I have recently had a work schedule change. I now work from 11:30 PM until 8:00AM. I went on vacation last week and my body goes back to PM shift hours which are 3:30PM until 12:00AM. I have to change my hours back just after Thanksgiving. These hours are not normal to me. I have always been a PM shift type. They won't change my hours. I "signed up to work any days and any hours". They can change me anytime. What is best for the division over rules everything. I have a very hard time especially on my days off. I have to try to keep the same hours on my days off or I will go back to the PM hours.It is hard to stay up all night. I just want to sleep all night. Does anyone think that the work hours contribute to my condition?
Work hours are not helping
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When i worked permanant night shift my body clock was all over the place, trying to seperate night and day was very hard.After doing a 10 hour night shift,when i went home i could not sleep, after a shower and some breakfast i was raring to go, and didnt sleep.
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Any change to your body's internal clock like that will affect many things. When they were having mandatory overtime at my place of work I ended up having a IBS fest over that weekend because I worked a 70 hour week and was totally thrown off sleep wise, etc...all variables in your life will affect your body, some people are just more sensitive to it than others.
Hello there Laptop. You said you work for a police dept in the narcotic post. I'm assuming you are a police officer, right? I ask because sometimes I think about jobs that I could never do because of my ibs, and being a cop is one I know I would never be able to do. Could not imagine getting a call to go to an accident scene or domestic dispute and not getting an ibs attack. Does the Endocet affect your alertness?
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