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<blockquote data-quote="BadgeBunny" data-source="post: 2536373" data-attributes="member: 1242"><p>GC's worked every rotating schedule there is out there ... Right now he does nights for 12 hours, 3 nights a week, 4 nights off and those shifts rotate with the a similarly scheduled day shift, every quarter. Additionally the 3 days work rotate between F/S/S, S/S/M, and T/W/Th. It is a friggin' nightmare to keep up with, but ... the clock is ticking ... <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>He was on the night shift, 8 hour shifts, 5 on/2 off for about 3 years before that. He never did adjust and he hated it. I hated it, too. He was always irritable, always tired, always falling asleep, even on his days off and always sick. Additionally he had a HORRIBLE time controlling his blood sugar and his blood pressure was higher when he worked nights. There was nothing good about it. If we'd had kids at home, or any kind of steady commitments for things like social events, we'd have been screwed.</p><p></p><p>GC's doctor did, indeed, diagnose him with Shift Work Disorder. Because he was unable to move to the day shift at the time, she prescribed him additional medication to lower his blood sugar and blood pressure and gave him an Rx for Ambien. The ONLY time he has to take Ambien is when he is working the night shift and even then he still doesn't sleep more than 5 or 6 hours at a time, until he just crashes from exhaustion and then he will sleep 12-16 hours straight. </p><p></p><p>She offered to write him a note for work but he declined, telling her he couldn't move right now but he would as soon as an opening came up (and he did). I'll be so glad when he retires ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BadgeBunny, post: 2536373, member: 1242"] GC's worked every rotating schedule there is out there ... Right now he does nights for 12 hours, 3 nights a week, 4 nights off and those shifts rotate with the a similarly scheduled day shift, every quarter. Additionally the 3 days work rotate between F/S/S, S/S/M, and T/W/Th. It is a friggin' nightmare to keep up with, but ... the clock is ticking ... :) He was on the night shift, 8 hour shifts, 5 on/2 off for about 3 years before that. He never did adjust and he hated it. I hated it, too. He was always irritable, always tired, always falling asleep, even on his days off and always sick. Additionally he had a HORRIBLE time controlling his blood sugar and his blood pressure was higher when he worked nights. There was nothing good about it. If we'd had kids at home, or any kind of steady commitments for things like social events, we'd have been screwed. GC's doctor did, indeed, diagnose him with Shift Work Disorder. Because he was unable to move to the day shift at the time, she prescribed him additional medication to lower his blood sugar and blood pressure and gave him an Rx for Ambien. The ONLY time he has to take Ambien is when he is working the night shift and even then he still doesn't sleep more than 5 or 6 hours at a time, until he just crashes from exhaustion and then he will sleep 12-16 hours straight. She offered to write him a note for work but he declined, telling her he couldn't move right now but he would as soon as an opening came up (and he did). I'll be so glad when he retires ... [/QUOTE]
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