Well, I feel drowsy at most times - like when I sit in the office, I cannot grab all the different tasks ongoing in the team.
I work in technical support ( 3 shifts , 24/7 ) and about 10-20 tasks ongoing at any time. At least 3/4 tasks are important and I should be able to collect and rememeber data about them during this shift and next day.
There will be 1-2 guys in my same tier and one senior person, and 10-14 juniors.
- I feel drowsy during work time, like I am working at 40-60% of my potential.
I check junior tasks and take notes. But cannot rememeber junior’s tasks without the notes. When senior asks me about a junior’s task - I wonder for 3 secs and have to think about it or look up on the note. ( Other guys in my tier does not have this issue )
- concentration on my tasks ( 2-5 tasks during each day ) : cannot read my task properly while two of my colleagues talking each other. I can use headphones and listen music but it wont work most time. Juniors may require me for a “10 seconds” help. So, I have do it and read the task from scratch again.
tldr, I am good at being just ok with tasks, also not causing mistakes. But having some concentration related issues. I want to improvise.
Any suggestions, please.
Do you snore, possibly excessively? Get drowsy and have to fight nodding off while driving? Do meetings send you to a seemingly impossible fight with staying awake?
Much of your description describes me before I had a sleep study that diagnosed me with sleep apnea. I’ve been using a CPAP for almost a decade now and it was a life changer and possibly saver.
I’m not a medical professional, so take this as you will; I would recommend talking to your healthcare providers and see if a sleep study might be in your interest.
I dont think it’s sleep apnea. It’s like my processing power is low,or cannot multi task
I snore rarely and get 6-8 hours sleep any day. One I think I feel good about this job , I do not need to think about work tasks at my home, and sleep within 5 minutes I lay on bed :) ( I still hate night shifts , btw ) .
Get drowsy and have to fight nodding off while driving? Do meetings send you to a seemingly impossible fight with staying awake?
Were you having low hours of sleep during these?
No more or less than today really.
It’s very possible it’s not sleep apnea, but it isn’t something that you necessarily know is impacting you. It’s not about hours of sleep, it’s about the quality of sleep and blood oxygen levels due to breathing interruptions.
My sleep study said I had something like 70 “interruptions per hour”, which means I’d stop breathing, my body woke me up just enough to breathe, then fell back asleep, only to do it all over again a little more than once every minute.
Oh… Thanks, mate. Let me check it.
Tell your doctor. You might be referred to a psychologist or psychiatrist to help diagnose you.
This could possibly be everything. There are 101 things you can check additionally:
- are you especially sensitive or insensitive to touch or pain?
- do you hate certain frequencies of sound?
- does bright light bother you?
- do you have to look away when concentrating on something?
- do you focus for long periods on things you enjoy?
- does it bother you if someone distracts you from what you are doing? Especially when its something you enjoy.
- do you have issues with certain textures of clothing?
- were you especially clumsy as a kid/are you now?
I could ask more stuff but you might guess that there are a lot of possible reasons for your situation. Maybe it would be a good idea to talk to a medical professional. I‘m not a doctor btw.
do you have to look away when concentrating on something?
What are you alluding to with this one? I do this so much and get weird looks from it, but I didn’t realize it was a ‘thing’.
Can be a lot of things. Not conclusive on its own.
But in my case it was one of the major points in an autism diagnosis at age 35.
You work indoors for 9 hours a day, 5 days a week with little to no exercise and are inundated with multiple concurrent tasks that require prolonged concentration and a lack of errors and wonder why you feel exhausted?
