[Blindtlk] non 24

[Mark Tardif]

Those are the kinds of strategies I have used when I realize I might be 
about to not off, as you said, while being payed to stay awake.  I've become 
much more savvy about recognizing the signs and dealing with them before 
they become a problem.



Mark Tardif
Nuclear arms will not hold you.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Gary Wunder via blindtlk
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 6:36 PM
To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
Cc: Gary Wunder
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] non 24

I have enjoyed reading the comments about non-24, and when I 1st heard about
the efforts of a pharmaceutical company to market to blind people, I was
suspicious. I think I was also a bit defensive, assuming that the worst
would happen.

I suspect that I suffer from non-24. There are times when I have to work
very hard to stay awake, even when I find things around me to be interesting
and thought-provoking. There are times when at 4 o'clock in the morning I am
totally wide-awake and mad about it. Then I will be walking through a store
or working at my desk or even exercising, and I find that I am exceedingly
tired. This suggests to me that I do have a body clock and that periodically
that body clock gets off.

I relate to the comments about being embarrassed while at work and
unintentionally falling asleep. It does not reflect well on any employee
when this happens, and I admit that more than once I have been embarrassed
about nodding off at times when I was paid to be awake. I have developed a
number of strategies for combating this, but I can't claim that they work
100% of the time. If I catch myself in time, I can always stand up, pace, do
toe touches, or engage in other activities that I can blame on needing to
stretch my legs or my sore back. Sometimes they too require attention, but
it is more likely that I am trying to ensure that I stay awake.

I don't know that this adds anything, but I do believe that the subject is
important enough that I am likely to put it on our convention agenda here in
Missouri. If non-24 is real, we should not try to run from it. If the
marketing is not what it should be, we should not run from that either.



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