How can I get more sleep during the day since I work third shift?
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There are several guidelines that will inevitably help you sleep but you MUST stick to or will suffer.\n\n1.  Make sure your room is QUIET and DARK when you're sleeping.\n2.  Sleep at regular intervals, avoid having "normal" hours on your off-days.  It'll totally screw you up.\n3.  Avoid drugs or sleeping pills--they'll only make matters worse.\n4.  Use non-drug sleep aids like a blindfold, earplugs, relaxing music, etc. to help if you're struggling.\n5.  Avoid exercise or caffeine at hours at which you would not normally be awake while working.\n\nHope this helps.
413278
I would like to work from 7 to 3 or 4 because it would leave me with a lot of daylight hours.  Not really possible in my profession.
610666
sure! I need naps during the day time.
1166749
depends on who you work for. where i work shift 1 is midnight till 8am, shift 2 is 8am to 4pm and shift 3 is 4pm to midnight.
674325
Take a walk in the morning and evening. Your energy is sure to increase! Also, don't drink any caffeine 3 hours before you go to sleep.
833717
its technically impossible to catch up on your sleep -- what you lost you lost.  you sleep more out of exhaustion.  try to add some more sleep into your week on a regular basis.  it a best to sleep 8-9 hours on a regular schedule and deviate as little as possible. people that tell you less than 8 are nuts. you need sleep. you will look better and feel better when you get enough sleep.
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It's up to you really, but I know I wouldn't ;)\nThe human body is not made to be sleeping during daytime --we're not bats or anything lol -- and I couldn't possibly get used to it. Plus when do you get to see your family and friends in all of this...\n\nMost people working night shifts end up working all night and doing all kinds of stuff (i.g shopping, going to the movies) during the day... They think they have more time that way, but really they're cutting on the sleep hours... \n\nIf you think you can handle it, go ahead, it could be a fun experience... Good luck honey ;)
787777
Get more sleep. But if that's not an option at the moment, use makeup.
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Try getting regular exercise everyday. People who exercise regularly tend to have less trouble falling and staying asleep. You should also try going to bed at the same time every night. That means no naps during the day, regardless of how little sleep you had the night before. It may take a few weeks, but it should eventually become a habit. I worked a 7a-7p shift for years and had a lot of trouble trying to fall asleep once my schedule changed. I took ambien for some time and had the same experience you're currently having. This was what worked for me, but it did take some getting used to.
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I work nights as well. Is your room completely dark before you go to sleep ? Glass of warm milk should help you. If you have stuff on your mind before you go to sleep, that might be the reason why you can't sleep more than 3 hours. If it keeps on happening, change jobs and work day shifts. That or Valium.
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try melatonin, 3mg a night helps you get back a normal sleep cycle. its also NATURAL, no habit forming, and you dont feel groggy in the am, i use it every night.
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Try these if you want to fall asleep faster:\n\n1.  Exercise\nMake sure you exercise enough and stay physically active.  If you don't move a muscle all day long, you have too much energy left at the end of your day.  Do some aerobic sports at least every other day, each lasting 30 minutes or more.\n\n2.  Stress management\nToo much stress obviously help create insomnia.  Make sure you are not annoyed by or concerned with anything when you are in bed.  Relax yourself before going to bed.  If necessary, some "soft" relaxing exercise helps. (or even moderate stretching will do)\n\n3. Hot drink other than coffee\nIf possible, take a cup of hot or warm drink like skimmed milk.  Avoid drinking coffee starting from six hours (or more) before you go to bed.\n\n4. Body temperature\nI advise taking a warm shower before going to bed.  When you're sleeping your body temperature drops a little bit.  So the shower help create that "drop" because after the shower your body is slightly "hotter".  Make sure you feel a comfortable temperature at where you sleep. Too cold: add a blanket; too warm: show your bare feet or even your lower legs.
