Getting Used to Night Shift?!

yes ... unfortunately i have worked night shift before, i started at 11pm thru to 7am for 7 nights straight and then had 5 "days off" before repeating the dose. I did this for 7 years... and I'm affraid you never get used to it, that is the time your body is saying s l e e p ..... anyhow my job then consisted of driving so that kept me awake . i am not sure what you do... the only suggestion is not to go to bed as soon as you get home... wait a while a few hours and then you will find sleeping easier and you will also get used to eating only when you are hungry .... no set times..... i am happy i now have "proper" job with "proper" hours ... anyhow my friend i wish you lots of luck and happy work hours in you new venture

That must mean you sleep during the day, but is it possible for you to take a 30 minute nap before you go to work? That might give you a push to get through the night. Some people might also recommend energy drinks, but instead you might want to buy some water bottles, and put them in the freezer. Not so they freeze, but so they get ice cold, and ice cold water will definitely wake you up, besides giving you energy without making you sluggish later.

Yuck I had those hours a few years ago. As a day person, it was terrible. My only suggestion is to try to take a nap before you go in. That helped me feel more like I was going to a day job, one I had to get up in the mornings to go to. So I got into the habit of taking a 2-hour nap before time to get ready. That did help some. Good luck :o)

I wish you all the best in your new job. It is not really easy being on a graveyard shift so to say but still a lot of people are able to stay on the job long and make something out of it. More power!

Once your body adjusts to the schedule it won't be bad. However, the first week or two may be hard. Whatever you do, if you feel sleepy during the day go to sleep. I work a day shift job but work one night shift(midnight-8:30) a week, it is really hard to get sleep during the day but I have found that if I get tired, I need to sleep then in order to sleep at all.

it takes a lot of adjusting time to get used of it...but basically you will gonna get use of it for sure after a week or so maybe..i used to work graveyard shift on a call center company..whenever i feel sleepy i get a coffee and take a break for a smoke..then after a week i got used of it..what's hard is when your still not used of it..you cant sleep in the morning you get home even if how tired you are and sleepy..thats how i was before..

put up very dark curtains on the windows. make sure that the phone is where it can't be heard from your bedroom. try your very best to go to bed as soon after getting home as possible, since people will still want to see you - something one of my friend's never really got worked out so we never saw him - still don't. And, most importantly, even tho you are home during the day, you can't do favors for friends that want you do do stuff for them because you are. Don't wait for repair guys, look after sick kids, receive packages - NOTHING!

Hi LilyoftheThorns! :) I had not been able to work nightshift, because luckily, I'm always given the best morning shift! *hehe* But I've learned how to live the night shift by observing my friends who are working at that shift. Usually, they try to adjust to their new life "patterns". They see to it that they will get a good hours of sleep before they start work. They also adjust their "eating" patterns, when they will do the household chores, do the laundry, and etc. I hope you'll soo adjust to your new job time. Take care and God bless! \(",)_