Re: major hc dosing dilemna

[Guest guest]

oh,,,I know it is. this change ( if it happens) is a promotion and I

just cant turn down the money. its a big salary increase but I know

its going to be difficult. Ive done occasional midnight shifts in the

past but never more than 3 days in a row and I felt horrible doing

them. I could never sleep deeply during the day and would often wake

up with a headache and feel like a zombie all night. I'll just have to

take it day by day and hope for the best if it happens. thanks for

replying

>

> those changing shifts are the WORST thing for your adrenals. But

> yes you keep your AM sdose when oyu need to wake up and adjust the

other

> doses to follow.

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[Guest guest]

wow,,,,those rotating shifts are even tougher than just straight mids

as your body cant figure out which hours to adjust to. Ive done a few

of them in the past and theyre very tough. thanks for the tips

>

> I go back and forth from 12 hour nights to 12 hour day shifts all the

> time. I hate it but have to make a living. Only good thing about it

> is that the night shift has much less stress over the busyier day

> shift hours.

>

> Anyway I just rotate my meds accordingly and also on the first

> transistion back to nights use some extra sleep meds and force myself

> to get a good nights sleep (or days sleep) in preperation.

>

> It is hard though.

>

> Oh, an make sure to make the bedroom completly DARK for day time

> sleeping. A fan or something for white noise helps too.

>

> Mark

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[Guest guest]

wrote:

> oh,,,I know it is. this change ( if it happens) is a promotion and I

> just cant turn down the money. its a big salary increase but I know

> its going to be difficult. Ive done occasional midnight shifts in the

> past but never more than 3 days in a row

,

It is changing shifts that are the worst, and constantly rotating

shifts are the worst of those. If you go to a stable night shift, and

keep clost to that on your days off, you should be fine after an

adjustment period. It is people trying to go back to a 'normal' daylight

schedule on days off that keeps the body constantly off base. Try to

find a schedule that will allow you to do what you want or need to do on

days off, without totally screwing up the " body clock " you have

established during the work week.

sol