change.3rd shift (10pm-630am) security for a hotel. I love working nights because I've always been a night person.
What do you do that has you up at night?I did Hotel security for a but before going to my current assignment and i hated doing nights. Could never sleep well. I work mid shift at my current assignment and i love it. Such a refreshing change.