oh reynolds, i soooooooooo sympathise. nights used to make me, mervous, unhappy, insecure, paranoid, grumpy, bipolar, and give me skin problems. research states that people who work internal rotation shifts (ie nights days nights days) can take about ten years off their life expectancy. the trouble is with frontline jobs, they are so badly paid that you can't afford to live without the unsocial hours money. its such a double edged sword. nights was one of the main reasons why after 9 years of a&e and cardiac intensive care nursing, i decided to finish my nursing career. i was good at my job, despite the poor staffing and recruitment issues, the rubbish kit and the endless targets, but the nights, plus the feeling of doom whenever i found out that the shift was short of 2-3 nurses (every other shift by the way), but we would still operate on the same amount of critically ill people and be burnt alive if one tiny form wasn't filled in, was the main reason for leaving. i'm not saying leave LAS, you are obviously very talented at it, it took me some serious soul searching, but i now work for a company that makes defibrillators and monitors and i have never been emotionally or physicaly better. i sympathise with your nights, they are horrible.