jimmy 2.1
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I've recently got a new job that includes 3 rotating shift paterns, night's (10pm-6am), lates (2pm-10pm) and earlies(6am-2pm). I've neen on a "normal" day shift pattern for a couple of months to learn the ropes at the new place.
In my previous job i did rotating shifts of earlies and lates.
My qusetion is, what sleeping/eating patterns do those of you who do nights have? I start my first night shift next Monday.
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Craig W
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I work both. For my day job i work 8am - finish (anywhere from 5pm to 8pm) and then i work on the doors from 10pm - 5.30am. I sleep like a baby and eat like a horse.
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mark_gsi
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when i did it i used to come in a 7am sleep till round 2 get up tea as usual 5ish then sleep from about 7 or 8 till 10. i fcuking hated night shift with a passion never ever doing it agen.
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Gary
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Meat-Pie-SRI
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i've done a 5 week rotation of nights, lates and earlies for the last 5 years, it fucks you up is all i can say really!
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_Allan_
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quote:
Originally posted by corsaflip
I fcuking hated night shift with a passion never ever doing it agen.
ditto...
I have no problem sleeping during the day but it fucks with your body. Did them on and off for 5 years
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mav
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I done constant nights for 9 years 11pm -8am
The I done rotating
1 week dayshift 8-5
1 week backshift 1-11
1 week nightshift 10-8
now I do 2 days 2 nights 4 off 12hr shifts.
I have never had trouble adapting or sleeping...Make sure you get sleep though on the nighshift ones...
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Lawrah
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i work my day job 2pm-10pm then start night shift 12am - 8am.. and it tooootally fucks me 
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Half Pint
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Shift patterns totally fucked with my system as i never got enough sleep... ended up in hopsital due to exhaustion..
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Wrighty
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work a set of nights every 4 weeks...
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jimmy 2.1
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So, what should i do Sunday? Go to bed normal time 11ish but get up really early, say 3am, then go back to bed lunch time till 5 ish?
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mav
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What I done when I was Monday nightshift I would stay up late on Sunday night...2-3am, go to bed and sleep till midday monday..And that was fine for me till Tuesday am going to bed about 9am.
don't get up and go back to bed..I never could..
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chris-sri
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quote:
Originally posted by Meat-Pie-SRI
i've done a 5 week rotation of nights, lates and earlies for the last 5 years, it fucks you up is all i can say really!
You said it! It comes to something when you finish work at 7am and fancy a beer
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JonnyJ
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I work nights, but only once a week, the rest i am a lazy tax dodging student 
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Wrighty
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i get up as normal...do my shift so im awake like 26/27/28 hours or whatever...then on the morning of my last shift...TRY stay away
if you dont get it right it messes you up and you need a couple of days to recover..
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a_j_mair
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shifts suck, speciallly if in a relationship
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willay
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The way our business is doing we could see a 24/7 operation. Currently we have an early shift (6:30am to 2:30pm) and a late shift (10am to 6pm).
The earlies is pretty much all I do because everyone else can't hack it. Lately I've found the best way to tackle the issues of sleep and eating is jsut shift your hours
for example on the earlies, I make sure to eat my breakfast before 7am or 8am if i'm busy.
Lunch is at 11/12 on the dot.
Then I get to the gym for about 3:30, work out for an hour which builds an appietite and makes me feel sleepy.
Try to get to bed for 8pm, so I get 8 hours sleep (perfect amount). Things that normally fuck me over is stuff on TV I want to watch, so I've got a PVR to sort that out  - the other temptation is going out to the pub with a group of friends, I find that if I do this at least once a week then getting one bad nights of sleep isnt going to hurt 
Sorry I cant help on the night shift thnig, I imagine its fucking gay.
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Corsa Sport Gav
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i do 2.30pm till 11pm one week and then the next week i do 6am till 2.30pm. i just eat when i can sleep is ok on the back shift but i can only get like 4hrs sleep if im an on early , any better go start work at 2.30
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jimmy 2.1
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I've done 6am-2pm and 2pm-10pm shifts for past 6 years, and i'm used to them with the sleeping/eating patterns.
Just curious as to what peoples are that do nights as i've never done them.
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mark_gsi
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Registered: 1st Nov 03
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sleep till 2am get up eat at 5or 6 then have a quick sleep before you start.
or come in just stay up as you would on a day shift then sleep for 9hours before you start night shift if you get me.
[Edited on 01-02-2007 by corsaflip]
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