To think I simply cannot work a night shift on 4 hours sleep?

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StillSmallVoiceOfCalm · 25/07/2016 17:16

Bastard stupid shitty night shifts.

I CAN'T FUCKING SLEEP

it simply can't be done. I cannot work another 13 hours after 4 hours sleep today

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Babyroobs · 25/07/2016 17:34

YANBU It is very hard. The summer hols are particularly bad with screaming kids/ hedge cutters/ barking dogs etc. I have those hard wax earplugs but still can't sleep. I am a Nurse and i sometimes worry so much that i am going to be unsafe the second night. As I get older it is taking me so much longer to recover from nights. i ahve 3 this week and know I am going to end up with a thumping headache for days.

Sallystyle · 25/07/2016 17:33

I used to manage about 4 hours sleep after a night shift and have to go back the next night.

No fun at all. One of the reasons I went onto the nurse bank, if I do a nightshift I get to decide when and how many.

You have my sympathies

Helenluvsrob · 25/07/2016 17:33

What do you do for work?

Awful though it sounds I suspect there are many people out there who function on 4hrs or less as parents of sleepless children etc.

I think you need to risk assess a sleepless error- life or death eg you are a nurse - probably call in and explain things and go sick, vs I dunno , sorting for the royal mail where an error is a pain but not of that level of magnitude.

Long term you need to sort out with HR to not do shifts if you can't cope, that might though, mean a cut in money or ultimately a different job. Shift work is detrimental to your mental and physical health, though some people can adapt.

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