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**noon** · 01-03-2014, 09:20 PM

Any one else in here work the grave yard shift.
I'm working 11:00-7:00 and after reading the post about sleep and health has me thinking.
I'm constantly fighting my body to stay asleep. And have been feeling drained lately. My schedule is.
I leave for work at 10:00 to be at work for 11:00 out at 7:00 home and in bed at 8:00 am and I can't seem to sleep past 1:30 / 2:00. So I get about 5 1/2 or 6 hours. I have black out material on my windows and all sources of light blacked out even the little green and red ones on the stereo . If I take a sleep aid I can get seven hours of sleep but wake feeling like complete garbage.
Then on my days of I'm back to sleeping at night. I'm constantly off. Any one else on the grave yard shift having better luck?

**gixxerboy1** · 01-04-2014, 05:52 AM

I run a club, we close at 5am so its around 7 when i get home. I only sleep until noon or 1. For me thats enough, and last week i eas reading about sleep time. Saying people who sleep less thrn 8 hours live longer. That 8 is to much.

**Igifuno** · 01-04-2014, 06:19 AM

A lot of it is from the potential adverse effects of sleep less than 8 hours, which many people get, some do not.

For example, as a result of 4-5hours sleep consistently over a period of time, or if you're unable to get in REM sleep for any extended period of time, high BP can occur, and hormone/insulin levels can become difficult for your body to regulate and can leave you at risk for heart disease or stroke.

This is important for athletes as well - not to mention sleep is when your body repairs muscle tissue, so the less you get, the less time your body has to heal, and the less your muscles will grow, or repair.

How long have you been working the late shift? Is this something you may get used to soon? If not, can you see your doc about a different sleep aid, perhaps?

**diesel101** · 01-04-2014, 12:35 PM

My wife likes to hump all night does that count as working a graveyard shift?

**skindiesel** · 01-04-2014, 01:21 PM

Try to stay up when you get off work don't go right to sleep. I have worked night shift for three years and that's the only way I get eight hrs. Melatonin will help aid in sleep to and won't have you feeling like shit we'll at least not for me.

**king6 II** · 01-04-2014, 01:27 PM

Melatonan can help you with your sleep issues. Take 5 MG before bed, should help regulate your sleep cycle.

**king6 II** · 01-04-2014, 01:28 PM

Originally Posted by diesel101

My wife likes to hump all night does that count as working a graveyard shift?

Yes.

**songdog** · 01-04-2014, 06:18 PM

I had the same problems when I worked that shift.I hated it then I drove truck over the road.I learned real quick.Just how lil sleep the human body can get by with.

**lovbyts** · 01-04-2014, 11:59 PM

I work 8pm - 8am 4 days one week, 3 days the next. tell me about it, You never get use to it.

**Times Roman** · 01-05-2014, 12:27 AM

Originally Posted by noon

Any one else in here work the grave yard shift.
I'm working 11:00-7:00 and after reading the post about sleep and health has me thinking.
I'm constantly fighting my body to stay asleep. And have been feeling drained lately. My schedule is.
I leave for work at 10:00 to be at work for 11:00 out at 7:00 home and in bed at 8:00 am and I can't seem to sleep past 1:30 / 2:00. So I get about 5 1/2 or 6 hours. I have black out material on my windows and all sources of light blacked out even the little green and red ones on the stereo . If I take a sleep aid I can get seven hours of sleep but wake feeling like complete garbage.
Then on my days of I'm back to sleeping at night. I'm constantly off. Any one else on the grave yard shift having better luck?

try melatonin. you find it everywhere... walmart, target. it is to help regulate and improve your sleep cycle. a simple amino acid.

**Igifuno** · 01-05-2014, 02:15 PM

Melatonin has really helped me sleep better.

**gixxerboy1** · 01-05-2014, 02:44 PM

melatonin makes me fall asleep, but lately i've been waking up in 2 hours and cant go back to sleep

**MuscleInk** · 01-05-2014, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by gixxerboy1

melatonin makes me fall asleep, but lately i've been waking up in 2 hours and cant go back to sleep

Changed my GH from morning fasted cardio to before bed. Drank a glass of red wine last night before bed (not much of a drunker) and had taken 5mg of melatonin 45 mins before (melatonin never worked for me before).

Best damn sleep in 6 days! Finally!!!!!!!

**Igifuno** · 01-05-2014, 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by MuscleInk

Changed my GH from morning fasted cardio to before bed. Drank a glass of red wine last night before bed (not much of a drunker) and had taken 5mg of melatonin 45 mins before (melatonin never worked for me before).

