Posted by Willow on June 21, 2001, at 8:01:28
In reply to Re: driving scares » Willow, posted by Jane D on June 20, 2001, at 23:15:40
Gosh if I list them all I know I'm going to be told to "get off the road!" So here's my arguement which doesn't have much weight, but driving means my children can visit friends, the corner store is 3 km away, etc. When I know I'm not doing well my father drives me or the children. But sometimes I'm not aware that I'm having problems or just plain stubborn (or stupid.)
The most insignificant ones are forgetting how to do stuff, eg turn on turn signal, window wipers (I only drive my car.)
At times I'm easily confused, eg look in the rearview mirror and see a car coming at me and I'll slam on the brakes or worse try to move out of the way. Or I'm slow to notice things and then I'm startled by them.
The worse is the daydreaming. I use to think I must of blacked out but was still functioning, but now on the effexor I realize that I'm doing some heavy duty daydreaming. eg driving down the road, a car is in the wrong lane coming at me, he goes around me, I think what a nut, takes a couple minutes kms to realize I'm in the wrong lane, can't figure out how I got there. Later when I realized what happened I was pretty shook up.
Willow
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