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Question by Vinod on Mar 17, 2023Hindi

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I am 42 and have been doing the night shift for 3 years. I came back home by 330 am and hardly got sleep for 5 to 6 hours. I get up by 9 to 930 am and so hard gym post that and sleep for around 45 mins in the afternoon. I feel I should get sleep of around 7 to 8 hours in one go. I tried everything right from binural music, to lavender aroma to dark room and even sleeping pills but max I got 6 hours of sleep. Please guide me to improve it 7 or 8 hours

Ans: The best measure of sleep is how you feel after waking up. Every body requires different amount of sleep, depending on their routine, age, and other health conditions. It is important to sleep during the night hours, as the body systems are in sync with nature and movements of the sun & the moon. To conclude, if you are feeling fresh after getting 6 hours of sleep and a nap time during afternoon, it is good enough. In the longer run, you should try to get day hours at work.

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Ans: Circadian rhythm works with the day and night and our sleep wake cycle is regulated accordingly. Night duty disturbs this, rhythm. However much one tries to sleep during day, the quality of sleep of what one gets at night along with the natural supporting hormone cannot be matched.
Now having done night shift for 3 yrs, your body must have adopted certain ways. Physiologically the day hormone cortisol tries to keep us, awake which is why you are not able to sleep. But 5-6 hrs of good quality sleep is sufficient and it is the quality and not the quantity of sleep that matters

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