I keep getting drowsy

After my first 2 weeks of solo OTRi took the truck home to my parents house. I slept a consecutive 16 hours straight. They thought i died! There's a difference between Real sleep and sleeper rest. Trust me, you will figure it out.

 

Turn off the heat, crack a window

 

Poop... You gotta drop a daily log on a regular basis.

Everyone else hit all the regular points so I wanted to add that.


If you dont have a regular time and your body doesnt know when you are going to do it, your body shuts itself down. Eat at regular times, poop at regular times and (try to) sleep at regular times.

 

talk to the trainer tell story's chew gum smoke a cig stop walk around the truck drink something and if you are a rookie don't drive much at night just yet

 

First off quit thinking about it while you're driving,that only makes you more tired..Maybe buy an eye mask.Walmart sells them.They work great.You wake up feeling refreshed.Also buy earplugs,relax and and get some sleep.When you hit the sack,think of pleasant things.I also count from 100 to 1 backwords.You may think all this sounds silly but really it works.

 

dehydration will make you drowsey and sleep for a long time. try to avoid sports drinks.

 

might be your eating habits too

 

am I the only one that read this? http://www.thetruckersreport.com/how-to-stay-awake-while-driving-10-tips-from-long-haul-truckers/

 

Tired? Shut it down.



Period.


Wanna drive more?


Go for 100 miles, the sleep for 1-2 hours. Then back on the road. You'll be good to go for 900 miles.



Nevermind, forgot about e-logs.

 

The fact that you have been with 7 different trainers makes me suspect that it is not the truck. The thing that people dont seem to realize is that driving all day, every day is VERY STRESSFULL. It can wear you down. What you really need is to get out of the truck for about a week. You are stressed out, probably not getting very restfull sleep, and trying to push through the next day and making it worse every day. Unfortunately, most companies aren't going to allow you this recovery time. I had this issue once. Got really sick on the road and had to get back on the road before I was recovered. A couple of months later, I ended up having to take some time off again for the same reason. Training can be particularly stressfull. You are not used to the large vehicle, and you have someone watching over your shoulder all of the time. Hope you find an answer to your issues. Myself, I got a local job where I go home and sleep in my bed every night. The problems that I was having on the road cleared up and I have no interest in going back OTR ever again. Oh, and I actually run longer hours without feeling nearly as tired and fatigued.