TOPIC: Body Clocks

I've come to the conclusion that my body clock does not conform to this 24 hour solar cycle. On a week day I get up at 7.15am but even though Im knackered in the morning I don't go to sleep untill at least 18 hours later. I generally fall asleep at 1.15am even though Ive gone to bed at at 11.45am when my mind is racing. I do need 9 hours sleep but I'm always short. The only conclusion I can come up with is that I need another planet which moves a bit slower around the sun! This is not even mentioning weekends when a party leaves me in a blackhole! Am I alone?

Nope. I've worked nights for 10 years but tend to wake up at 10-10.30am. Drives me bonkers

Like now, I'm off for the weekend, shattered but I darent go to sleep incase I don't wake up in time to go to Newport. Monster energy drinks are keeping me awake. Hopefully get some kip on the way down

I used to get more sleep,when l worked permanent nights! Bed at 9-10 and up at 6pm.

Now l'm on office hours,l'm normally awake just before my regular alarm.

I'm just back from Myanmar, up at 5 this morning

I think I need around 7 hours a night but function ok on less.

Usually go to bed around 11 and up around 6 - 6.30.

Ive just gone onto nights.. into bed just after 8 but up at 12. 4 hours aint enough ..i used to sleep till 2-30-3pm off nights..Mind does anyone tend to stay up after their last night shift in attempt to reset their body clocks?

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markredfox73 wrote:

I know people that do, however I couldn't. I'm not a nice person to be around if I try and do that

I used to do that coming off nights but like said above was not a nice person to be around.
Nights killed me after two year's.
I get up at half 4 Mon till Thurs,if am not working weekend I am generally awake early on day's off but get tired about 1 in a noon.

Tuesday morning i finish nights.. maybe have a quick hour ont sofa before getting ready for afternoon ont lash at accrington:)

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I've been on nights for 5 years. I don't sleep before my 1st night on and power through, go tobed at around 8-8.30 and wake up at about 12-1 have some lunch then go back to bed until about 6-7. I stay awake after my last shift.

This gets messed up a bit on my Saturday on because the wife works 12-5 so I look after our daughter, even worse because it falls between shifts.

I couldn't do it mark.

I usually don't get to bed before 5 or 6 on a weekend and cannot sleep whatsoever when I know I have to catch the bus for Away games then add in a couple of pints and usually walk round like a zombie. I've tried sleeping on the bus but MRF's farts keep me awake plus he's like a kid in a sweet shop going to a match.

I know none of you can tell the difference anyhow.

Used to do shifts in the hospital for 12yrs with the usual early/late/nights rota....
I never had a problem sleeping before or after nights, but then I had no responsibilities to attend to, just the job itself.
Only thing was my "body clock" got screwed up after nights, I tried the stay awake trick but I just felt like death warmed up....so I took to going to bed until 12 then get up for a few hours before having as many beers as I could cope with to make me pass out drunk by about 8-9pm, after a full blown beer coma for 8-10hrs it seemed to put my clock back into the normal time zone but in hindsight it probably wasn't the brightest method