hi.... Pls suggest me some sleeping tips for the day, presentally i'm working in night shift>>>>>

Answer 1

1. No caffeine within 3 hours of the end of you shift.
2. A nice long, warm, relaxing shower BEFORE bed.
3. If you're hungry when you get home, a nice turkey sandwich and a glass of milk.
4. Room darkening blinds or drapes. If you don't have them, hang a blanket over the window(s) to make the room night-like.
5. Eye shades/blinds
6. A fan to give you some "white noise" to drown or at least mask the daytime noises or cars and stuff.
7. Turn off the phone
8. Keep the bedroom as cool as possible so you have to use covers.

Hope something works!

Answer 2

I, too, work night shifts and find that if I cut out insulation to fit the window and then cover that with black contractor grade trash bags it keeps all of the light out.... The insulation is the pink Styrofoam kind, it also blocks out the noise. I have tried painting the windows black, cardboard shades and just about everything I could think of before I found this. Most of all, stay away from any and all over-the-counter meds as well as prescriptions. I have worked on call, 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week for the last 17 years....

Answer 3

first, get room-darkening curtains for your room. You will most like at this time of year need to close the windows to keep the noise out and put on an air conditioner so keep you cool. If you are the type that needs a tv on to fall asleep, do that, but not something interesting that you like because then you will stay up to watch it. Avoid coffee during the night. If not of those work, use Simple Sleep by the makers of Tylenol. Its just like TylenolPM but without the meds which you do not need. You may also want to consider a prescription from your doctor for Ambien. That works wonders but you do not want to use that all the time. If you like it, also try a glass of warm milk as soon as you get home from work. Good luck and good sleeping.

Answer 4

I wouldn't take anything with acetaminophen. That is a basic deriviteve on methenphatamines. You can get addicted. What I've found to work the best is putting a sheet over my blinds. This makes it dark for me, dark enough that my body things it's night time. Try your best to keep a regular schedule for the night shift, this way you don't feel the "jet lag" side effect. It will take a week or two to get your body to change a 10-12 hour difference of sleep cycles. Hope this helps!

Answer 5

Invest in some dark curtains, when you leave the house make sure it's as dark as possible. When your comming home from work, wear sunglasses..anything that'll trick your mind into thinking it's night time. After a while your biological will adjust and you'll fall asleep without a problem. Taking a medication with PM in it isn't a good idea, all the other medication in it could make you sick. If the above doesen't help, talk to your doctor about your problem and he'll prescribe something that's just to help you sleep. Or you could buy an over the counter medication to help you sleep, just one without a pain reliever.

Answer 6

Obtain adequate hours of sleep. Shift workers usually obtain less sleep than day workers, but they need to make sleep a priority.
If it's impossible to get the generally recommended seven to eight consecutive hours of sleep, it's better to take a nap prior to going to work than to skip sleep altogether.
Maintain a consistent sleep schedule. Ask friends and family to avoid phone calls and visits during regularly scheduled sleep hours.
Keep the bedroom quiet, comfortable and as dark as possible; light can affect sleep and make it less refreshing.
Avoid coffee or other stimulants in the last four hours of the shift. A cup or two of coffee at the beginning of the shift may increase alertness during work.
If shifts rotate, it's easier to adjust to a schedule that rotates from day shift to evening and then night shift than it is to adjust to a reverse rotation.
Keep the work environment as bright as possible; this will promote alertness and help the body adjust to the shift work schedule. However, avoid bright light on the way home from work; even consider wearing sunglasses on the drive home.
Consider a brief planned nap during the shift, if possible. These timed naps should last only 10 to 20 minutes, as longer naps may cause a prolonged groggy feeling after awakening.
If sleep or job alertness problems are persistent and severe, visit a primary care provider or a sleep specialist for an evaluation of an underlying sleep disorder that complicates the effects of shift work.
In very severe cases, some health care providers consider the temporary use of a short-acting sleeping pill, or a wake-promoting medication. In general you should avoid over-the-counter medicines because many contain long-acting substances that can cause drowsiness to persist during work hours.

Answer 7

Tip # 1: Stay the hell away from Ambien. The stuff is dangerous. You might wake up in your car on the freeway.

I never had shift issues, I always worked days, but had plenty of sleep problems. There are a whole list of tips / natural alternatives bla bla bla, but in my case what finally did it was good meds. If you ever get to that point, ask your doc about Klonopin - changed my life. It's old school but not nearly as bad as the ambien they're giving out like candy nowadays.

Answer 8

Close up all yr windows with thick c`urtains or something so no light goes in yr home. Or bedroom.

Try aromatherapy diffusers with lavender for relaxing your body after a long night at work.

If you cannot fall asleep, try chamomile and lavender tea. If that is not somjething you 'd like take one Benadryl tablet, it will put you to sleep.
Its for allergies so it may dry you a bit, but it does work to go to sleep. The only problem I see with Benadryl tablets, they cause nightmares. As i have experienced . But if you need to go to sleep I think it will help so you get adjusted to your shift. Just dont take tablets every day, its only to start you on the right sleeping schedule for yr type of work shift.

Good luck.

Answer 9

1 put tin foil on the windows of the room you sleep in. It will totally block the light.

2. Make sure the room is cool, and don't do any caffiene for at least 2 hours before bedtime.

3 some slow stretches before you get in bed, and some soft music to fall off to also help.

4 milk (and turkey) contain tryptophane, which is a sleep inducer.

Good Luck.

Answer 10

When I worked night shift i blacked out my windows with black construction paper so it was like night. Turn on the A/C and get a fan to make fan noise. don't try to go to sleep till it cools off. If you have to shift back to days, stay awake all day the day before and sleep that night. good luck