Posted on 03/16/2023 7:53:45 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
Bkmk
I’ve found that if you head to bed around 10:00 and fall to sleep around 11:00, and then wake up and move from that bed at around 2:00 a.m. to one of the guest rooms downstairs until around 5:00, then get up to drink a cup of coffee before finally falling asleep again on the sofa at around 7:30, you can manage to put together about 5 or 6 hours of sleep per night. It has to be carefully managed though.
What is your experience?
70 y/o retired. Sleep on the couch. Wake up in the middle of the night, take a leak then crawl into bed. The couch is a deeper sleep. The bed is half and half. sleep/awake Nightmares of being late for work.
“70 y/o retired. Sleep on the couch. Wake up in the middle of the night, take a leak then crawl into bed. The couch is a deeper sleep. The bed is half and half. sleep/awake Nightmares of being late for work.”
That’s my hubby. I’m surprised we don’t meet on the stairway as we change sleeping locations. However, somehow the coffee pot always seems to call one of us or the other. I often find that if I have a cup of coffee between 2 and 5 a.m., I can then finally fall into a deep sleep for at least a couple of hours. He does the same, so we do often meet at the coffee maker at the middle of the night.
bkmrk
Sounds very similar...
I used to sleep soundly but after a ladder fall which left my wrist shattered, and then 18 months later a Crocs incident which popped my quad tendon off of my knee cap... I’ve been sleeping pretty crappy.
That reminds me. As a younger man I found out old people don’t sleep together. On 2 or 3 occasions a burglar entered the house at night. The wife was the first to confront. Newspapers wrote: “Mr. So and So was sleeping in another room. Probably hiding under the covers.
It’s gotta be snoring, sleep apnea machines, non-bathing, or there-goes-the-romance. I never married. If you have to wait half the night for company might as well wear pjs. He’s gonna be late.
I did not click the link, but:
side sleeping can over the years increase hip ITband issues, shoulder, neck and chest issues due to rounding/curling arm positions, many people tuck chin toward chest again over years can contribute to problems. ALSO leg positions while side sleeping can mess with lower spine over years.
Stomach sleeping also means head turned to one side which again messes with posture and can lead to problems. Also lead lower back pain due to sway back of spine unsupported. Leg positions, same as above.
Back sleeping is the most neutral for the body if you dont have your neck too high on pillows, but as original post mentions not best for some internal conditions.
“Sounds very similar...
I used to sleep soundly but after a ladder fall which left my wrist shattered, and then 18 months later a Crocs incident which popped my quad tendon off of my knee cap... I’ve been sleeping pretty crappy.”
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Pain can wreak major havoc on a person’s sleeping schedule. I can be sound asleep and suddenly wake up with severe pain in my upper back. Don’t even try to speak to me then! I can sit up for an hour or so, and then lay down elsewhere and get a couple more hours of sleep only to wake up again with the same pain a couple hours later. I’ve tried, not only switching locations, but also sleeping positions, and nothing seems to work. More than two to three hours of sleep in the same position results in pain. I’ve finally attributed it to just getting older, since my late mother complained of the same problem.
Sleep is always best after the husband and wife do the 1st Corinthians 7:5 with each other.
I’m a sofa sleeper every night for several years now. Love it!
pregnant people
That's some medical journal. Or whatever.
I sleep in whatever position the sliver of the bed the 120 lb wrecking ball of a dog leaves me allows me. Sometimes I can even get enough blankets to cover myself.
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That reminds me. As a younger man I found out old people don’t sleep together. On 2 or 3 occasions a burglar entered the house at night. The wife was the first to confront. Newspapers wrote: “Mr. So and So was sleeping in another room. Probably hiding under the covers.
It’s gotta be snoring, sleep apnea machines, non-bathing, or there-goes-the-romance. I never married. If you have to wait half the night for company might as well wear pjs. He’s gonna be late.
DIRTYSECRET
For me, used to be on my back with a woman laying across me.
Now? By myself at the ranch on a stuffed cotton mattress, locked away from the world.
I try to fall asleep by midnight... But I use the “all sleeping positions” technique .. I rotate about ever 20-40 minuets... I start on my back and roll clockwise, side, stomach, other side, back. Sometimes I sleep. Maybe I can get a few hours before getting up at 630 for some coffee and get the kids to school... only to do the sofa sleep and you stated. :)
Don’t make any difference if you do it on My Pillow, call 1 800 my pillow and use the discount code to get 100% off. Guaranteed!!
Unless there is a pillow under my knees, sleeping on my back guarantees that I am completely useless due to back pain the next day.
Those who are drinking coffee in the middle of the night and wondering why they don’t sleep worth beans deserve a smack upside the head, mind you.
Nothing but W A T E R after brushing your teeth for bed.
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