Can You Sleep Sitting Up?

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:46 pm

I wish I could. I have to be flat before I can sleep. How nice it would be to doze off sitting in a chair or on a plane.

How many hours of sleep do you get?

Do you take any sleep meds?

hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:54 pm

Every night. Did you ever see the movie "the professional"? Jean Reno slept sitting up in a chair in that movie. I have problems that make it hard to sleep laying down. I only sleep 3-5 hours a night but it's enough.

No meds.

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:57 pm

hoppy;951889 wrote: Every night. Did you ever see the movie "the professional"? Jean Reno slept sitting up in a chair in that movie. I have problems that make it hard to sleep laying down. I only sleep 3-5 hours a night but it's enough.

No meds.

I envy you.

WonderWendy3 · Post by **WonderWendy3** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:19 pm

I can sleep almost anywhere....I have fallen asleep in many a waiting rooms (Doctors and such) When I go to get a pedicure, ALWAYS fall asleep just about the time they start to paint my toe-nails, so I wake up to them bein' all pretty!....one time the tech let me sleep for about 45 minutes

I can sleep for long periods of time, don't take any meds, unless I'm just really stressed, then I might take some valerian, but that is only once in a while!

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:23 pm

I can sleep standing up if necessary with my eyes open. :p

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:28 pm

I have to lay down to sleep.

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 8:37 pm

I learned how to sleep sitting up very well when Jacob was born, i would get up for his feedings about every 3 hours or so and i have this really comfortable chair that i would sit in, he would drink his bottle and go back to sleep, then i would sit there holding him and fall back to sleep too! i would wake up a couple hours later sometimes when hubby would be there taking Jacob out of my arms and putting him back in his bed!

i get maybe 6 hours a night if i'm lucky, but if i have the time and am not interupted i can sleep 10 or 12 hours at a time!

i don't have to take any medications to do it!

Post by **jones jones** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:31 pm

i have to be lying horizontal to fall asleep and stay asleep ...

never been able to sleep in a plane ...

and i usually try to get about six hours sleep a night ...

WonderWendy3 · Post by **WonderWendy3** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:35 pm

I love sleeping in a car.......I fall asleep when the boyfriend and I take trips within 15-20 minutes of the trip and usually wake up about an hour or two later and we are usually almost at our destination...its great....he loves it too!:wah:

Victoria · Post by **Victoria** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:20 pm

I wish I only slept when laying down it would solve a lot of my problems.

I have a thyroid condition and due to the condition and treatment I am always tired always looking for the chance to grab a nap.

I fall asleep anywhere

Trains

Planes, in fact I dare not sit down while waiting for the plane in case I fall asleep and miss my flight!

Cinema, I haven't been for years because I know I will be asleep in moments.

Church, all that calm music did it for me

Friends houses, talk talk talk it wears me out

My own birthday party, they carried on without me.

Restaurant, it took so long between courses

Bar, boring

Playing Maj Jong, I woke up for my turn!

In fact anywhere I sit down and thats it. Once I relax I fall asleep while I'm busy although I'm tired I can stay awake. I have to tape anything I want to watch on TV after 9pm because chances are I wont see more than the first 10 minutes.

I normally sleep 8 hours but have been known to sleep 17 hours non stop. and yes I still went to bed that night worn out and slept another 8.

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:30 pm

WonderWendy3;952047 wrote: I love sleeping in a car.......I fall asleep when the boyfriend and I take trips within 15-20 minutes of the trip and usually wake up about an hour or two later and we are usually almost at our destination...its great....he loves it too!:wah:

owww i'm like you Wendy i cannot stay awake if i'm riding in a car, i almost always fall asleep and like you said i wake up a couple of hours later, sometimes already at our destination!

WonderWendy3 · Post by **WonderWendy3** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:50 pm

Hope6;952076 wrote: owww i'm like you Wendy i cannot stay awake if i'm riding in a car, i almost always fall asleep and like you said i wake up a couple of hours later, sometimes already at our destination!

Isn't it great?

