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Night Shift

MazaritaSenior Contributor23 Sept 2015, 4:13 am AEST

Night Shift

Since I am awake at 4am I thought I'd start this thread for those of us who have trouble sleeping and might find it helpful to have a place to go to chat. Whatever gets you through the night is alright.

To get the ball rolling, I'll just say that I enjoyed being part of the Topic Tuesday discussion tonight. I wish it was possible for these events to be weekly rather than monthly. Either way, thanks SANE and all the people I've met on here over recent months.

Edited June 2016 and February 2017: Night Shift is now open 24 hours a day. To join in, just click through to the last page of the thread at the top right of this post to get to the latest message.

Edited April 2017 and June 2017: For the sake of better communications between members here, I am adding that this thread is meant to be a caring, kind and gentle place of sharing. Humour is welcome, as long as its not unkindly directed towards other members. Hope your time in this chat thread is rewarding.

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MazaritaSenior Contributor18 Oct 2015, 2:27 am AEDT

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@Billamba Thanks for the chat tonight, I'm going to try for sleep now. Hope you can get some rest soon too, have some sweet dreams and wake up feeling good in the morning.

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Kate70Contributor18 Oct 2015, 10:48 pm AEDT

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Unknown userMember18 Oct 2015, 11:52 pm AEDT

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Hi @Kate70
Not sure if you accidentally posted or changer your mind 😉 but thought I'd say hi! And ask how are you?

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NebSenior Contributor19 Oct 2015, 12:35 pm AEDT

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I thank God that. I no longer do night shift, or the classic double shift....from 1430 hrs until 0715 hrs. Rarely, had a proper meal break, but thankfully gallons of coffee, although it was really HARD to get to the loo.

i am recovering from a nasty cough/ cold with the head lifting coughing and the cough incontinence. I have been sleeping a lot and consequently being awake at around 0300 hrs. I was bitten on the foot by a cross cat as I was tossing and turning. I have used sleeping pills in the past, there was one that weird me out...there is a note never ever prescribe it to me again. I generally read or listen to the night, fabulous when it rains, I drop off very easily, howling gales make me snuggle up.

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MazaritaSenior Contributor20 Oct 2015, 12:33 am AEDT

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@Neb Sorry about your cough, hope that clears out soon. Hard work with the shifts. I worked best in afternoon/evening shifts.

My mind has often felt active at night in a creative way and I like the quiet overnight too, listening to it and being awake in it. But I also want to be sleeping then for mental and physical health reasons so I'm trying with pulling back on the extreme late ones. Hoping to get myself to bed before midnight...

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MazaritaSenior Contributor20 Oct 2015, 3:42 pm AEDT

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Well, I didn't manage sleep until about 2.30 or 3.00 last night. And today my developing daily routine has taken it hard. Couldn't get going at all on first waking so went back to bed and didn't get up again until 12.30pm, my latest rising for about a month now. Have done almost nothing all day so far. Trying not to let one lapsed day get me down too much. In any case I still could get going and improve over the day, and I will try again for an earlier night tonight. Hope everyone in SANE land is travelling okay today...

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MazaritaSenior Contributor31 Oct 2015, 1:02 am AEDT

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Hi @eth. I'm on the night shift too for now.

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ethSenior Contributor31 Oct 2015, 1:06 am AEDT

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It's pretty ironic that I'm doing this and reading a bpHope article on the importance of sleep managment at the same time! But I'm wide awake and slept a lot last night so I don't think it's a problem. It's just past 11.30 here - not that late really.

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MazaritaSenior Contributor31 Oct 2015, 1:09 am AEDT

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Lol. I know what you mean. Just after midnight here. I am trying to get to bed before midnight most nights but Friday night I give myself a bit of leeway (and some other nights too if I can't sleep).

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ethSenior Contributor31 Oct 2015, 1:11 am AEDT

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That's how I'm looking at it too - it's friday and this is my big night out LOL!

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