A year ago I considered giving up my driver’s license because I was fighting to stay awake while driving. I was definitely in the unsafe driver category.
Then I was diagnosed with sleep apnea, one of several sleep disorders, and prescribed a machine that allows me to get undisturbed sleep. The change was immediate: I no longer fight to stay awake.
It’s just possible that the driver of the tanker truck that crashed on I-5 has a sleep disorder. It’s just possible that you, if you are having trouble staying awake, have a sleep disorder. Pester your doctor, as I had to do with mine, to find out. Your life, and the lives of others, may depend on that diagnosis
Granite Falls
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