Tired after diving

[spectrum]

Another vote for slow ascents, especially the final 20 feet. The few times I was profoundly tired after diving were after yo-yo dives before I understood the effects.

Of course eat well, hydrate, rest well and diving with composure all enter into the mix as well.

My benchmark for hydration especially when wet diving is that you should want to pee in your suit. (choose to or not) If you get out of the water and break your gear down without still really wanting to urinate you probably did not drink enough.

Pete

 

[TSandM]

Another vote for slow ascents, and avoiding sawtoothing. The tiredest I've been after a dive was a night we did ascent practice, and I did a bunch of them. I thought I was going to have a car accident on the way home -- it was actually frightening. No other symptoms, but when they say "profound fatigue" is a symptom of DCS, they mean it.

But fatigue comes from a lot of other things, too. Early mornings getting to dive boats, managing yourself on a pitching surface, hauling heavy gear around, perhaps not eating well, putting everything back in the car and driving home. Or on shore dives, hauling gear, long walks to the water, walking uphill to get back to the car, unloading everything and cleaning it at home. Diving days are long days, and there is a lot of background exertion to them!

 

[ScubaSam]

My benchmark for hydration especially when wet diving is that you should want to pee in your suit. (choose to or not) If you get out of the water and break your gear down without still really wanting to urinate you probably did not drink enough.

Pete

That's me, I'm always the one bolting off the boat to the bathroom before breaking gear down. It's good to know I'm well hydrated. THANK YOU for assuring a newbie.

 

[24940]

Being cold takes a huge amount of energy.

I used to drink an energy drink the morning of a dive. I gave that up when I heard of a report indicating energy drinks thicken blood.

 

[knotical]

Being cold takes a huge amount of energy.

Concur. Now I wear a hood, even in the tropics, and my tiredness is much reduced.

 

[knotical]

I used to drink an energy drink the morning of a dive. I gave that up when I heard of a report indicating energy drinks thicken blood.

Color me skeptical.

 

[24940]

Color me skeptical.

Color me cautious, but I'm all about stacking the odds in my favor.

Red Alert: Energy Drink Thickens Blood - Science & Health news | Newser: Know More. Search Less.

 

[knotical]

It was the phrase “thicken blood” that got me. I don't know what that means.
Excessive caffeine (a drug) might well cause problems when coupled with increased ambient pressure. Thanks for the link. My argument is with the writer of the headline.

 

[Scott M]

Great thread, I have come off of dives so tired I could barely make it the beer fridge and that is just not right. Seriously I have always wondered why I am more tired on some than others.

Regards

 

[fire5man]

On 90 or 120 minute dives I'll drink a Capri Sun juice pack around the 60 minute point. I don't know if it is the liquid or the sugar content, but that helps me on long shallow dives.

Drinking underwater?????? or SI