Please Help!!!!!!!!
 

I am a night shift worker and I am used to going to bed about 1-2 hrs before i need to get ready to go hunting. I've tried sleeping those few hours but near impossible to fall asleep and dead when i get up. What seems to work best is just to stay awake but then I'm dead tired and falling asleep by midmorning. I've tried the "5 hour energy"
drinks and cappacino but doesn't seem to work to well. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!!

Thanks, Shaner

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Shock collar. if you feel like your going to fall asleep just push the button. and bam you have an awaking jolt.


JUST KIDDING......

I've been there and just suffering though it was the only thing i could do.

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put ice cubes down your back or something cold

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Been there, done that. Just no fun, and no solution. Only suggestion I'd have is to quit hunting mid morning before you get sleepy(too dangerous in a tree stand), go get a few hours sleep and try to have an enjoyable afternoon hunt.

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Getting too little sleep creates a “sleep debt,” which is much like being overdrawn at a bank. Eventually, your body will demand that the debt be repaid. We don’t seem to adapt to getting less sleep than we need; while we may get used to a sleep-depriving schedule, our judgment, reaction time, and other functions are still impaired. Many studies make it clear that sleep deprivation is dangerous. Sleep-deprived people who are tested by using a driving simulator or by performing a hand-eye coordination task perform as badly as or worse than those who are intoxicated. Sleep deprivation also magnifies alcohol’s effects on the body, so a fatigued person who drinks will become much more impaired than someone who is well-rested.

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When you get real sleepy, just grab a big pinch of nose hair and give a yank. It'll wake the dead...:D

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Drink like 2 or 3 5 hour energy, or the caffine pills, those work great.

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Ill be honest, I have really struggled with this, I am always wanting to wake up late and not get up early. What I have found is that if you set 5 alarms on your cell phone that will get you awake. Then after that make sure you take your saftey belt to the stand. No matter what, you are goin to at least not be tired by the time you get to your stand. I always nap in the stand, and anytime something comes close I wake up because I am a light sleeper. But the BFC Monster also works! lol

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I find it tough to sleep at night sometimes, and I kinda have this same problem. What I use is xenadrine NRG. Its suppose to be like 8 hour energy. It works. Thats prolly why I can't sleep, because it seems like it never wears off.

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If possible make arrangements to take the day off of work prior to your hunting weekend. It will give you plent of time to drive there and get a good nights sleep. If that is not possible you can always forego the early morning hunt and get to your stand in the later part of the morning and do more of a late morning-luchtime hunt. Many of the larger bucks are taken at that time of the day.

TX7mmmag

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Yah I'd Suggest you skip the morning hunt, you don't want to be hanging from a stand with only 2hrs sleep.

Go home, sleep 4-5 hrs, wake up around noon, and get ready to hunt the evening hunt. That is what I would personally do. I also work some night shifts (like this week) and I know that I just couldn't function without any sleep.

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The best way to reset your inner clock is to go to bed and sleep until you wake up. I know its hard with a family/life/work and stuff but it is really the only thing that will cure your sleep deprivation. I've been in the Coast Guard for over 13 years now (boat driver here) working at a search and rescue station is just like working at a fire house. We typically work and train all day then end up pulling the all night SAR case towing a boat in all night and into the morning. A few days of that and you are toast. The best thing to do is try and get atleast 8 hours of totally uninterupted rest/sleep. Easy to say right? LOL but seriously it's the best way. My advice is get that 8 hours and go kill something will ya!?!? LOL

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Not around your neck though, another area a few feet lower and you'll never fall asleep! :D

What about those ab shockers that came out a few years ago. Just put it on intervals of 30 seconds and you'll never fall asleep......and have washboard abs!!!!

For me, I'll get out there, hunt off the ground or in a tree for the first two hours then either come down off the tree or if Im hunting on the ground, lay back and take a nap. It's the only way I can do it.

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ZMA or melatonin will help you get into a deep, restful sleep fast. May not help much, but at least what little rest time you have could be used to recharge your batteries.