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Night shift workers, tell me how you prepare

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HeadFairy · 26/11/2025 17:15

I’ve been doing nights for years, I get three 12 hour night shifts every 4 weeks. First one is always a killer. I never know which is worse, get up early the day I start nights (like 5am) and then go back to bed at lunchtime until 6pm, or stay up all night the night before and then sleep all day on the day of my first night shift. I mean, they’re knackering full stop but has anyone got on a great body clock shifting techniques I haven’t tried yet? How do you do your nights?

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LunaTheCat · 28/11/2025 15:31

Night shifts are terrible.
I did them early career.. health. I was so exhausted I was dangerous.
Melatonin didn’t work.
i took a zopiclone after I got home, read a bit and had breakfast.

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