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Sleep Well on Night Shifts
Night shift sleep
Also called Shift work sleep disorder, Shift work, Working nights, Night shift tiredness
Who it's forA man who works nights or rotating shifts and is wrecked on shift and short of day sleep.
When to see a doctor
- Nodding off, or near-misses, driving home after a shift. Stop driving after nights until a doctor has found the cause.
- Sleepiness that stays on days off, or tiredness for a few weeks with no clear reason. Your doctor can run blood tests.
- Breathing that stops and starts in sleep, gasping or choking noises, or feeling very tired every day. This can be sleep apnea.
- Trouble sleeping for months, or bad enough that daily life is hard to cope with.
- Bipolar disorder, or days of high energy needing little sleep. Lost sleep can trigger a high: plan nights and any light box with your doctor.
- Epilepsy, or a blood thinner such as warfarin: only take melatonin under a doctor.
- Before a wake tablet: a full sleep evaluation and a diagnosis first.
I am not a doctor. This is not medical advice. This is self-education. Every dose on this page is the one a label or trial used, quoted from it. It is not a prescription. Talk to a physician who has your history before anything in the With a doctor group, and before melatonin with epilepsy or a blood thinner.