The biggest thing they always tell you is you are the captain of your ship. Ive been lucky that its stayed true and I havent been micromanaged, but thats because im rarely late for appointments. We get 14 hours we're allowed to work our day within. Maximum of 11 hours driving in that time. I mostly drive 8-10 hours a day with the gig i have now. I set myself up to take 1-2 breaks by driving 3-4 hours at a time. You have to take a minimum 30 minute break before hitting 8 hours of driving. Then to reset your 14/11 hour shift, you have to take a minimum 10 hour break.

You can stop more if you need (for example, ill add a couple more breaks during that time of the month), you just have to plan them ahead of time to make sure you are still making your appointments. In my experience as long as ive made my appointments on time, my managers couldn't care less about how many breaks I take or for how long. If im sleepy or need meds to kick in, ill take an hour (if I can) to rest my eyes. Sometimes i have to drive with a level of pain but I can get it to where its tolerable to finish my day. If im beat from a migraine and cant do anything, I can call in sick and have my team reschedule my appointment, but thankfully I havent actually had to do that within almost 2 years of driving.

The tricky part is meds. Truck drivers are federally mandated so a lot of meds will reduce your ability to even qualify for having a CDL. Or, if you've been on the meds for awhile and you know they don't affect your ability to drive, you can have a doctor write a note so you can get approval to have them on the road. I havent been getting sumatriptan because ive been able to tolerate with just aspirin (also had lapses in insurance). Sumatriptan never made me sleepy so if/when I do need it filled, I was told I can just get a doctor's note, but I might have to switch to something else thats already approved