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Nightshifters, staying awake?

JukeboxHeroine
JukeboxHeroine Posts: 348 Member
edited November 2024 in Chit-Chat
I work 12 hour night shifts. I haven't slept well the last 3 days. I am sooooo sleepy right now. I've had plenty of caffeine. I've taken a few walks around the unit. How do you all stay awake?

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  • abagail101a
    abagail101a Posts: 1 Member
    I just make sure I don't eat anything heavy, take a walk around the block for a half hour and try desperately to avoid caffeine so that in the morning when i get home I can sleep
  • freddiekane305
    freddiekane305 Posts: 2 Member
    take a bump :wink:
  • JukeboxHeroine
    JukeboxHeroine Posts: 348 Member
    freddiekane305 wrote: »
    take a bump :wink:

    Yeah that may not be a good idea at a hospital.
  • bassfishingirl
    bassfishingirl Posts: 78 Member
    When I get off at 8am, I stay busy at home till 2-3pm, then go to bed and sleep till time to get up for night shift, this usually keeps me alert thru the night, it's a hard shift for your body.
  • FabulousFantasticFifty
    FabulousFantasticFifty Posts: 195,832 Member
    edited May 2017
    Insomnia ;)

    :confounded:
  • lessismoreohio
    lessismoreohio Posts: 910 Member
    When I used to work 6pm until 6am at the refinery where I worked, I always tried to keep moving to stay awake. I also had to go to bed as soon as I got home or I would risk not being able to sleep before my next shift. Night shift is tough. Especially a 12 hour shift.
  • chaney3000
    chaney3000 Posts: 314 Member
    edited May 2017
    Night life junkie! I'm sitting in my rescue unit now. Hoping we don't get another call, fire or hazmat tonight.

    24hr shift.....
  • chaney3000
    chaney3000 Posts: 314 Member
    Still up......... .haven't been to sleep yet. So much for not running calls. Well got 1 and a half hours to go.

    C'mon 8 am!
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