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Silvermoth
03-09-2011, 02:33 AM
You see, I start Nightfill for the first time in my life this weekend. 00:00-8am both Saturday and Sunday. Lately I've been falling asleep at 10:30 and waking up at 6:30 so it's a bit of a change.

Does anyone who works nightfill have any tips for staying awake or getting to sleep during the day before I start on Saturday?
PyroChamber
03-09-2011, 02:50 AM
What's nightfill?
CelticPredator
03-09-2011, 02:50 AM
I wait for the Aliens....


But seriously, I cant sleep. Not at night...i'm a night owl. I can think better at night, I can function better at night...it's just relaxing to me.

But if I HAD to stay awake, i'd use 5 hour energy. Stuff works great. I love it.
Silvermoth
03-09-2011, 03:03 AM
What's nightfill?

I think the Americans call it the night shift. Working at night. Sorry, I'm Australian :yay:
Colossal Spoons
03-09-2011, 05:13 AM
Getting to sleep during the day: Usually I'm exhausted to the point that neither the sun nor a rock concert in the next room could keep me awake. I do have melatonin and ZMA on hand to help knock me out though.
Timstuff
03-09-2011, 06:57 AM
Monster and Adderall (although the latter is perscription, and I pretty much only break it out when I need to concentrate on schoolwork since it's a neural stim and makes me buzzy).
Metamorpho1977
03-09-2011, 07:24 AM
You see, I start Nightfill for the first time in my life this weekend. 00:00-8am both Saturday and Sunday. Lately I've been falling asleep at 10:30 and waking up at 6:30 so it's a bit of a change.

Does anyone who works nightfill have any tips for staying awake or getting to sleep during the day before I start on Saturday?

Paint your room a dark blue or get dark curtains. I used to work the graveyard shift and when I did that, it made my mind think it was night and I was able to sleep easier. And staying awake a snickers bar and a pepsi. Better than a redbull.
Metamorpho1977
03-09-2011, 07:26 AM
I think the Americans call it the night shift. Working at night. Sorry, I'm Australian :yay:


Night shift or graveyard shift are the common terms in the US
SuperFerret
03-09-2011, 07:34 AM
I just will myself to stay up and just sleep more during the day. It's really not that hard to change your sleep schedule.
SpideyVille
03-09-2011, 08:19 AM
I don't sleep. I wait.
enterthemadness
03-09-2011, 10:35 AM
I think of various things like making fun of Jason Voorhees and why Peyton Manning posts here as Marx.
Blitzkrieg Bop
03-09-2011, 11:14 AM
Procrasturbating.
THE MR. TERRIFIC
03-09-2011, 11:20 AM
Don't go to sleep Thursday night. So you will sleep Friday during the day and be up by Saturday morning.
Gotham Knight
03-09-2011, 12:36 PM
Just drink a lot of coffee.
NHawk19
03-09-2011, 02:07 PM
Stay up the night before and get blackout curtains for your bedroom. The first week usually sucks the most but if you can get past that you're normally ok. If you can make sure you try to stay on that schedule when you're off work as well.
JAKŪ
03-09-2011, 02:13 PM
Don't go to sleep Thursday night. So you will sleep Friday during the day and be up by Saturday morning.
This is actually the best way to do it. In fact I did that a couple of weeks ago to reset my sleeping schedule.
WalkingDeadMike
03-09-2011, 02:26 PM
You see, I start Nightfill for the first time in my life this weekend. 00:00-8am both Saturday and Sunday. Lately I've been falling asleep at 10:30 and waking up at 6:30 so it's a bit of a change.

Does anyone who works nightfill have any tips for staying awake or getting to sleep during the day before I start on Saturday?

Buy room darkening shades. It's a big help for trying to sleep during the day.
Buford The Sly
03-09-2011, 02:50 PM
Have a baby, then you're up all the time... at least for about 3 months. :)
Silvermoth
03-12-2011, 04:08 AM
Cheers for the info everyone. I had a bit of a sleep before going into work and I had lots of energy rich food. Now I've got one more night of it and then I can go back to sleeping during the night! woo!
JJJ's Ulcer
03-12-2011, 04:28 AM
Adderall. Though I don't recommend you use that as a wake-up aid. And I don't really use it to stay awake, it's more an unfortunate side-effect (I've had a prescription for years on account of ADD). Coffee doesn't really keep me awake these days even if I have it late.

Watch the horrific coverage on the news right now. That will keep you up for hours. :csad:
Spider-Who?
03-12-2011, 10:07 AM
I don't sleep. I wait.

Procrasturbating.

:woot:
SWAT
03-12-2011, 12:14 PM
Keep your mind busy. If you don't have anything to think about, it's very easy to just drift off.
Silvermoth
03-13-2011, 03:39 AM
Watch the horrific coverage on the news right now. That will keep you up for hours. :csad:

It's ironic you should say that. You see, I'm a media monitor. It's my job to watch the news all the time.
Aesop Rocks
03-13-2011, 04:16 AM
I just don't fall asleep.

http://forums.superherohype.com/customavatars/avatar70175_337.gif

It's weird for me. I can get super tired for a certain point in time, but if I don't go to sleep in that time I won't fall asleep.
Johnny Drama
03-13-2011, 04:20 AM
The internet
SPider-T0rch
03-13-2011, 04:45 AM
The Hype.......and....youtube videos. yeah youtube videos...