2nd winds, up all nighters, and the catch up sleep ?

[RyanLanane]

I tend to regularly sleep for say 12 hours one night ... Time comes to crash that night after having slept much longer the night before than I usually do and I can NOT sleep.. no matter what I do so I ended up pullling 48 hour shifts... Half as effieicent work wise the 2nd 24 hours naturally..

Then you finally do fall asleep, and it seems sometimes I will sleep for fourteen hours ... meaning I will crash at 1:00 EST tonight and wake up at 4:00 EST tomorrow.

Then there are times where nothign I 'notice' is different, same circumstances, and I wake up at say 9:00 EST tomorrow morning feeling just fine...

I was wondering, and this would be the group to ask, if you have found certain tricks after you pull a long shift like this to only sleep the 8 hours rather than the 14 hours (making up for two nights of sleep basically)?

Maybe an herbal remedy (legal, lol) you take or anything you do relax technique wise before going to bed, etc ? I find myself in this situation a lot, so I'm sure I'm not the only one and maybe one of you guys have mastered a trick to just getting a normal 8 hours of sleep? LOL

Stupid Question I know... But hey ya never know who may know

And yes, I am semi-dellusional at the moment... I am at that point where you are so tired u can't sleep... which should pass in a few hours and I can zonk. Tempted to take a toke off missy's pipe of 'herbal remedies' but I seriously hate that shit, don't like the way it makes me feel at all .... and I tend to sleep longer even though I do pass out right away.