I want to tell you about my day-to-day
activities, so you will understand what
I'm going through.
I work 3rd Shift at a job I HATE with
every bone in my body.
The hours are 12:00 am to 8:30 pm
I've been trying to become an entrepreneur
for some years now.
That is all I think about, everyday I'm
trying to develop my business, so I can
work for myself.
I 'm saying this because I don't get much
sleep.
I might get home around 9:30 am, be in bed
by 10:30 am
Most of the time I sleep until 4:00 pm-
There's 5 and half hours sleep.
Sometimes I wake up at 1 or 2, whenever-
It seems to me most of my problem is when
I trying to go to sleep I'm thinking about
what I need to be doing in my business. I
have some many things to do it's
overwhelming.
Say I do sleep until 4:00 pm; I do what I
have to do then might take a nap from 7:00
pm to 9:00pm. Nine times out of ten I end
up tossing and turning because my backs
hurts and once again I can't stop thinking
who I need to call, what I need to read,
what do I need to check out about my
business.
I leave my house around 11:00 to go back
to work for that night.
That is a typically week for me. I usually
pass out all Friday night until Saturday
Morning.
On the weekends I'm usually tired all day,
take naps from time to time and sleep at
night like regular people.
My doctor told me to take benadryl to help
me go to sleep, and that's fine when I
first go to sleep. 1. I don't want to be
taking medicine every day if I don't have
to. 2. I don't want to take it when I go
back to sleep at 7:00pm to 9:00pm, because
that's only 2 hours of sleep. I don't want
the benedryl to put me to sleep to long.
Sometimes when I drink a bottle of beer
that gets me sleepy. I drink about a six
pack a month, so I'm not much of a
drinker. I really don't want to drink
every night to go to sleep either.
I'm hoping there is some other way to help
me get through this until I'm able to quit
this stupid so called job so I can sleep
regular hours.
Can someone(s) please give me some advice
on what to do, I'm sick of being tired all
the time it's like I'm a walking zombie
sometimes.
PLEASE HELP
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MandMs
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Welcome to EHEALTH forum! Posted: 09-04-08 03:37am
Working the third shift is especially
ruinous to sleeping well.
The average third-shift worker, usually,
loses a whole night's sleep over a
week-long shift, so, a chronic sleep
deprivation is eventually develop.
It's very important for you to keep the
same schedule seven days a week, including
weekends, following a rigorous schedule to
make certain that you get the sleep you
need.
Worry and stress about business is another
thing that makes your sleep more
difficult.
Acctually, this worry and stress, leads to
an inability to fall asleep, triggering a
new anxiety about not sleeping, so, the
cycle of worry continues.
This is known as psychological insomnia.
Try to set aside a "worry time" like an
hour before going to bed, to organize your
thoughts, that way you'll escape worrying
while laying in your bed and trying to
fall asleep.
Also, avoid drinking coffee or consuming
other stimulants at least for hours before
going to bed.
It's a good idea to wear black glasses on
a way home, cause will help promoting
production of melatonin, hormone that
normally is excrete when is night,
preparing the body for sleep.
