tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489565303994499222.post8918373607125974635..comments2023-10-30T08:23:36.678+00:00Comments on Trying My Patients: Insomnia: At What Cost?.........Ella Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15379522083602755280noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489565303994499222.post-2539243672209288392012-07-09T19:54:21.374+01:002012-07-09T19:54:21.374+01:00Sleep deprivation is known to work to break prison...Sleep deprivation is known to work to break prisoners in interrogation. And no wonder! Lack of sleep has so many negative effects. It can even make people think they're depressed, when all that's actually wrong is they need a humane shift pattern - one that takes account of the human body clock. <br /><br />This shift pattern seems to be producing a workforce in the grip of a debilitating disorder. Chronic insomnia manufactured by working practices is an industrial injury. No one should be expected to work this shift pattern. End of.@Sectioned_http://twitter.com/sectioned_noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489565303994499222.post-34542043558156860592012-07-05T23:51:10.135+01:002012-07-05T23:51:10.135+01:00I could not sleep at night so i got a night job on...I could not sleep at night so i got a night job on phones at Sully Hospital and my problem was solved. No problem sleeping after 0600hrs. Did it for 19 years<br /><br />Eric burrowsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489565303994499222.post-90567837343805747552012-07-05T09:15:41.567+01:002012-07-05T09:15:41.567+01:00I want to comment but I'm just too tired! I di...I want to comment but I'm just too tired! I didn't sleep much last night ;)Brown Bevnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489565303994499222.post-39733957916460849432012-02-14T11:28:11.296+00:002012-02-14T11:28:11.296+00:00You're right about insomnia not being consider...You're right about insomnia not being considered a proper illness, I phoned sick for my early shift recently (when it got to 3am and I still hadn't been asleep and I had to get up at 4:30 to be at work for 5:45 I decided I probably wasn't going to be in great shape to drive fast and measure drugs and all that). I said I had a vomiting bug, because I know insomnia would be sneered at.<br />If you go to the doctor they listen for two minutes, ask you if you're depressed (no) and then chuck a box of sleeping tablets at you. I tend to try and eeke them out and only take them when it's crucial I go to sleep, before earlies, also I don't want to get addicted from taking them too often.<br />Can't remember the last time I woke from a night's sleep feeling refreshed! 10 years ago maybe?!?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489565303994499222.post-61870563624239244972012-02-13T21:23:32.856+00:002012-02-13T21:23:32.856+00:00An excellent post once again. As an ambo worker my...An excellent post once again. As an ambo worker myself and also insomniac I fully appreciate your post. On my station the words 'tired' 'not enough sleep' and 'coffee to stay awake' are as common as 'ecg dots' and 'o2' when handing over. I think the service (and others) need to address the issue and appreciate that rotating shifts with days and night and often a one and a half (it's not a full day if only finishing nights that morning!) rest day off is not long enough, to adjust and recover from what is a a stressful and physically demanding job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489565303994499222.post-41700847266018268392012-02-13T20:05:02.985+00:002012-02-13T20:05:02.985+00:00Ella, great post. I suffer with said insomnia terr...Ella, great post. I suffer with said insomnia terribly. As you say the worry of how you know you are going to feel because of the lack of sleep adds to the desperation in attempts to get to sleep - which of course adds to the resulting 'NOT GETTING TO SLEEP!' It really is a vicious circle. I too have struggled on my drive home after my 12 hr shift. I have now bit the bullet - and have got some prescription sleeping tabs - I hope they work! Well done for hi-liting the issue... From a fellow ambo 12 hr shift worker...& insomniacAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489565303994499222.post-91719454770918595422012-02-13T13:56:14.092+00:002012-02-13T13:56:14.092+00:00True but as wrong as it is there is a stigma to ha...True but as wrong as it is there is a stigma to having medication for and medical history or stress or depression. As much as they deny it employers are prejudice against it and there are some roles within the emergency services you can't do with a history of depression, be it mild.Ella Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15379522083602755280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489565303994499222.post-85478339835139453852012-02-13T13:24:34.517+00:002012-02-13T13:24:34.517+00:00nice post asa fellow insomniac i get it, what i do...nice post asa fellow insomniac i get it, what i dont get is hat is wrong with having anti-d's on your medical record, we are only human....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com