Talk:Shift work sleep disorder

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Proposed merge

"Shift lag" is a synonym for "Shift work sleep disorder," which is the official term. [1]. Clayoquot ^Sound 01:21, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Post-merge commments

I have moved the following content to Talk, as it is unsourced and written as a how-to guide. If anyone out there has time, please rewrite as necessary, cite sources, and expand the article Kla'quot 06:51, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Cause of Shift Lag

Interruption of the Circadian rhythm, the "internal body clock" that regulates Sleeping and Feeding patterns, results in Sleep Deprivation, Poor Diet and associated emotional and physical health issues. Hormone production is also adversely affected.

Shift Lag Symptoms

Symptoms of Shift Lag can include any or all of the following:

• Irritability/Moodiness
• Mood Swings
• Loss of patience
• Defenciveness
• Loss of sex drive (due to decreased Testosterone production)
• Addiction to Sleeping Pills (and the related health issues of such an addiction)
• Sensitivity (both Mental/Emotional and Physical)
• Insomnia
• Depression
• Forgetfulness
• (Gastro-)Intestinal/Rectal problems such as Constipation. Most likely attributable to the effect that Shift Work can have on a person's diet
• Dehydration

While not a symptom, a concerning side effect of regular Shift lag is an increase in risk of Cardiovascular Disease.

Dealing with Shift Lag

The best way to deal with Shift Lag is to avoid it if at all possible; Prevention is better than the cure. If you cannot avoid the Shift work that is causing your Shift Lag, there are a number of techniques and products to help you cater with and recover from Shift Lag.

One popular method for getting over Shift Lag is to stay awake as long as possible on the day following a night shift, the idea being that you exhaust yourself by the following evening and resume your sleeping pattern as close to normal as possible.

Another popular method is to take a Power nap at work between 2am and 4am, to coincide with the Circadian Rhythm's 3am "reset." This reportedly eases the after effects of Shift lag by basically tricking your body into thinking that you were in a normal sleeping state during the Circadian reset. This is, however, anecdotal and speculative.

Script and Non-Script sleeping medications may also help with short term Shift Lag, but is not advisable for career shift workers, as sleeping medications can be addictive, and potentially dangerous - overdosing can be fatal.

In some countries there is a product available called "No Sleep Lag" which can reportedly help with the affects of Sleep lag.

Exercise can help ease the symptoms, however it is difficult to motivate someone with shift lag into exercise.

Definition?

The article says shift work disorder "affects people who change their work or sleep schedules frequently." Is that all? I've always believed that someone who always works swing or graveyard, is a shift worker. If that someone has normal but rather inflexible circadian rhythms, I should think s/he also might suffer of the disorder. Hordaland (talk) 19:29, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Assessment

As work has been done on this article lately, I've changed it from Stub to Start class. It is possible that it now is C-class? --Hordaland (talk) 02:09, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

welders googles

The article mentions something about avoiding bright light in the morning and wearing welders goggles during the commute home from work. Wouldn't that be extremely dangerous? Maybe even impossible and potentially illegal while driving? I've never tried on goggles but I have tried on the face mask type style with a window and while not welding you are virtually blind wearing one - hence why those guys are constantly flipping the mask up and down so they can see what they are working on. I could see the benefit of wearing sunglasses but welders goggles? Really? Kap 7 (talk) 02:07, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

@Kap 7: The original study just says "goggles" and does not specify that they were welder's goggles. I have corrected this. Emily Temple-Wood (NIOSH) (talk) 23:10, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

Workshy propaganda

Shirkers and benefit scroungers use this as an excuse to be on the dole. All work s good for your health including shift work. This article should refer to clubbing instead. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.146.72.61 (talk) 07:54, 26 September 2015 (UTC)