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Post by darlene on Jun 4, 2012 1:18:40 GMT -5
So true  I remember reading that study. |
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Post by joan on Jun 4, 2012 10:56:57 GMT -5
Rereading this reminded me of a study I read quite a while ago. Do you realize that humans who work might shift not only don't produce the melatonin that our bodies so desperately need, but that they are also more prone to various cancers, such as breast cancer in women? Years ago I worked night shift for several months and had a hard time sleeping more than a few hours during the day. A coworker suggested taking melatonin to help me sleep, which helped immensely. I remember needing to increase the dosage after a few weeks and was up to 9 mg by the time I went back to the day shift. |
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Post by abtzoogirl on Jun 4, 2012 11:17:50 GMT -5
Is any one else reading this and thinking... "But.. But.. I LOVE my cat naps in the day... In the sunshine no less!" I do work a later shift. 330p to 1230a. I still get to bed by 130a - 230a and wake up at 9a or 10a. I think I'm ok, but I agree that my ferrets need more hidey hole places.  Just in case that makes them the most comfortable. AbtZooGirl is using her phone for this post. Please excuse any typos due to autocorrect or small-keyboard-syndrome. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2012 11:46:55 GMT -5
Rereading this reminded me of a study I read quite a while ago. Do you realize that humans who work might shift not only don't produce the melatonin that our bodies so desperately need, but that they are also more prone to various cancers, such as breast cancer in women? Yes exactly, because less melatonin= hormones out of whack. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2012 11:47:54 GMT -5
Is any one else reading this and thinking... "But.. But.. I LOVE my cat naps in the day... In the sunshine no less!" I do work a later shift. 330p to 1230a. I still get to bed by 130a - 230a and wake up at 9a or 10a. I think I'm ok, but I agree that my ferrets need more hidey hole places. Just in case that makes them the most comfortable. AbtZooGirl is using her phone for this post. Please excuse any typos due to autocorrect or small-keyboard-syndrome. I enjoy catnaps in the sunshine too, if it's hot or if I'm at the beach etc. though I think that has more to do with the warmth making me drowsy than anything lol. |
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Post by Thérèse on Jun 4, 2012 13:50:38 GMT -5
Glad to see discussion
Re the shift workers. I have worked nightshift and am an exception, so much so that I think I was born in the wrong hemisphere. I worked days for years in the public service, constantly losing sleep and having to catch it up on weekends. I then worked at the casino. The first week I did day shift but then thought I should try nights. It felt so normal, I wondered why I didn't discover it years before. I would hear others talk about lack of sleep and needing blackout curtains etc to get to sleep, as they drank their guarana and caffeine and had no doze to stay awake at work. Me, I was wide awake and when I went home as soon as the sun was up I fell straight to sleep, something I cannot do when it's dark!
I left the casino after 6 years of night shift because they were enforcing rotations and making me do days (swapping from days to nights will really mess you up). I worked office work again for another 5 or so years during the day, constantly losing sleep. Eventually I went back to the casino cause I needed the night shift to get some sleep.
Now I am not working (just doing the cafepress) and can set my own hours. You will notice my visits are always round the same time (like now). It is nearly 5 am and I have been up all night. Unfortunately I will have to find something else to do because I have no money. I would go back to the casino but some wowser whinged and the smokers room had to be removed. We have to go outside now and I feel the cold too much (my fingers freeze and you need them to spin a roulette ball).
so some people are just different
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Post by abtzoogirl on Jun 4, 2012 16:10:36 GMT -5
I enjoy catnaps in the sunshine too, if it's hot or if I'm at the beach etc. though I think that has more to do with the warmth making me drowsy than anything lol. Lol same.. Mmmm warm sunshine.. Uh.. It's Vitamin D right? Lmao AbtZooGirl is using her phone for this post. Please excuse any typos due to autocorrect or small-keyboard-syndrome. |
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Post by Sherry on Jun 4, 2012 16:15:14 GMT -5
I'm also one of those who did phenomenally well on night shift ;D came home, went to sleep 8:30, up awake at 4. Never had a problem  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2012 0:17:40 GMT -5
I liked mids myself, never had the chance to do the late shift. Now I'm majorly Vit. D deficient. Get the sunshine when you can.
As regards the furkids: I took them to the park so I could get my Vit. D and they could play in the grass. Instead of the 15 to 20 minutes that it takes them to get bored, we stayed out in the shade/sun for about an hour or so. (The folks playing ultimate frisbee nearby liked to stop by and see the boys.) But the really interesting was today.
Artie was in a better mood, more adventurous and trying to play more. Physically he was more lithe than he has been. It may be another change that comes with the summer shed (that began before yesterdays trip). But they were both acting more energized and lovey-dovey this evening.
It's not a scientific study, but I think they need a bit more outdoors than they have been getting. I'm not changing their hidey hole room though. They still need their dark den-corners and blankets.
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