What are the mental and physical problems with working at night.?

Question

I have worked various jobs at night and seem to have some memory loss, or low attention span, can this be fixed.

Answer 1

My husband used to work graveyard shift. He started day shift and went back to graveyard shift.

I noticed he wasn't eating as good, he became pale, He slept a lot but never could feel that he caught up on his sleep. He could not sleep more than 4 hours at a time. He was becoming very unhealthy.

Answer 2

I have been working nights for going on 10 years now the only problem I encounter is when I don't get enough sleep or I try to sleep at night like normal people do. When I sleep during the night say on weekends it just messes up my whole bio clock and takes me about 2 days to get back in the groove again. I guess I am somewhat lucky because I only need about 5 hours sleep and I am ready to go it is like I have a built in alarm clock I just wake up after sleeping for about 5 hours but like I said before not enough sleep or my schedule gets messed up and I am like a zombie I cant focus on things right and I sometimes get headaches yawn alot and even doze off just sitting in a chair but as long as I keep myself on a normal schedule then things are good working nights is not for everyone but I like it

Answer 3

it'll be ok, once you get used to it. I used to be a boilerman. 2 days shift. 2 nights shift. and 2 graveyard shift. Graveyard is the hardest specially if you have kids and wife!!

Answer 4

It don't make any difference what shift you work. Maybe you should have your doctor check you out. I don't think it's your night time job that's doing it.

Answer 5

I just want to sleep at nite. ANd my stomach hurts working at nite.

Answer 6

change job