r/Firefighting • u/LightSeparate6252 • 12h ago

General Discussion Sleep aids and weighted blankets

So not to long ago I made a post about how terrible I slept at the fire station and have tried multiple different things to try and make my sleep better. I recently tried a weighted blanket for one night. We woke up for a call at 3 am and I decided to to try out the blanket that night. Usually most of us cant go back to sleep after waking up from a call like that later in the morning. It took me a while but when I finally did go back to sleep I slept past shift change and that has never happened. Years of searching just to discover a weighted bink bink would solve it.

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u/MystikclawSkydive 12h ago

First time I tried one at work I slept too well. Very hard to wake me up.

I love them.

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u/i_exaggerated 7h ago

When I learned my weighted blanket was meant to help people with autism, life made a lot more sense. 

I love that thing. 

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u/JohnnyBravo011 5h ago

Looking into a weighted blanket...do I go with twin or queen? Most of our beds are doubles so thinking queen to be safe

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u/LightSeparate6252 5h ago

Whatever one covers your whole body

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u/JohnnyBravo011 4h ago

But it doesn't go by mattress size? Like you wouldn't want to have some overage like with a normal blanket?