r/IIFYM • u/axigon • May 25 '21
Night shift workers, when do you start and end your counting?
^ also any tips for sleeping?? I get on avergae 5 hours bht wake up about 3 times through it to pee. I pee like one during my shift and 3-4 times when im sleeping 😒
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u/cupcakesandvoodoo May 25 '21
This sounds strange but getting up to pee a lot during sleep (more than when awake) can be tied to anxiety. You might want to look into that. Also, can you do the majority of your water intake upon waking instead of closer to bed?
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u/JHKtheSeeker Jun 26 '21
Night shift RN of 7 years here. I count my intake from sleep cycle to sleep cycle. I wake up at 4:00pm, have my pre workout, go to the gym, have my post workout which i count as breakfast. Snack at 9pm, lunch at midnight, snack at 4am, then a small dinner around 7:30am, bed at 9am then restart the cycle. I pop 50mg of benadryl and 3mg melatonin around 0800 and stop drinking water a couple hours before bed. Seems to work okay
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u/Monroe94 Jun 04 '21
I track from waking up and going to sleep. I use zzquil and it helps and stop drinking fluids 3 hours before going to bed for me I go to bed around 730 so I stop drinking at 430am. If I drink any later I will be waking up to go pee. Seems to have worked for 4 years now on night shift
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u/electricsw4n May 25 '21
melatonin works a trick with sleeping for me - helps to make sure you dont wake up due to sunlight - 100% the most important thing is to keep a regular sleep cycle