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03-05-2016, 15:41
brutal

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Originally Posted by HoneyBadger

How are the post whores today?

I'm just trying to get off the vampire schedule. Does anyone here take any sort of sleep aid? I took 1x 25mg benedryl at 9pm last night and it helped me sleep, but I STILL feel really groggy and generally disoriented. Anyone else have these issues?

melatonin, but you have to cycle.

I finally resorted to hard drugs - ambien...

I was so tired after this week's work/travel I took an Ambien and two tylenol PM's last night. Talk about dead to the world...
03-05-2016, 15:45
hurley842002

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Originally Posted by HoneyBadger

How are the post whores today?

I'm just trying to get off the vampire schedule. Does anyone here take any sort of sleep aid? I took 1x 25mg benedryl at 9pm last night and it helped me sleep, but I STILL feel really groggy and generally disoriented. Anyone else have these issues?

Uggh, welcome to craptastic schedule, thank God I'm off of it for now. I can never get used to it, doesn't matter how well I sleep, or how many hours I sleep, I'm always tired working overnights. I don't have any good suggestions, as I've never found one myself, but good luck in your search.
03-05-2016, 15:55
HoneyBadger

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Originally Posted by hurley842002

Uggh, welcome to craptastic schedule, thank God I'm off of it for now. I can never get used to it, doesn't matter how well I sleep, or how many hours I sleep, I'm always tired working overnights. I don't have any good suggestions, as I've never found one myself, but good luck in your search.

Great.

I find that I just keep zoning out while I'm in the middle of doing things... I'll just stop and stare at nothing for 10+ seconds and then I'll realize I'm doing it and resume the task that is taking 3x longer than it should because my brain isn't functioning well. It's not even necessarily "sleep deprivation" either, because I got 8 hours of decent sleep last night.. I just feel really "foggy" all the time. Nighttime cold medicine does the same thing to me.
03-05-2016, 15:56
HoneyBadger

Where is flyboy?
03-05-2016, 15:56
HoneyBadger

Flyboy, come quick! You're going to miss the new page!!
03-05-2016, 15:57
HoneyBadger

Oops... too late. ;)
03-05-2016, 15:58
Irving

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Originally Posted by HoneyBadger

Great.

I find that I just keep zoning out while I'm in the middle of doing things... I'll just stop and stare at nothing for 10+ seconds and then I'll realize I'm doing it and resume the task that is taking 3x longer than it should because my brain isn't functioning well. It's not even necessarily "sleep deprivation" either, because I got 8 hours of decent sleep last night.. I just feel really "foggy" all the time. Nighttime cold medicine does the same thing to me.

I find that sleeping during the time you're used to is more important than how many hours you sleep. We've all stayed up till 2-3 am, then slept till 11:00 am, but you still wake up feeling like crap.
03-05-2016, 16:01
hurley842002

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Originally Posted by HoneyBadger

Great.

I find that I just keep zoning out while I'm in the middle of doing things... I'll just stop and stare at nothing for 10+ seconds and then I'll realize I'm doing it and resume the task that is taking 3x longer than it should because my brain isn't functioning well. It's not even necessarily "sleep deprivation" either, because I got 8 hours of decent sleep last night.. I just feel really "foggy" all the time. Nighttime cold medicine does the same thing to me.

Yup, sounds about right. I can usually do just fine with 6 hours of "normal hours" sleep, but on overnights I was finding even with 6 hours (9a-3p), I'd be up for a few hours, do the dinner thing, and then sit down to relax with the family, and I would pass out on the couch until time to get ready for work again that night. It's terrible, and I hope I don't have to do much more of it.
03-05-2016, 16:12
HoneyBadger

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Originally Posted by hurley842002

Yup, sounds about right. I can usually do just fine with 6 hours of "normal hours" sleep, but on overnights I was finding even with 6 hours (9a-3p), I'd be up for a few hours, do the dinner thing, and then sit down to relax with the family, and I would pass out on the couch until time to get ready for work again that night. It's terrible, and I hope I don't have to do much more of it.

hahaha yep. I usually try to sleep from about 8:30am-3pm, and then right as I'm getting really sleepy around 8 or 9pm, I'll go do a really hard 20-30min workout and drink a workout shake that includes glutamine and arginine (both of which are mild stimulants). I leave for work around 9:45pm and while I'm at work, I'll eat an apple (which contains natural stimulants), usually a dinner-like meal, and then I'll munch on something that is fatty and high in protein like peanuts or pistachios around 3-4am and that usually gets me through the night alright. But that's the easy part. The worst part is that I work just a couple of nights in a row every 8 or 10 days and it's not consistent.
03-05-2016, 16:15
HoneyBadger

I've also found that sometimes drinking 3-4 beers right before leaving for work helps.

Just kidding. I don't do that. Please don't ever do that. Don't. Ever. Do. That.