I am a day shift person trapped in working nights. If you have any chronic health issues, expect them to be harder to manage on nights. That having been said, working your days in a row helps because if you are on a day then off a day or on two and off one you will never get enough rest. Brookstones has a temperpedic eye mask that is very comfortable and will really help especially if where you live prohibits aluminum foil on the windows, which some do. If you travel, the windows will all be different sizes from apt to apt so blackout curtains may be difficult to manage and so this is a very good solution. Also, even though a lot of coffee seems like a good idea, it can have rebound effects. So i limit myself to two cups, one at the beginning of the shift and one at 1 AM with lunch. Good luck and best wishes.