ginti
Contributor
Two weekends ago, I took Friday, Saturday and Sunday off to dive with my club. For several reasons, I could sleep only three hours on Friday night and six on Saturday night, although I had plenty of rest (read it: laying on the bed with my eyes closed - and my roommate snoring a lot).
On Saturday morning, I made a dive, reasonably easy: descent to 27m, a bit of swimming around some rocks, plenty of fishes, gorgonians etc. and ascent on the SMB. Some current. As soon as I arrived at the bottom, I started feeling as if I was breathing A LOT, and I felt compressed. These feelings were not excessive, and after I realised that my breathing rate was regular (in other words, my sense were not compatible with reality), I decided I could continue. The dive was enjoyable and without problems.
The feelings I had are very similar to the one I feel when I dive deeper than 35m, and I associated them with narcosis, even if I never had these symptoms at only 27m.
I believe that because I couldn't rest well in the previous nights, I was even more susceptible to narcosis than usual.
Do you agree? If yes, why and how fatigue affects narcosis?
If not, do you think that fatigue could have played a role? In this case, how did it affect my feelings?
On Saturday morning, I made a dive, reasonably easy: descent to 27m, a bit of swimming around some rocks, plenty of fishes, gorgonians etc. and ascent on the SMB. Some current. As soon as I arrived at the bottom, I started feeling as if I was breathing A LOT, and I felt compressed. These feelings were not excessive, and after I realised that my breathing rate was regular (in other words, my sense were not compatible with reality), I decided I could continue. The dive was enjoyable and without problems.
The feelings I had are very similar to the one I feel when I dive deeper than 35m, and I associated them with narcosis, even if I never had these symptoms at only 27m.
I believe that because I couldn't rest well in the previous nights, I was even more susceptible to narcosis than usual.
Do you agree? If yes, why and how fatigue affects narcosis?
If not, do you think that fatigue could have played a role? In this case, how did it affect my feelings?