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Originally Posted by Supersonic
Going without sleep does it for me. Had gone just over three nights/four days without sleeping. Ended up falling asleep at the wheel and driving through a phone poll. Nobody other than myself were injured luckily. I had just left a pt's house and needless to say people didn't like that . Was accused of being on drugs. Clean tests in ER proved otherwise. I kept my job, but two years later had another bout of going without sleep and passed out in a facilities lobby while doing paperwork. That was the end of that job. No good.
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I have also fallen asleep on the job. Once, driving a vehicle I fell asleep at a stop light, until someone blew their horn. I've been lucky to be with the same overall place for almost 18 years, after being on SSDI for 9 years. Weeks can take a toll from the start to the end. I will begin a week hyper as can be, extremely driven and task oriented. Each passing day my pace picks up, along with irritability, impatience, and paranoia. At times I get feeling like an electric current is surging through my body. By Friday I'm mentally cooked, and weekends allow me to cycle down and regroup. A new psychiatrist this year commented on how unusual it was to be somewhere as long as I have, after having been on SSDI for so long. The structure helps me alot, but interacting with others takes a toll.