I have a sister in law that can't sleep in a car and I recently found out the HARD way that she is a horrible passenger in road trips!!! arrghhh....I took her and my brother and their 2 year old up to PA from MD and she about drove me crazy with telling me how to drive....trust me when I say I am a very safe driver....I have a perfect driving record and people in my family tease me that I drive like an old lady, so when she was complaining I was shocked!!! She is under a bit of stress, so I let it go, but she does it to my brother all the time too:-5

I should've known when she said "oh I can't sleep in the car" that it was going to be a long 4 hour drive!:wah:

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:20 am

WonderWendy3;952086 wrote: Isn't it great?

I have a sister in law that can't sleep in a car and I recently found out the HARD way that she is a horrible passenger in road trips!!! arrghhh....I took her and my brother and their 2 year old up to PA from MD and she about drove me crazy with telling me how to drive....trust me when I say I am a very safe driver....I have a perfect driving record and people in my family tease me that I drive like an old lady, so when she was complaining I was shocked!!! She is under a bit of stress, so I let it go, but she does it to my brother all the time too:-5

I should've known when she said "oh I can't sleep in the car" that it was going to be a long 4 hour drive!:wah:

it is great! i go to sleep and wake up some time later and we've already arrived where we're going! :guitarist

i know all about bossy passengers, my mom is the worst! she's constantly telling me how to drive! :-5

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:35 am

I have to be lying down to sleep.

I cant sleep anywhere or anytime, even when I did a spell of 12 hours nights I couldnt bloomin sleep. I have a problem winding down. On average I get 6 hours and I always feel sickly and groggy in the mornings. I cant wake up and get back to sleep either, if im disturbed early morning thats my sleep ruined.

I also have these weird sort of nightmares most nights and I think they occur more frequently when im super tired. I wake up sometimes not knowing where I am, I dont know my bedroom, sometimes I am shouting and wake hubby to ask him whats happening, other times I find myself in the hall and realise it was a dream, last night their was a problem with my thigh and this morning when I woke, the first thing I did was check my thigh

When we bought the fish the other week, my dreaming was awful, fish in my bed, fish attacking me, hubby was a fish...I know it sounds funny but im quite petrified when im in the middle of one.

Hubby can sleep on a clothes line, anytime, anyplace, anywhere...Good job since I wake him nearly every night with my mad ramblings:D

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:50 am

Chezzie;952109 wrote: I have to be lying down to sleep.

I cant sleep anywhere or anytime, even when I did a spell of 12 hours nights I couldnt bloomin sleep. I have a problem winding down. On average I get 6 hours and I always feel sickly and groggy in the mornings. I cant wake up and get back to sleep either, if im disturbed early morning thats my sleep ruined.

I also have these weird sort of nightmares most nights and I think they occur more frequently when im super tired. I wake up sometimes not knowing where I am, I dont know my bedroom, sometimes I am shouting and wake hubby to ask him whats happening, other times I find myself in the hall and realise it was a dream, last night their was a problem with my thigh and this morning when I woke, the first thing I did was check my thigh

When we bought the fish the other week, my dreaming was awful, fish in my bed, fish attacking me, hubby was a fish...I know it sounds funny but im quite petrified when im in the middle of one.

Hubby can sleep on a clothes line, anytime, anyplace, anywhere...Good job since I wake him nearly every night with my mad ramblings:D

i had a reoccuring nightmare that lasted for years that there was a snake in my bed! i would wake up screaming, and run down the hall before i came to my senses, i also would wake up shouting and asking my husband what was going on!

then i got Lucky my dog, he started sleeping on my feet at the end of the bed, and i never had the nightmare again!

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:51 am

sleep?? what's that?? For over a year now. My doc says it is due to going through the CHANGE. Whatever it is. It's a BIG PAIN IN THE ---!! my hubby i think could do it sitting up. Can be wide awake, lay down and SNORE. GRRRR. But get to see some real good old movies, that are on the LATE, LATE SHOW:wah::(:mad:

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:10 am

I don't fall asleep easily and I have to be laying down and it has to be dark and quiet except for some white noise. I usually sleep with the bathroom fan on.

