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Topic Started: Oct 22 2009, 05:21 PM (78 Views)
Andrul
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Ancient Wyrm
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My father worked a rotating shift for years where he'd change shifts from days to evenings to nights, etc... every 6y weeks. I have no idea how he did it since just trying to get back on a day schedule after 3 months is nearly killing me. Any suggestions for staying awake all day that doesn't include consuming huge quantities of caffeine? I've tried and all I get is a big headache and nausea.
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Benevolance
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When I was alternating between late night and early schedules in university, I would skip one night of sleep entirely. Then the next night, crash into bed early and get 12-14 hours of sleep. It usually reset my internal clock.

Do you normally have much caffeine during your normal daily routines? You shouldn't need a whole lot to keep you awake, unless your body is pretty acclimatized to the drug.
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The Nighthawk
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The body acclimitizes more easily by staying awake longer than trying to sleep earlier, so I agree with Lance that you are far more likely to reset your clock by pulling a single all nighter, then following a regular pattern after that.
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lgm
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Did you do that when you travel to Japan, Lance? I was talking to my brother today about his time being screwed up when he shipped to Okinawa. The Marines didn't give him much options to adjust.
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Benevolance
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Sort of, although we didn't really need to pull an all nighter, because we were losing a day in the travel. But we made certain to stay up until a 'reasonable' bedtime hour the first night, and we woke up the next morning pretty close to Osaka time.
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Andrul
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Thing is I'm sleeping fine at night, but the body is still going "Oh, it's 11am so time to sleep!"
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Benevolance
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That might be diet related, then.
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lgm
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I told him years ago to stop eating babies.
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Andrul
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But they're tasty. Besides, you're the one who got me hooked!
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