Thread: 3rd shift

I had the same experience before. What I did was to make my room as dark as possible and not let any light comes in. This will condition my body that it is still night and that I need to sleep. You can also have a warm bath before sleeping as that will relax your body.

I worked 3rd shift for a long time and unfortunately my body never quite adjusted. I was just always tired because my body knows it is daytime even if my room is dark.

That shift is difficult because it's totally unnatural for your body. I've never had to work those hours before, but I imagine you would get to the place where your body was so worn out that you would sleep from pure exhaustion. I think the idea of making your room totally dark would help. You might leave the radio playing in another room so that every little noise won't wake you up.

Originally Posted by happygolucky

You might leave the radio playing in another room so that every little noise won't wake you up.

I will concur with this one. Playing a classical music will make you sleepy. Being stressed before sleeping won't help so better relax first before you go to sleep.

This is not an easy thing to do but with time and much effort, we can set our internal clock into a different sleeping time. It takes time but as soon as the body gets used to your schedule then you will then go to sleep even at daytime. The problem is if you have adjusted yourself to your sleeping time then your shift will be changed again.