Donated Blood feel like shit ???

[Beethoven]

From my personal experience with this, dehydration is the main reason people feel like shit after a blood donation. Your donated blood is mostly water. When you generously hydrate before and after the procedure, you'll feel like nothing happened. However, I would advise that you refrain from very strenuous activity the day of your donation. No matter how much you hydrate, you WILL be weaker than usual. I made the mistake of going out dancing on the evening after a donation and my legs felt like lead.

Agreed about hydrating. But it also depends where your hematocrit levels are. If their high you should feel either refreshed or maybe nothing at all. But you are not supposed to do anything strenuous that day. I remember though back in the day, we used to get the day off if we donated blood. (Being in the service) and the up side was we would catch a buzz a lot faster with much less alcohol. Lol.

[2Sox]

Agreed about hydrating. But it also depends where your hematocrit levels are. If their high you should feel either refreshed or maybe nothing at all. But you are not supposed to do anything strenuous that day. I remember though back in the day, we used to get the day off if we donated blood. (Being in the service) and the up side was we would catch a buzz a lot faster with much less alcohol. Lol.

Good point. If your hematocrit is on the high side, you'll likely feel refreshed....and dehydrated if you don't hydrate adequately. Just the rules of biology at work.