Sleep Issues

I'm on day 10 of a 60 consecutive day nightshift after which I will be able to fly home and relax for two weeks.

8 of these 10 days I've woken up after just 2 hours of sleeping.

As you can imagine I'm starting to take a few hits.

I've taken a prescribed sleeping pill from a colleague and that gave me 6 hours.

The thing is I'm not into sleeping pills.

I still exercise daily and where I'm at I've got a very firm king size mattress which has even alleviated a bit of lower back pain I had before starting the job.

Caffeine is keeping me honest through the night and 2 hours before my shift ends I drink one last cup, mostly 4 cups a night.

I can instantly fall asleep when I hit the sack but 2 hours later and boom.

No sleep for these weary bones.

Everybody in my team suffers from the same symptoms.

Any advice?

indica

a reply to: 19Bones79

a reply to: 19Bones79

Magnesium helps me sleep. Article

A local vitamin store often has this one on sale for 8-9 dollars.

a reply to: Lysergic


I wish.

That'll have to wait until I'm back home.

a reply to: ColeYounger


I'll give that a try, thanks!


At the moment I'm only taking vit D, vit B complex and zinc.

a reply to: ColeYounger


Double tap

a reply to: 19Bones79

I take a small dose of Benedryl when I go too long without sleep. I use the liquid as the 25mg tabs are too much for me; I end up being in a fog all the next day on a full dose.

Melatonin has the same effect, but can cause some crazy dreams.

If I have any coffe within six hours of bedtime I won't be able to sleep more than 2 or 3 hours.

When I worked nights I got so sleep deprived from constantly waking that I bought a subliminal message tape with ocean waves and played it all night on an aotu-reverse tape recorder; it was a life saver!

I have a sleep machine now that plays ocean waves, thunder storms, etc. that helps me unwind if I've been too active before bedtime. My brain seems to need at least 2 or 3 hours to calm down before I can sleep, and my work schedule interfered terribly.

a reply to: 19Bones79

Do relaxing things, don't force yourself to anything it takes time. A hot chocolate and a blanket, not kidding, and just go 'meditate'.
Focus on your breath first classical relaxing you let it flow and observe. Focus on your muscles relax.
Imagine something simple a yellow circle or whatever you feel comfortable with and just let go. Your mind will keep talking but just let it.
10 seconds later you're out again.
And after a week or so you'll sleep longer and longer uninterrupted.

For Not Going Chemical

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I think I'll pull something like that from YouTube, thank you.

a reply to: Peeple


I'll wake up and lie in a haze for another 2 hours before getting up where my mind is not busy at all.

My mind switches off but still no sleep...


Till Brooklyn!

Thanks Peeps.

a reply to: 19Bones79

Maybe that's the problem? Force yourself to snap out when you notice you're up and do something small before you sleep again?
You're stuck in between reboot

a reply to: Peeple

Once I'm up it's game over..

a reply to: 19Bones79

Self manipulation? You know maybe that helps?

a reply to: Peeple

Lol!

I think.

a reply to: 19Bones79

Thc withdrawal from the sounds of it. I have this problem on most work trips. It passes after 3 days and gets better. If not I GET A delta 8 or 10 vape and this resolves the issue.

originally posted by: Peeple
a reply to: 19Bones79

Self manipulation? You know

maybe that helps?

Are you talking about masturbation?

I wish I had asked him why when my endocrinologist told me not to take melatonin to help me sleep, but I didn't.


Are you drinking any alcohol before you go to bed? I have been told that will interrupt your sleep, just as you are describing.

a reply to: randomthoughts12


Plausible, except it's almost two weeks and my colleagues who don't pass a dutchie at all are in the same boat as me.

Also, never on a job like this. I see it as detox of sorts.

a reply to: Antisocialist


Zero alcohol.

It's all dry sites.

I prefer it that way too anyway.

I ahve had this problem since i was a little kid. I usual sleep in 15 minutes then i am up 3 hours before a fall a sleep for a few minutes. so basically i have lived on 3 hours a night. But i get use to it. A few tips. Calm powdered magnesiun helps, no caffeine after 2pm. Meditate. Light therapy Or avoid all together. a reply to: 19Bones79

a reply to: HODOSKE

Definitely going to get some magnesium.

My last cup is roundabout 3am and 4am is always the hardest part of the night. Come 5:30 and I am lights out.

I'll have to figure out how to scale it back an hour or so.