Best energy supplement? For otr

I sleep better with the truck rumbling away. Nothing puts me to sleep better than a purring kitty.

 

Wow you guys don't seem to get that he is beating himself into the ground to make miles and is tired from working at an easy job. He is in his late 20's which tells me he can't handle the work, and either he should change companies or find another line of work before he falls asleep at the wheel.

 

best "energy supplement", is just simple one a day vitamins, maybe those granola bars, maybe orange juice, or some other juices. those energy drinks really have no nutritional value, and (i heard) can make you jittery. small snacks while driving like peanut butter crackers, to give you some proteins.

DO NOT drink high sugar, HIGH calorie, HIGH caffeine soft drinks at least 2-3 hours before bedtime.

 

It's a figure of speech...lol

Ever been in a deep cave? It's so silent, you can hear your own thoughts?

 

No.

He needs Tiger blood. Call Charlie Sheen.

 

and noises are loud...!!!!!

 

im new to driving but already could tell that the stress is high when miles are up now i sleep much better when enjoy driving instead

 

Take your shower before bed that will burn 1.25 hours of your 10.

People are missing the most obvious answer. It might not be correct but, he sleeps and wakes up very tired after sleeping 6-7 hours. He needs energy supplements.

Sounds a like possible sleep apnea or running to many miles with ELD. The OP should record himself sleeping and see if he can hear himself stopping breathing or gasping for air.

 

I took caffeine when I was 21. Boxes of 40 plural in a few hours during the mid afternoon crash waiting for a container without a sleeper berth in Norfolk. In a couple of weeks time I hit a tolerance and it no longer worked and then flipped the mind to sleep while at highway speed. I almost killed some flagmen that day.

That was the end of that. Took a couple of months to get right without any boosters.

What I ended up doing is taking vitamins across the board. The body dumps what it does not consume. There used to be a particular supplier for lack of a better word that featured a small bag of vitamins and so on in a yellow carded packet on the east coast truckstops. That combined with three proper meals and fluids through the day provided the fuel to do the work. Round the clock if need be. But not eat so much as to induce a nap.

If you are tired after 3500 miles, then sleep a couple of days, rest, decompress etc you will probably be ok by the next workweek to get going. Ive done many of those where at the end of a good week, a pile of money and too tired to do anything fun just go to sleep, hydrate and eat. Boom ready to go in a couple of days. It has to be quality sleep in a quiet place. Not for example downtown memphis.

Edit.

Fast forward to today.

What you looking for is close to what I call "Uppers" Amphetamines would be one type. (Spelling) you are getting into where drugs are boosting what you don't have in terms of lost energy against the need to rest.

Most truckers build what I call Stamina over a period of time and they can get up and run when they need to. That's good to have. But ultimately when you start looking to add stuff to your body to force it to function when you really should be resting, then you are robbing yourself.

If you have a friendly doctor willing to incur a small fee and a full blood panel draw of your blood to test, it will come up with particulars where you are short of. Mine is Vitamin B1. I keep a bottle of that next to the desk for difficult days because my current diet does not support adding vitamin B1.