I am a driver for a Office Supply company, I've been doing it for 5 years. Recently I've been having problems dosing off on my route. I drive city to city and I will start to dose off while traveling between them, and even on the highway heading back to the shop. I've tried getting more sleep, caffeine, audio books, slapping myself, loud music, cold air, nothing really helps. The only thing that has been helping is actually stopping and taking a quick 10 minute nap but then i run the risk of a customer or someone seeing and calling the office. Last week I had a driver behind me call my office because she was concerned with how much i was swerving on the road. So my company is definitely beginning to take notice. I feel like crap for it, and I know how dangerous it is, there has been many close calls and I was hoping you guys had some expert tips for me. I think the problem is less of a sleep problem and more of a....driving the same roads, seeing the same things, no stimulation problem. thanks
Dosing off
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Deft7, Oct 21, 2016.
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You have insurance don't you?Better get to the doctor ASAP and get some professional help.If this keeps happening your company will have no choice but to let you go.Don't make the industry look bad and enforcing more laws.
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Get a sleep study done.
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You may have sleep apnea where during your sleep you don't realize it but you're breathing is such that your mind keeps you semi awake all night to remember to breathe and never get that fully restful REM deep sleep
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If you've been doing this same thing for 5 years? and it's just now becoming a problem? Then I'd say your body is undergoing some sort of physiological changes and/or perhaps there has been some changes in your day-to-day routine or new added stress (that can come about for a myriad of reasons), maybe major things, maybe minor things.
Maybe the "problem" can be isolated, maybe not. Maybe the problem can be corrected, maybe not. Good luck but an issue like this, there is rarely a "magic pill" out there. May need to consider other means of employment. Maybe this is life's way of trying to get you to look at alternatives to what you've became rutted into. -
Could even be a thyroid issue... Get blood work done, and a sleep study like mentioned above.
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