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My wifes a baker. She works early morning hours. After she arrives home from work she will sit down on the couch and watch TV and fall a sleep within 5 minutes. Understanding of her working early hours. I hate to see her sleep her day away. I wake her up all the time during the day so she don't sleep her day away .Is this normal for a person to come home from work, sit down and fall a sleep so soon? She can fall a sleep within 5 minutes from sitting down in a chair.
She comes home on her lunch hour sits down in her chair and falls a sleep. I again wake her up. If I don't wake her up she will sleep all day into the night.
She goes to bed at 9pm and wakesup at 3am. She only gets 6 hours of sleep before work. Maybe that's the reason not enough sleep. But, I'm becoming concern if this is normal for people ?My job I drive dump truck local. I go to bed at 9pm and wake up at 2am. I only get 5 hours a day of sleep. I don't fall a sleep as soon as I get home from work. I'm like a machine my body is use to those hours. Who wants to go to bed at 8pm at night? That to me is too early for me to go to bed. Sometimes it don't get dark until 8:30pm. Understanding that we are all not the same.
Do you hold a 40 hour a week job? If so? How many hours of sleep do you get?
I noticed after i turned 35 yrs old I found my self needing to take a nap after I get home from work But, when I do. There goes the rest of my day gone down the tubes. Other countries say that USA works to much.To me 40 hours a week is to much for us to work to make ends meat. Be nice to only have to work 20 hours a week and recieve the same pay lol.Who ever started this 40 hour a week working rule anyway?

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Let the poor woman sleep!
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She sleeps in the daytime because she doesn't get enough sleep at night.

Duh.

Has your wife asked you to wake her up? Has she asked you to be in charge of what hours she sleeps?
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She's awake at 3 a.m. Did you really need to ask this question? Has anyone ever told you that resemble a character from Family Guy?
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She's not sleeping her life away. She is getting NO sleep. Why on earth do you wake her up? Tell her to go to bed.

Are there kids, in the house? Who has dementia?
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A person's job is not always a 9-5, Monday-Friday work week. A healthy human body requires at least 8 hours of sleep in a 24 hour time frame. Sleep time depends on wake time. If your wife is working a typical 40 hour work week she is working 3 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. In reality your wife should be sleeping from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. to get the proper amount of sleep and to get to work on time. Your logic for sleep time may be fine for you, but not all people can function on 5 hours of sleep per 24 hours. You want your wife up at night then let her sleep her 8 hours during the day. I have read many of your posts about your aunt and now about your wife. Do you have control issues? Or is it possible you are unknowingly sleep deprived and your thinking and judgement are being affected?
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Stop waking her up! Let her sleep for goodness sakes!! She needs at the least 8 hrs a night!!!

Plus you said she's a baker, so she spends her entire work shift on her feet in a hot kitchen, that is totally draining on her!!!
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Sounds like she needs to be in bed at least by 7 pm to get enough sleep. I can't say that I blame her. To make sure, have her go to the Dr for a complete check up.
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If she gets 8-9 hours of sleep a night, she will do much better. She'll need your support for quiet time to do that since she'll have to go to bed at 6 or 7pm! You might find it useful to look up the term sleep deficit - the body remembers cumulative sleep loss. So it will not be enough for her to get adequate sleep for one night, but she will likely need extra sleep for many weeks maybe months until she can return to normal. It is dangerous to function and drive while being as sleep deprived as you describe her to be. How fast someone falls asleep while at rest is a good measure of their sleep deficit. Good luck!
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If your wife needs to be up at 3 she should go to bed at 7 pm or so. Shift work is s b $$! $. Is she unhappy with her sleep cycle? If so, suggest she see a sleep doc. Otherwise, stop waking her up.
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From what I've read, if a person falls asleep in 10 minutes or less every night, they are SLEEP DEPRIVED. When I went to my doctor and talked to her about being tired constantly, she said that in America if a person is tired all the time, it's usually because they're not getting enough sleep. She asked me how many hours of uninterrupted sleep I get a night. When I actually stopped and figured it out, I'm averaging 5 to 6 hours every night for YEARS! Dr. said that only getting 6 hours average for awhile is one thing, but years? How did that sneak up on me I wonder? Now if I could just tell my brain to keep asleep those extra 2 hours would be great. jeesh
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