by "Wagon Guy drives a Boostang" (gimmeboost)
Published 11/08/2017 at 23:46
by "Wagon Guy drives a Boostang" (gimmeboost)
Published 11/08/2017 at 23:46
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Minorly related engine pic for your time.
Working overnights takes a toll on a person. I’ve been on this schedule for 4 years now, and time seems to pass quickly, but I swear I’ve never really gotten used to the hours. I do know that the schedule directly contributes to the weird sleeping patterns I now have. Unless I take something that my doc prescribed for me, I can’t sleep more than 3-4 hours at a time. It doesn’t matter when I fall asleep, in no more than 4 hours I’ll be awake again without drugs in my system. Of course then there’s when I set myself up to fail. Today is a prime example of that.
Before SEMA, the fine folks at COBB Tuning contacted me looking to borrow my car to do some product testing. They contacted me again on Monday, so I took my car over to them this morning. I got a free hat and shirt out of the deal, but I get to say that COBB worked on my car at their HQ for product testing, so there is that. So that meant I was up past 9:30 this morning when I would normally be drugged and sleeping by 8am.
Then FedEx rang my doorbell at 9:45 to deliver a laptop I had ordered. Of course no new computer can go unmolested in it’s box when it’s just sleep I’m sacrificing, so I stayed up a while and got some things moved from my old machine to the new one. I shouldn’t have done that. At One this afternoon I realized that I was only going to get a couple hours of sleep before I had to get up again.
So now I sit at work, awake only by the grace of 5 hour energy.
"d15b" (d15b7)
11/08/2017 at 23:51, STARS: 0
Blackout curtains?
"Wagon Guy drives a Boostang" (gimmeboost)
11/08/2017 at 23:54, STARS: 0
Got them. Doesn’t matter. Light, dark, whatever, I’m awake after 4 hours...
"d15b" (d15b7)
11/09/2017 at 00:06, STARS: 0
Melatonin? Work out?
"d15b" (d15b7)
11/09/2017 at 00:06, STARS: 0
Melatonin? Work out?
"AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop" (ac-2-shoes)
11/09/2017 at 00:11, STARS: 1
Here, have something you can’t be, a sleeper
"farscythe - makin da cawfee!" (farscythe)
11/09/2017 at 00:14, STARS: 1
could be worse mate.... i get about an hours sleep between waking up and thinking im late before seeing the time and rolling over to have another go (oh fuck.. its dark im late aaaaah!... oh fuck... its light im late aaaaaaah!.... its 7 am im late aaaaaaaaaah! wait... its fuckin saturday..... fuck)
years of rotating shifts may have screwed me up a bit
"Wagon Guy drives a Boostang" (gimmeboost)
11/09/2017 at 00:25, STARS: 1
I did melatonin for a while. It’ll get me to sleep, but won’t keep me asleep. I’m still up in 4 hours. Though it got to the point where I was having to take triple doses just to get to sleep with melatonin. the stuff I have now, I only take when I absolutely have to get sleep, and then in only the minimum dosage to keep me good.
"Tristan" (casselts)
11/09/2017 at 08:06, STARS: 0
I worked overnight shifts for about 4 years... It made me into a pissed off zombie. It was a major determining factor in leaving the active duty lifestyle.
"xc90v8/I4 :(" (xc90v8)
11/09/2017 at 17:43, STARS: 0
I know people that have been on 5 hours a day for severals years. But you can tell by their faces. Can’t be healthy either.. I don’t feel any difference between 8 and 4 hours except for the first hour in the morning. But I still know it’s no good.
So try to be more regular (the same every day) or get a new job.
"d15b" (d15b7)
11/10/2017 at 18:44, STARS: 0
Best of luck to you, a good night sleep is priceless.