Sleep problems??
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There was a news item this week, about night shift workers, being more eikely to develop cancer.
Obviously there have to be more tests about this....
But regarding night shift workers in general...constant nights, not just the odd night, but people who work nights all the time, like my daughter.
They are sleeping during the day, so they must surely be missing out on melatonin, vitamin D, and other essentials...any advice Margaret?
Obviously there have to be more tests about this....
But regarding night shift workers in general...constant nights, not just the odd night, but people who work nights all the time, like my daughter.
They are sleeping during the day, so they must surely be missing out on melatonin, vitamin D, and other essentials...any advice Margaret?
I have never worked nights, but my first husband did, and he died of kidney cancer at age 49.
I know an ambulance driver who works night shifts and he uses Melatonin - safer than sleeping pills.
I take vitamin D every day because I don't get 30 minutes of sunlight a day, any season
I'm quite a hermit
I know an ambulance driver who works night shifts and he uses Melatonin - safer than sleeping pills.
I take vitamin D every day because I don't get 30 minutes of sunlight a day, any season
I'm quite a hermit
Have suggested vitamin D to her, for obvious reasons, and the melatonin idea.
Don't think the permenant night shift issue has been raised enough.
Daughter comes home from work at 6am, sees that as her tea time, (during the week)
Goes on commy for a while, has something to eat, then depending on how she feels, goes to sleep for the day. Still has to fit in nomal stuff during daylight hours, like going to the bank and such, which interrupts her sleep pattern.
Don't think the permenant night shift issue has been raised enough.
Daughter comes home from work at 6am, sees that as her tea time, (during the week)
Goes on commy for a while, has something to eat, then depending on how she feels, goes to sleep for the day. Still has to fit in nomal stuff during daylight hours, like going to the bank and such, which interrupts her sleep pattern.
Lavender oil in bath stuff , milky drink, no caffeine or other stimulants, and a clear conscience.
Ps I sleep like very well. Never needed any help, though I have heard Bach remedies are good.
Ps I sleep like very well. Never needed any help, though I have heard Bach remedies are good.
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i have sleepin problems since my sister passed away , now iam totally dependent on sleepin pills , but some times i still can,t sleep even after talkin them , and im talkin about 5-6-7 in the mornin , there is nothin more i can do to help with sleepin tryed everythin even alcohol and talkin sleepers and sometimes that don,t work , so i just have to live with it ,
be careful with sleeping tablets, i had a friend that got dependant on them and started taking more and more of them to sleep, eventually taking so man that we couldnt wake him up and called and ambulance, the doctors said that they see alot of sleeping tablet overdoses, most commonly zopliclone (think thats what it was called anyway)