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Unless you have a shift job where getting good sleep can be hard, those with a basic 9-5 job is fairly easy. \n\nGo to bed at the same time every night. No caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, eating within 2 hours of sleeping. Also do not drink an excess amount of liquid before bed, or you will be up during the night going to the bathroom. Take a bath or exercise no less than 2 hours before hand as well. Have a dark, quiet, cool room. Plan your sleep time for 9-10 hrs if that is what you need.\n\nWake up at the same time every day as well. \n\nYour body is out of sleep whack so it cannot figure out what to do and when. It is like a train that is going off its track.\n\nGood luck, good night, sleep tight.
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*  avoid drugs and alcohol\n*  dont' eat after 7pm the night before\n*  set out everything you need for work or school the night before, \n*  get at least 7 hours of sleep\n*  SEt your thermostat to increase temparature to comfortable level 15 minutes before wakey-wakey time.\n*  When you wake up, greet your pets, if you don't have any get some!\n*  eat a great breakfast with your whole family.  \n*  Jump in shower after breakfast\n*  Sing or hum while you get ready for work&#92;shcool.
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I need more sleep then I normally get\n\nI go to bed usually around 11 or so, the days I work I get up between 5:20 - 5:30, leave by 6am.\n\nDays I don't work my son gets me up around 7.
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Try getting more sleep.
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i have always been quite the insomniac.  luckily for me, I'm on a night shift now, and seeing as i enjoy staying up late i just do and it's fine.  however i wasn't always on a night shift so i can give u some of my techniques.\n\n1.)  first of all, u don't want pills?  is this a health thing like you don't like taking pills? u could try herbal supplements.  Valerian root and melatonin are the two best.  melatonin will always be in pill form that i know of, but it's just a replicate of the exact same chemical that your brain uses to put you to sleep.  it's either the best stuff out there or it won't work at all. that depends on you.  Valerian root on the other hand, has one major benefit for you.  it doesn't to be a pill.  u can actually buy this in it's natural form and i think u boil it in some water.  there may also be some herbal teas that have it.\n\n2.)ur second bet is herbal teas.  there are alot of them available a  sleep aid and even if they don't have Valerian root they do have other things that work.  and drinking something warm before u go to bed usually helps you go to sleep anyhow.  warm milk can sometimes do it for me.  you need to make sure, however, that you do not drink anything with sugar or caffeine in it at least 2 hours before you go to bed.  if i have to go to bed at ten, i don't drink caffeine after 5 pm, or not at all if i can help it.  also, u might try not smoking about a half hour before sleeping if u r a smoker.\n\n3.) another thing u can try is a sleep CD.  my friend Whitney swears by some of them.  they have music or sounds or just gentle whispering and she says that some of hers will put u to sleep within 5 minutes of starting them.\n\n4.) make sure that you have the most comfortable bed set up possible.  if your like me, your body and mind love finding any excuse to get up, and the wrong pillow blanket and mattress is an easy target.  i love the foam pillows but the foam mattresses suck for me.  but it all depends on you. if you sleep in clothes, make sure they are soft and loose.  it's better to sleep in the nude, however. also keeping a room a bit too cold for ur tastes but having plenty of cover is a great way to go to sleep.  you'll wrap urself up tightly and u won;t move.  soon you'll be asleep.  i always sleep better in winter.\n\n5.) reading or watching a television show that just DOES NOT INTEREST YOU is another way.  i watch the news because i hate the news.  sometimes the news can conk me out in the middle of the day.  \n\n6.)there are plenty of meditation exercises out there and lots of them can relax you to the point of sleepiness.  instructions for quite a few should be available on line, but try this one: breath in and fill your lungs all the way up.  imagine that when you breathe in you are breathing in a number (the number one for the first breath and so on).  fill ur lungs up completely with ones.  then breath out all of the ones (emptying ur lungs completely) and then continue with the number two. sounds crazy but it does relax you and if ur laying on ur back in ur bed, it can actually put you to sleep.\n\ni hope one of these works!!