Have you ever work night shift?

[Ethan_]

Uncle worked night shift for 20 years before going to day shift and followed by normal shift.

Night shift is tiring even though you had enough sleep but still feel tiring.

Think perhaps cause the body nature clock is tuned for maintenance and repair at night when people sleep. When long term deprived it of that, the body cannot take it one.

 

[coey]

The first night is always the toughest ; the last night also take much more time to adjust back

 

[Ethan_]

Hello brother, my Tinnitus is still there but it didn't really bother me anymore cause I already getting used to it

Just curious was it worse when lack of or never sleep properly?

 

[skyline72]

When no money, work what also bo bian.

 

[Nuclear Boy]

Think perhaps cause the body nature clock is tuned for maintenance and repair at night when people sleep. When long term deprived it of that, the body cannot take it one.

This is also reflected in TCM teachings. Latest to sleep by 10-11pm, then 1am to 3am is the maintenance phase, or something like that. And that it "hurts" our liver if we were to continue being awake during that time.

 

[Crooni]

yes i in healthcare and am nightowl. i cannot wake/function early

but my limit is must sleep before light, i.e. latest ~7am. even if jobless/OT/shift

if reach home 8am kind is gg liao. same zombie feeling as others

 

[cyke69sg]

My army friend, who is a fellow lokun like you, can concur. He recounted regularly clocking 30hr-shifts (or whatever it is called) while he was in his residency phase.

30h is nothing. 60h. My friend work as lokun MO go work Sat morning 7am go home Monday 7pm. Only sleep when he can here and there. Then back to work Tuesday 7am go home 7pm. Then work 7am Wed till 7pm Thursday. Then work Friday 7am to 7pm. Then get off Sat and Sun. Then work Monday 7am till Tuesfay 7pm
Then work 7am to 7pm Wed. Then work 7am Thurs to 7pm Friday. Then work 7am Sat to 7pm Monday. And so on.

 

[pattanispirit]

ppl who works night shift die earlier than those working normal shifts.

I did 12 hrs shifts for few years after finishing army.

It not good for yr health, even as young as early 20s.

My kidneys weak in Chinese medical term.

I've seek many Chinese doctors until one intro me to 六味地黄 pills.

I took for few years to recover, but the weakness come back even after many years, even today.

If have a choice, don't work night shifts.

 

[loganrunning]

i have done rotating shifts, changing every other day. body clock all screwed up. this was for 2 years when young
I don't recommend it. this is worse than perm night shift.

if wanna sleep during day, get black out curtains. but you can't control noise from neighbours.


if you can avoid it, avoid. just 2 links:

- night shift as bad as carcinogen: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10416670/
- linkage between night shift and cancer: https://www.aacr.org/patients-careg...-cancer/linking-night-shift-work-cancer-risk/

 

[Jeremy1]

Just curious was it worse when lack of or never sleep properly?

Yes, initially but now it's make not much of a difference cause I had already used to it.

The sound is still there but it doesn't really bother me anymore unlike when it's started, I dared not even to eat or sit outside and I called SOS that I think I am going to jump.

 

[anthonygreenisreal]

NS time, security unit...did shift for almost 2 years.

It's really bad for health, screws up your sleep cycle and whole day all the time cannot think properly like dreaming kind. Very hard to focus

 

[Jeremy1]

I think those people who work rotating shift is even more jialat.

 

[Nuclear Boy]

30h is nothing. 60h. My friend work as lokun MO go work Sat morning 7am go home Monday 7pm. Only sleep when he can here and there. Then back to work Tuesday 7am go home 7pm. Then work 7am Wed till 7pm Thursday. Then work Friday 7am to 7pm. Then get off Sat and Sun. Then work Monday 7am till Tuesfay 7pm
Then work 7am to 7pm Wed. Then work 7am Thurs to 7pm Friday. Then work 7am Sat to 7pm Monday. And so on.

Not surprised if they needed to rely on each other for medical support, on a personal level. I'm more surprised how they managed to tong.

 

[Hello_Kitty]

last time it was my turn to help do UAT for the IT dept after their night deployment: my colleagues told me haunted story of my building. Lucky i don't believe in ghosts so i not scared of alone in the building

 

[Jeremy1]

There is a number of haunted buildings.

My brother who used to work as a facility supervisor told me while he was working late at night in Astar.

 

[tan kuku]

moi pak game until 3-4 am

consider nite shift?

 

[cyke69sg]

Not surprised if they needed to rely on each other for medical support, on a personal level. I'm more surprised how they managed to tong.

Is only 3 in the team. And need to provide 24h cover. When one person is on leave that means is just 2 people covering the hospital department 24h service 24/7. They choose to do double weekend sat and sun so that can still have sat and sun off a month. But that means working from Sat morning to Monday night.

 

[XiaoChilli]

Only when working OT. Highest record was working 36, 37 hours rushing for tender submission deadline. That time was in my 20s, still can take it and wasn't that tired. If now, I think I'll be half dead.

In the office or at home?

 

[inmyopinion]

I rmb back in 2013 I did.

It was a 10pm to 6am job.

And when I go home thru mrt Im like zombiefied looking at all the train people who are just going to work.

Whats your experience with nightshift?

last time 7pm to 7am.
zombie

 

[divineone]

1.5 years during NS. Always try to sleep when I can, cuz it's just NS what for risk my health