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<blockquote data-quote="WTJ" data-source="post: 2580218" data-attributes="member: 6661"><p>Interesting. I have Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder and have battled it for as long as I can remember. I worked 2d shift as long as I could, and was fine. Working a 'normal' day shift causes a cumulative loss to my stored sleep and working for weeks with no days off leads to extreme exhaustion, as in hallucinations, micro-sleeps, and general fatigue-induced stupidity. It's been best described as chronic jet-lag.</p><p></p><p>If you are a daywalker and occasionally have your schedule disrupted or have to pull off-shifts you have an idea of what I mean. Here's the difference: If you have trouble functioning during "normal" hours, you must be lazy or shamming. If you are a daywalker and pull a night shift, then everyone understands the problem.</p><p></p><p>I was told that the way to normalize your circadian rhythms is to go to the woods for a week without any electronic stimuli and wake and sleep as you wanted. </p><p></p><p>I intend to try this one day if I ever get off of work.<img src="/images/smilies/image277.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":flybuzz:" title="Image277 :flybuzz:" data-shortname=":flybuzz:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WTJ, post: 2580218, member: 6661"] Interesting. I have Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder and have battled it for as long as I can remember. I worked 2d shift as long as I could, and was fine. Working a 'normal' day shift causes a cumulative loss to my stored sleep and working for weeks with no days off leads to extreme exhaustion, as in hallucinations, micro-sleeps, and general fatigue-induced stupidity. It's been best described as chronic jet-lag. If you are a daywalker and occasionally have your schedule disrupted or have to pull off-shifts you have an idea of what I mean. Here's the difference: If you have trouble functioning during "normal" hours, you must be lazy or shamming. If you are a daywalker and pull a night shift, then everyone understands the problem. I was told that the way to normalize your circadian rhythms is to go to the woods for a week without any electronic stimuli and wake and sleep as you wanted. I intend to try this one day if I ever get off of work.:flybuzz: [/QUOTE]
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