Anyone with advice on this situation of working night shift.....

[zephyr22]

I work nightshift right now. I have been on nightshift for about a year now. Let me tell ya it is pretty difficult because all I want to do is sleep. My family is pissed at me for taking the job. I love my coworkers etc...and night shift in the hospital is a lot easier than the dayshift. However I dont know if I should switch to dayshift given the difficulty level. I know I will physically feel better. My thing is that I cant workout on days that I work since I work a 12hour shift and im beat ass tired after work. I guess what am I to do????? Thanks all. Later.

 

[Doggtales]

NIGHTSHIFT

I worked nightshift for several years. You just have to find what works for ya. I found it best to hit the gym right after work. Then eat breakfast and then go to sleep for as long as I could. My wife (now ex) used to bitch at me all the time because she thought I slept too much. But I thought there were lotsa benefits of working the nightshift. It is an easy shift to work, not as busy as the dayshift, and I could usually eat all night long. And I got a shift differential pay. 12 hrs shift do suck though. I only worked 8-10 hrs shifts. It does take a while for your body to get used to working and staying up those hours. When I came off the nightshift and started working days, it took my body and mind about 18 months to get back into normal. I assume you are working like a 4 days on, 3 days off rotation?

 

[flexmaster]

i used to work it too. i would train 4 days straight and work nights the next three. the only thing i liked about it was being able to eat whenever, less workload. but once i got out of it i decided to never do it again. imho it puts too much stress on your body from completely having to change sleeping routines every week. talking from experience, i'd say if you can find a shift during the day, or another job that will still support you then take it. looking back i wish i never would have done it.

 

[zephyr22]

Man thanks you guys.....

I appreciate alls input on this. Later.

 

[FRKNHUGE]

its def not the same but i work as a bouncer and am takin a job where ill be working 4pm till 2 am as a juvinille corrections officer, this wont be a bad 10hr shift, but im more of a night person anyways so it doesnt bother me
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