Posted by mrsleepypants on August 22, 2008 at 09:45:42:

In Reply to: Re: Night Job? posted by herman on August 12, 2008 at 10:51:24:

I've always wondered this too. If you sleep during the day, and are a "night person" (as most Narcos are), then should you work nights, or try to follow the "correct" sleep/wake cycle? well, i'll say to atleast keep in mind that daylight is a trigger when it hits your eyes that actually stops some (melatonin) harmone production and starts some other harmones (orexin?). then when daylight goes down, it's then triggered again.. Now we're nacroleptic, so that may be all haywire anyway.. but something to keep in mind or think about. Officialy (not a doc here, but could play a good one on TV), they (docs) always say to make sure to follow a constent sleep schedule. whether that means includes a schedule that follows the "natural" circadian rythm, not sure.. :-)

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