Misery ....

Aaron---sorry, what is an overnight shift please?
I worked 7p-7a 6 nights a week straight for over 3 yrs and still killed fish almost every day there was good weather
I work 7p to 7a for the last 25yr and love it.:thumbsup2:
I work all night while it is too dark to spear, bicycle, etc and sleep from noon or so till 5pm.
I can spear every day, even on work days from 8am til noon:D
What I do is;
1. Foam ear plugs
2. Tin foil on inside of bedroom windows.
3. Turn my phone off from noon til 5pm
4. Never plan/scheldule anything at 1- 2-3-4-5pm so that even on my nights off if my body wants to sleep from noon to 5pm like a work night then I can lay down to keep my body in sink.[sp]
Once you form a night shift working habits you may never want to go back to loosing all those daylight hours stuck inside working.
Hope this helps.
NIGHT SHIFT RULES for :attack2::fish:

Aaron--In my past experiance, that is the worst shift, days and nights:0
In my past experiance that work scheldule is the scheldule that is given to someone the employer is trying to get rid of. Hope that is not your case. No one can honestly work the combination of days and nights for very long without "breaking". Again, hope that is not your case.
7p to 7a is THE best shift. Work 3 nights a week and spear 4 days a week.:thumbsup2:
Hope this helps

Aaron just get yourself a copy of Homer´s Iliad, you wont be awake by page 3, mark my words!

When I was a lad I did some night security work with a dog. It really messed with my head and I decided never to work night shift again. Even though I had all the conditions and tried I couldn't sleep on the job. It messed up my day too. The money better be worth it Aaron.

I think you should try wearing sunglasses during the day, as much as you can. Exposure to sunlight has a direct effect on your sleepiness levels. So if you're going home after your night shift, you want everything you see to be as dark as possible, so your body doesn't "wake up".

I hear Ambien is a good option too, but am no expert.

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Thought somebody might know a top-secret Latin American or Carribean cure unknown to North American society .

Well, not really unknown to US society, and would be problematic in your line of work, but a doobie of the indica variety will do the trick...

i assume since you said you had tried all the meds you knew about that you tried melatonin (sp) it supposedly triggers the hormonal sleep cycles by taking it and it is just an herb so it souldn't have any nasty effects... one other thing you might want to try is doing a little bit of exercise about an hour or two before you want to sleep. I know of this working both ways, for some folks it wakes them up and gets thier body going, but for me, I am out like a baby.

good luck buddy, sounds pretty rough

did you overlook the basics, counting sheep. Never worked for me but what the heck, :holyshipshit: