I didn't fall asleep. What's my best course of action?

Yeah. My eyes weren't dry, but I'm not entirely ruling out the possibility of passing out from exhaustion. I don't think it's likely due to the number of hours of sleep I had gotten that night, and the fact that I spent so many days at a hotel, but considering the fact that my partner is honestly a terrible driver, it's possible that the quality of my sleep was too low for it to count for much, hence sleeping two extra hours before my shift started.

I'm ruling out the possibility of a side effect from the vaccine. Yesterday's event is too far separated from any side effects for it to suggest that it was due to anything related there. Besides, I haven't had any trouble breathing whatsoever. The only thing I suffered was nausea and dizziness followed by the drop in blood pressure that caused my syncope.

All of that together leads me to believe it was an anxiety response, not a symptom of a virus.

It doesn't entirely rule out exhaustion, as I stated above, though I'm not entirely sold that that's what it was.

 

There's a possibility that dehydration played a part in it. I do try to stay hydrated. I once passed out when I was 17 because I didn't respect staying hydrated, had a job in the heat sitting on my butt for 12 hours a day, and I'm over six feet, so when I stood up, all the blood left my head, and I promptly fell to the ground.

I'll admit I did have a bit of a dry mouth the night before. I had about a pint of water with breakfast, so I didn't suspect that to be the cause, but I did have a dry mouth in the ambulance, so although I don't think that's it, I'm not ruling it out, either.

Heck, it may have been all of these things at once. Stress, bad sleep, dehydration, slightly expired food? All of that together might be enough to send a body into panic mode.

 

501 words is nothing

So we seem to have come to a point where a while bunch of truckers are doing a Doctor's job. I'm going to go home, talk with my GP, and see if there's any reason I should be worried.

I'm going to continue thinking on my legal dilemma, as there's enough reason for me to believe this was a freak culmination of things that will never happen again, and I feel that saying I fell asleep is just as valid of a route to take as saying it was medical. There's not enough proof at this moment to say which one happened, so I'll get in contact with an attorney to decide what I should do.

Thanks again for all of the suggestions. I definitely hadn't thought of CO poisoning, and I've certainly taken your suggestions to seriously think about how much of a part hydration and sleep may have played.

Unless something very interesting comes up, this will likely be my last response here.