Late Night

smbrink · February 2009

Any other insomniacs/late sleepers out there??

j0z3r · February 2009

Not me, at least during the week. I have a tendency towards late nights though, so I curb that by working my ass of during the day so I'm tired at night. The weekends though, I'm rarely out of bed before 10 and usually dwindle into the early hours of the morning.

gmill880 · February 2009

Don't have to work tommorow so that keeps me up a little later

smbrink · February 2009

Yeah I work 6 on with a crazy schedule and then 4 off. Im on my third now.

j0z3r · February 2009

What is your job that you have that kind of schedule?

smbrink · February 2009

Im in the Air Force

j0z3r · February 2009

Ahh, say no more. That is a wacky schedule though, I'd be a mess working that. My perfectly ordered M-F 7 - 3:30 suits me just perfect.

smbrink · February 2009

Ha my schedule is first two days is 630am to 300pm, second two is 230pm to 11pm and last two is 1030pm to 700am so i actually end up working 8 hrs on my day off!!! but its an important mission and somebodys got to do it.

j0z3r · February 2009

Indeed, somebody does have to do it, and for that I commend you. When it came time to decide whether I wanted to go military, after much thought I came to the conclusion that it wasn't the place for me. For myself though, I'm glad I made the choice I did , the timing would have put me over in the middle east and that's one place I don't want to be now and didn't want to be then.

smbrink · February 2009

yeah i feel ya i was a tough decision for me. ive been in for about a year and a half, and luckily i havent been to the Middle East yet, tho ive been told that its a good way to pick up some cheap cubans.

urbino · February 2009

I'm a night owl, brink. My body's natural sleep time is between about 3 a.m. and 11 a.m. I've used every kind of sleep med there is, over the years, but it seems there's no fooling Mother Nature.

smbrink · February 2009

I know what you mean.with my schedule the way it is my body dosent know when to be tired, so i think it just picks random times!!!

urbino · February 2009

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smbrink · February 2009

huh...thats interesting i need to look in to that

Jetmech_63 · February 2009

I'm in the Navy and i work 1900-0700, plus i have to be in 1 1/2 hours before shift and i live about an hour away from base.....i love my job

PuroFreak · February 2009

madurofan · February 2009

I work a normal 8-5 but my body still has erratic sleep patterns. I think I screw up all the good work the week has done by staying up until 4 every weekend night.

Luko · February 2009

I work about 8:30 - 6...usually up til about 12:30 or 1 a.m.

urbino · February 2009

madurofan:
I work a normal 8-5 but my body still has erratic sleep patterns. I think I screw up all the good work the week has done by staying up until 4 every weekend night.

Yeah, that'll do it. One of my sleep docs a few years ago told me that if I really worked at it over the course of months, I could probably get my body to sleep on a midnight-to-8 a.m. schedule, BUT if I then ever deviated from that schedule for any reason -- needing to work late, family illness, personal illness, whatever -- my body would go right back to its natural preference, 3-11, and I'd have to start all over again.

PuroFreak:
The hours you sleep also have to do with your circadian rhythm.

Right. What I have, DSPS, is a circadian rhythm disorder.

Luko · February 2009

urbino:
madurofan:
I work a normal 8-5 but my body still has erratic sleep patterns. I think I screw up all the good work the week has done by staying up until 4 every weekend night.
Yeah, that'll do it. One of my sleep docs a few years ago told me that if I really worked at it over the course of months, I could probably get my body to sleep on a midnight-to-8 a.m. schedule, BUT if I then ever deviated from that schedule for any reason -- needing to work late, family illness, personal illness, whatever -- my body would go right back to its natural preference, 3-11, and I'd have to start all over again.
PuroFreak:
The hours you sleep also have to do with your circadian rhythm.
Right. What I have, DSPS, is a circadian rhythm disorder.

So not that its any of our business, but how do you cope with this? Do you sleep 3 - 11 a.m. Do you have a job that supports that? Just curious...that would so difficult to deal with. I crash at 1 and get up just before 7, pretty much every single day of my life.

urbino · February 2009

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mustluvcigars · February 2009

What is this "sleep" you guys speak of here?

Jetmech_63 · February 2009

Good point. It has taken me the better part of 4 years but i can operate 100% of off 4-5 hours of sleep. All you military guys know what i'm talking about.

PuroFreak · February 2009

mustluvcigars:
What is this "sleep" you guys speak of here?

I think it's an OLD indian legend that was passed along through tribes across this great land MANY MANY moons ago. Kind of like the "white buffalo" .... Que Urbi!

urbino · February 2009

Uh-huh. I functioned on 3-4 hours sleep every night all through school and college, and could still do it up into my 30s. Then the many, many moons catch up with you, and that don't work so good no more.

Luko · February 2009

I need 6, but 7 or 8 is perfect for me. I was never one of those people who could function very long or 3-4 hours. I can, however, keep it up for 3-4 hours. Yeah babeeeee.

urbino · February 2009

bow chick-a bow bow

j0z3r · February 2009

Luko:
I can, however, keep it up for 3-4 hours. Yeah babeeeee.

You are supposed to let your docor know if the medication does that to you....apparently it's not as good for you as it feels.

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