Heads Up! The Way You Are Sleeping May Be Killing You

Hawaii Reporter ^ | May 27, 2011 | BY SYDNEY ROSS SINGER

[Yaelle]

I bought this thing a month ago and am sleeping so well! I bought it for pregnancy but I can imagine it would make anyone who isn't comfy at night sleep really well. Even when you flip over, you still have all that support.

http://www.amazon.com/Comfort-U-Total-Pillow-Support-CU9000/dp/B0010BBN7M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1306528050&sr=8-1

[Berlin_Freeper]

Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep,
If I die before I wake,
I pray the Lord my soul to take.

[Mich Patriot]

Not sure about the incline, but anyone who suffers from acid reflux might benefit for sure.

For anyone with trouble sleeping (or waking at night and have trouble falling back to sleep), I HIGHLY recommend you try a noise machine. You may solve your problem (like I did) with an investment of about $30 or so.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Indoors: papasan chair
Outdoors: hammock
Water: a big old inner tube

No bed can compete with any of ‘em!

[Mr. Mojo]

Almost fell asleep reading the article. ....sitting up, which would've been healthy according to this research.

I try to sleep on my back with my head a bit raised, but usually end up flat on my stomach with my head on the mattress. A hard-to-break habit. I find that when I wake up on my back with my head on at least two pillows I feel a lot better.

[SamAdams76]

Don’t lose sleep over this article.

I fell asleep halfway through the article.

[KoRn]

Some prefer to sleep indoors:

[blueunicorn6]

I’m sorry. I saw “lingerie” and went completely off track.

[mad puppy]

Wow. Thanks for posting. Sadly, very timely for me.

Now, how do I explain this to the Chief Of Staff?

[Mr. Mojo]

Indoors: papasan chair

I'm going to get one of those things. They look damn comfortable.

[diamond6]

Those people are nuts!!!!

[RikaStrom]

ping

[Gator113]

You’re not showing yet and you look great.

;>)

[Spunky]

"How do you keep from slipping to the foot of the bed?"

From Article:"Others may have some neck and shoulder discomfort from the new position. However, by experimenting with pillows under the arms, underneath the buttocks (which prevents sliding down the bed), and under the feet and legs, the patient should find a comfortable solution."

Would you believe I read the whole thing. Blury eyes now.

[Gator113]

Where is the toilet?

[Persevero]

I cured myself of severe sleep apnea by basically learning to sleep sort of sitting up.

After a hideous episode, I’d fall asleep while sitting up because I’d be afraid to go back to sleep. After a couple of years (!) it dawned on me that I never had a hideous episode when I was sleeping sitting up, pretty much a 45 degree angle, not 90 or any such extreme.

No surgery, no drugs, no mask. Just sleeping like I am in a recliner; no apnea. Thank God.

[Hoffer Rand]

If it were my dog, for his own safety, he’d be sleeping on the floor. I’m all over the place at night. I know I’ve punted the cat out of bed a few times too.

I'm the same way. Hubby refers to it as "aerobic sleeping".

[cornfedcowboy]

That is COOL!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I'm just afraid that someday we're all going to die.

[GreenHornet]

From Steven Wright: “My girlfriend asked me if I slept well last night. I told her no, I made a few mistakes.”