Best damn sleep in 6 days! Finally!!!!!!!

You sure about that MI? You're sounding a bit tipsy right now

**MuscleInk** · 01-05-2014, 03:06 PM

Originally Posted by Igifuno

You sure about that MI? You're sounding a bit tipsy right now

Lol.....didn't see that. Might need more sleep....more wine.....more melatonin.....all of the above???

**Igifuno** · 01-05-2014, 03:15 PM

Glass of wine sounds good right now. even though I don't love wine.. glass of whiskey sounds good too. I have a lot of it but never touch it.. or rarely touch it.

**--->>405<<---** · 01-05-2014, 03:21 PM

melatonin is really good. im almost always asleep within an hour. i take 10mg

**MuscleInk** · 01-05-2014, 03:24 PM

Originally Posted by Igifuno

Glass of wine sounds good right now. even though I don't love wine.. glass of whiskey sounds good too. I have a lot of it but never touch it.. or rarely touch it.

With all the liquor in the house, I'm sure most people think we are alcoholics. I can't drink too much because it causes GERD unfortunately for me. HAW drinks like a damn fish but it only takes 2 glasses of wine and she's slurring like she's had a stroke, lol. She's the wine drinker in the house. I prefer Jonny Walker Blue or Crystal Head the few times I drink.

I put together a "Wine Wall" for the HAW and bought her a wine fridge for Valentine's Day last year that holds 187 bottles. I swear she empties the fridge faster than I can fill it!!!!!!

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**Igifuno** · 01-05-2014, 03:27 PM

That's very nice MI.. My HAW doesn't like alcohol, but likes to get drunk, so she drinks either Malibu/Pineapple or Bloody Marys. I make them 'special' for her and she's spinning by drink #2 as well.. little lightweight HAWs

**MuscleInk** · 01-05-2014, 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by Igifuno

That's very nice MI.. My HAW doesn't like alcohol, but likes to get drunk, so she drinks either Malibu/Pineapple or Bloody Marys. I make them 'special' for her and she's spinning by drink #2 as well.. little lightweight HAWs

Lol.....must be a HAW thing. Yes sir, she drinks like she's a 300lb male but at 110lbs it doesn't take much. Many times I had to carry the lush to bed because she couldn't stand up. Lmao.

**Igifuno** · 01-05-2014, 03:54 PM

I always tell her too.. pace yourself.. you're already sluring.. she's like, I'm okay!! and then... timbeeeeeeer..

**MuscleInk** · 01-05-2014, 04:06 PM

Originally Posted by Igifuno

I always tell her too.. pace yourself.. you're already sluring.. she's like, I'm okay!! and then... timbeeeeeeer..

Lol....I usually cut my HAW off right around the time she starts spilling her drink.

But hey, it does knock her out at night and keeps her out for a solid 12 hours. Lmao

**Igifuno** · 01-05-2014, 04:40 PM

Halloween party a couple months ago.. she was a few drinks deep early in the evening. Told her to slow her roll.. she said okay but didn't.. After a while, she was MIA. Started looking for her and went in the bedroom of the couple hosting and she was nestled in their bed, under the covers and everything.. knocked the fvck out... haha.. She spent the rest of the night up there and I woke her up at 3am to go home. Lol..

**MuscleInk** · 01-05-2014, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by Igifuno

Halloween party a couple months ago.. she was a few drinks deep early in the evening. Told her to slow her roll.. she said okay but didn't.. After a while, she was MIA. Started looking for her and went in the bedroom of the couple hosting and she was nestled in their bed, under the covers and everything.. knocked the fvck out... haha.. She spent the rest of the night up there and I woke her up at 3am to go home. Lol..

Sounds like something my wife would do, lol. She's blacked out on a few occasions. Usually when she starts speaking Vietnamese to me, I know she's well past her limit.

**lovbyts** · 01-06-2014, 02:06 AM

Originally Posted by MuscleInk

With all the liquor in the house, I'm sure most people think we are alcoholics. I can't drink too much because it causes GERD unfortunately for me. HAW drinks like a damn fish but it only takes 2 glasses of wine and she's slurring like she's had a stroke, lol. She's the wine drinker in the house. I prefer Jonny Walker Blue or Crystal Head the few times I drink.

I put together a "Wine Wall" for the HAW and bought her a wine fridge for Valentine's Day last year that holds 187 bottles. I swear she empties the fridge faster than I can fill it!!!!!!

How do you like your Whirlpool refrigerator? We just got a 29.8 Cu Ft gold series. Thing is huge.

There is a problem with your wine cooler. It's 1/2 empty.