I usually stay up way late, like...4 in the morning, and I haven't been feeling bad at all, I think because I'm still getting a very healthy amount of sleep. I just wake up at around 12 or 2. p.m. Are there any bad side effects to this?
2006-07-09 18:47:45 · 16 answers · asked by Mitchell H 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Absolutely not!! As long as you are getting your 8 hours you are fine. There are alot of people who work those hours and live healthy happy normal lives. Go for it!!
2006-07-09 18:52:20 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For me it is perfectly natural. I work from 4 PM until midnight. All I have done is shift a natural sleep pattern by 8 hours. With companies that require 24/7 staffing there are many people who have this lifestyle. People who normally work the midnight shift, they have shifted their sleep patterns even more.
Trying to maintain the "normal" sleep pattern means being less than fresh when arriving at work and quickly losing the ability to concentrate and think clearly towards the end of the shift.
2006-07-10 02:16:42 · answer #2 · answered by Raymond C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read in "Prevention" magazine a few months ago that exposure to lights at night time can be unhealthy. (I type this as a sit in the light of the computer and the lamp beside me at almost 2AM!) I don't recall the exact studies or findings, but it may have been linked to cancer somehow.
2006-07-10 01:52:55 · answer #3 · answered by jengirl9 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-12 12:00:15 · answer #4 · answered by Ben J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you're getting 8-10 hours of sleep, then you're fine. it doesn't matter how long you stay up. think about it, some people work graveyard sometimes from 7pm to 3am, yet they are still healthy because they get their regular dose of sleep.
2006-07-10 01:53:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
idk but im up to 4 everynight for months
i can wake up at 7 in the morning and still goto sleep at 4 am the next night w/o anything that would keep me awake. i havent really had any side effects except for when my friends call me im still sleeping.. they call me nocturnal
2006-07-10 01:52:30 · answer #6 · answered by Wade 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shift workers have a higher rate of heart disease (not because of the work they do) so you may have problems down the track.
2006-07-10 01:52:05 · answer #7 · answered by freecyclister 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not if that is just your natural sleep cycle and you are getting enough sleep, and it doesn't affect your ability to function in society. Then it's fine.
2006-07-10 01:51:11 · answer #8 · answered by nicole 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you miss half the day and feel lazy. Staying up late can also cause excess eating
2006-07-10 01:50:19 · answer #9 · answered by song no one singz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i do it all the time and i feel fine. im more of a night person anyways so who cares if i miss a couple hours of daylight
2006-07-10 01:52:44 · answer #10 · answered by apolloandi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