What I meant was there is nothing in nitrox that reduces narcosis or fatigue except for the placebo effect.
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yes, at the safety stop you are decompressing because every dive is a decompression dive
Really? Let's state your thesis another way. Nitrogen load at surface makes no difference at all in how you feel post-dive. Presumably you are excepting cases of clinical DCS.What I meant was there is nothing in nitrox that reduces narcosis or fatigue except for the placebo effect.
I agree with @MaxBottomtime: Slow down, you scuba too fast! Fold your hands together and relax. You should be able to close your eyes and just hover horizontally.if I’m exhausted from a 15-20 ft, 20-ish minute dive
Any reduction in N2 reduces subsequent fatigue. However, the sleepies are most often caused by an insufficient safety stop.What I meant was there is nothing in nitrox that reduces narcosis or fatigue except for the placebo effect.
Same here, I have never noticed any difference in how I feel be it 21% or 32%. Actually, just the opposite, I can usually go a little longer due to deco limits being increased at moderate depths with Nitrox that I get colder (even in 84 degrees water) and more fatigued with Nitrox.I do 12 - 14 day dive vacations where I dive 3 or 4 dives a day doing 36 - 45 dives per two week dive trip.
21% or 32% I feel no difference.
I'd rather be more fatigued and get more time at depth. I'll feel fine after a full night's sleepSame here, I have never noticed any difference in how I feel be it 21% or 32%. Actually, just the opposite, I can usually go a little longer due to deco limits being increased at moderate depths with Nitrox that I get colder (even in 84 degrees water) and more fatigued with Nitrox.