Fatigue after driving hours

i get that way when im running on days. i can get the best nights sleep a person could ask for each night sill im tiered an fatigued
most of the time. when let my body sleep the way it wants to from around 0200/0400 to around 1000/1200 i feel great and never need a nap. its my natural rhythm. im a owl not a lark thats actually the scientific term. some people are(like i am) naturaly nocturnal. you might be up against the same problem

 

Try a good multi vitamin, works wonders!

 

i done the multi vitamin thing too. had the same effect as no smoking.

NO SLEEP.

my body has never functioned the way the govt thinks it should. my sleep has always been in spurts. about 4 - 5 hours. then i'm awake for a hour or two. then back to bed.

being a flatbedder. i get all the exercise i need. specially in the heat.

 

I ditto the rounded, proper diet and light to moderate exercise daily will do wonders, but I'm surprised no one asked about your truck ...

Some trucks just literally beat you to death. Poor suspension, bad tires, out of balance wheels, sloppy front-ends, wobbly steering wheels, all work against you. A "bad truck" can put 10 hours worth of physical taxation on a body inside of 3 hours.

If you're teaming, few can properly rest while moving and takes many months to adapt to the rest/work routine.

 

I gotta agree with this, a few years back I was driving an 06 Freightliner (really not that bad of a truck), but I got moved to a brand new Kenworth and holy cow ! I could drive 10 hours with less fatigue than 5 or 6 in the Freightliner !

I also have to wonder if it is partly psychological ? Maybe, deep down you really don't want to get back in the truck and leave home or whatever ?

 

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are a good fast lunch meal too.

The frosted mini wheats with fruit in the middle are good to snack on, helps the digestion too. Also chex mixes.

Try B-12 sublingal vitamins from Walmart; this type melts under the tongue and is faster in the blood stream than going thru the stomach.

Husband drinks Lipton's Green tea mixed with Walmart brand cranberry juice and grape juice mix with water in it; he can't drink just water.

Do you have a microwave? You can use a bowl with a couple of eggs mixed up in it and make scrambled eggs, season and cook slowly and stir. A saucer can also be used to make one for an egg sandwich; just make sure you break the yolk so it doesn't explode. Add cheese also. And I used the precooked bacon then you just have to heat it; guess a couple strips on a sandwich won't kill you compared to all the other food we tend to eat, esp at a truck stop. Also wraps like burritos can be made with fresh fruit and even ranch dressing is good for something different, Tyson chicken grilled chicken strips from Walmart can be added.

Even going home can be tiring, esp if you have a lot of things to do once you get there and family to visit, etc. It tired me out more than being on the truck sometimes; so many things to do like laundry and getting it all packed back up. Maybe a rest at home without worrying about the little things is due.

 

Personally I this hits so close to home for me! I'm the exact same way running local. They run the piss out of us, drop and hook to every type of trailer imaginable then by the weekend it's almost too short of a time to rest. I've tried diet and it helped a little but there's gotta be something were missing here.

 

Well, drop and hooks are about as easy as you’re gonna get, so yeah, your best bet is to look into diet.

 

Sleep.

And rest some more.

When you have had enough and feeling doing something on the second or third day you are rested, time to get caught up and go.

When you have worked hard and too tired to spend money or eat etc then you should have the money to show for it. Get some rest. Not necessarily all sleep rest. But doing things not related to the truck.

 

I will go along with the type of driving you do contributes to it. I can drive 15 hours up a dirt road and not be half as tired as running 12 hours round and round in a circle pulling a side dump locally, home every night, but too tired to enjoy it. lol