Sleepy Laras do not drive well
Mar. 9th, 2016 01:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sinisterporpoise I went to the public library today to get some writing done and upload a video. I completed the former but not the latter. I spend almost two hours there, and I find myself enjoying the writing bit immensely. (I forgot that I *am* actually good at a certain kind of writing with all of the things that have gone on in the past few years. I'm also remembering to run things through Natural Reader to catch errors and spot times when my train of thought doesn't even connect for me.)
At around 5:30, I pack up and remember that it's my turn to make dinner. I get in the truck and head home to put some fish in the oven and corn in the microwave. As I am driving home, I notice my eye lids dripping and the car pulling to the side of the road several times. Fortunately, I am on the street where I live. I park the car, put the transmission in park, go inside, and take a nap.
When I wake up, I tell my roommate that if things like that continue, she will be driving more places. It seemed wise at the time. (Plus there's the whole driving hurts my knees and elbows thing. Well, one of my knees. The left one seems unaffected in a vehicle with an automatic transmission.)
I found this bit a little strange. I've been experience more than normal fatigue a lot for the past few days. After I wake up, I decide to get a drink. Following my doctor's recommendations, I've been trying to intake more water. However, I remember the last time I had a similar problem, sports drinks countered the dizziness and light-headedness I felt when standing up. I grab some of the PowerAde Zero drink enhancer that's on the counter and put a few drops in. The fatigue vanishes in a few minutes after downing the glass. Not even caffeine has done that lately, and that's not good for me anyway.
Maybe the idea was just in my head from someone else. I'm sure as long as my bottom blood pressure number has remains as high as it has for the past few months, I'll be told to avoid salt.
At around 5:30, I pack up and remember that it's my turn to make dinner. I get in the truck and head home to put some fish in the oven and corn in the microwave. As I am driving home, I notice my eye lids dripping and the car pulling to the side of the road several times. Fortunately, I am on the street where I live. I park the car, put the transmission in park, go inside, and take a nap.
When I wake up, I tell my roommate that if things like that continue, she will be driving more places. It seemed wise at the time. (Plus there's the whole driving hurts my knees and elbows thing. Well, one of my knees. The left one seems unaffected in a vehicle with an automatic transmission.)
I found this bit a little strange. I've been experience more than normal fatigue a lot for the past few days. After I wake up, I decide to get a drink. Following my doctor's recommendations, I've been trying to intake more water. However, I remember the last time I had a similar problem, sports drinks countered the dizziness and light-headedness I felt when standing up. I grab some of the PowerAde Zero drink enhancer that's on the counter and put a few drops in. The fatigue vanishes in a few minutes after downing the glass. Not even caffeine has done that lately, and that's not good for me anyway.
Maybe the idea was just in my head from someone else. I'm sure as long as my bottom blood pressure number has remains as high as it has for the past few months, I'll be told to avoid salt.
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Date: 2016-03-10 09:56 am (UTC)In my case, even having about a tablespoon of extra salt each day (divided up into four doses per day, one dose with each meal and one dose at bedtime), my blood pressure at the doctor's office yesterday was 120 over 60. So yeah, my body does not like to hang onto salt, nor water. Someday if this keeps getting worse, I may need to start taking a miniralcorticoid to help my body retain fluids better. But in the mean time, I'm glad the treatment is pretty easy.