It's 2pm here in Fla and I just awoke from another wonderful 3hrs of sleep! I think the sarcasm is obvious...I work the overnight shift(11pm-7am) and have been doing so, for the last 2yrs at my current job. Initially everything was fine, I got at least 6hrs a day of sleep and never had a problem with wkend adjustments. But something has just gone absolutely insanely wrong the last 3mnths. I'm barely able to keep my schedule and I can't even remember the joys of a 6hr rest session, let alone anything longer. I can't explain it, but it's really starting to affect me. I'm nodding off on the job, and I operate machinery, so that's not going to work. I'm constantly 'stuck' in neutral because my body never gets a chance to fully rest/re-energize. I've even tried to take sleeping pills(Tylenol PMs
), yet here I am 3hrs later; AWAKE. I really don't have any stress in my life that would be a trigger for this, so I'm just left dumb-founded and tired. Well, I'm off to try again...
