Changing form day shift to night shift?

786809

{"text":"How difficult is the transition?  ","videos":"[]","link":"{}","pics":"[]","canComment":true}

764851

{"replyTo":"","text":"i agree with the fellow truckers above. it depends on the person. some feel its better to do half nights starting out and work your way up a couple hours at a time. naps while unloading will also help. the glasses are amazing. esp on two lane roads. you also want to eat food higher in protein when you wake up and lighter meals before going to bed. this will help your stomach adjust.","replyToPid":0}

456441

{"replyTo":"","text":"Depends on the person ","replyToPid":0}

621408

{"replyTo":"","text":"bodyclock adjustments","replyToPid":0}

681434

{"replyTo":"","text":"I recommend the yellow tinted glasses...especially for back roads and mountain passes where people can come around a bend and their brights can be in your eyes very quickly.\n\nChanging light will make your eyes tired, and make you sleepy.  A red or purple light inside the cab can help too, even in the door lamp if you have one.  \n\nDarken your room enough so you can sleep well during the day until you’re used to it.\n\nGood luck!","replyToPid":0}

645435

{"replyTo":"","text":"When you switch take melatonin at first. It gets hard to sleep during the day or there’s a drink in the truck stop called neurosleep. It’ll put you to sleep in about 10-30 minutes depending if you’re relaxing in the back ","replyToPid":0}

612517

{"replyToPid":0,"replyTo":"","text":"Something I wish I knew when I worked night shifts: \nChange your entire life schedule. \nDon't try and live the day and work the night. Start the nights as you would start the days, wake eat breakfast, start work, lunch, end shift, wind down with dinner and sleep. an example of a normal day. \nWake 6am - Eat 6:30am - Start work 7am - Lunch 1pm - end shift 9pm - dinner 9:30pm - sleep 10pm.\nAn example of a night shift.\nWake 6pm - Eat 6:30pm - start work 7pm - lunch 1am - end shift 9am - dinner 9:30am - sleep 10am. \n(I move furniture so there's less pushing the 11hr and more pushing the 14hr. If you're all drive then you get more wind down time, but start the \"days\" the same every time, it's very important.)\nAlso your first night shift I recommend a nap in the afternoon. your body won't sleep great and maybe get 2-3 hours at the most, but it'll give you the energy boost to get through your first night without any drinks, pills, or powder."}

705502

{"replyTo":"","text":"Give yourself time for u to adjust.","replyToPid":0}