Sometimes I take a PM med to sleep better or Sleepytime tea. :-6

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:41 am

Have to be laying down, total darkness and quiet. A mouse pissing on cotton in Iraq will wake me up.

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:42 am

Oh. I lay in bed around 8 hours but sleep maybe 6.

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:08 am

YZGI;952348 wrote: Oh. I lay in bed around 8 hours but sleep maybe 6. i can't go to sleep or stay a sleep. grrrrr:(

WonderWendy3 · Post by **WonderWendy3** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:43 am

YZGI;952346 wrote: Have to be laying down, total darkness and quiet. A mouse pissing on cotton in Iraq will wake me up.

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

that is how the b/f is....I feel so bad for him when we are together, before going to sleep he has to put toiletpaper or cotton in his ears so that I don't keep him awake with my snoring, not to mention all the white noise that I LOVE to fall asleep to....which he doesn't. At his house its completely silent....nothing....the ceiling fan is even quiet!

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:48 am

WonderWendy3;952503 wrote: :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

that is how the b/f is....I feel so bad for him when we are together, before going to sleep he has to put toiletpaper or cotton in his ears so that I don't keep him awake with my snoring, not to mention all the white noise that I LOVE to fall asleep to....which he doesn't. At his house its completely silent....nothing....the ceiling fan is even quiet! hubby is abuzz saw. really LOUD. we have been together for 13 years. It seems now to get LOUDER.:wah::(

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:52 am

Other half can sleep, sitting up....sitting down....eating dinner.....drinking tea......shall I go on:-3:-5:(

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:57 am

Carolly;952515 wrote: Other half can sleep, sitting up....sitting down....eating dinner.....drinking tea......shall I go on:-3:-5:( understand. just like some old cat:wah:

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:08 am

southern yankee;952529 wrote: understand. just like some old cat:wah:Worst one was in the mashed potato:wah:

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:16 am

Carolly;952538 wrote: Worst one was in the mashed potato:wah: oh my!! don't mean to laugh.:wah: Does he have a sleeping disorder??:-3

Trunk Monkey · Post by **Trunk Monkey** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 11:19 am

I have to laying flat in bed before I can sleep. I also need it to be quiet as I'm a light sleeper. I sleep for 8 hours without meds.

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 11:20 am

southern yankee;952581 wrote: oh my!! don't mean to laugh.:wah: Does he have a sleeping disorder??:-3No dont fink so but his nose has one now:wah::wah::wah:

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 11:32 am

Carolly;952676 wrote: No dont fink so but his nose has one now:wah::wah::wah: my other half could wake the dead!!!:wah:

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 11:34 am

southern yankee;952694 wrote: my other half could wake the dead!!!:wah::wah:gotta go out now...have a nice evening;)

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 11:47 am

Carolly;952696 wrote: :wah:gotta go out now...have a nice evening;) you too

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 11:47 am

jimbo;952709 wrote: if i'm on the pc and i read a barman post i'm asleep in seconds :wah::wah:
You read his posts??:D

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 11:48 am

Barman;952702 wrote: I fell asleep whilst talking to my wife on the phone once (she was a girlfriend then) I awoke about 3 in the morning sat in the armchair still holding the phone.

She phoned me at 9 pm the previous evening. She could hear me quietly snoring down the phone every time she picked the phone up to check if i was still on the line.

I have also fallen asleep on a bus, woke up and had to walk about 3 miles home.

I have fallen asleep whilst on the computer and once while, ahem, we will not mention that one.

So yes, i can fall asleep anywhere. not driving i hope

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:08 pm

Barman;952724 wrote: Not whilst driving, yet, come close though. YZGI and Jimbo, you two are so funnZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
So much for the "Happy Feet" movie. Lokks like the old fella needed a nap..

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:14 pm

Barman;952702 wrote: I fell asleep whilst talking to my wife on the phone once (she was a girlfriend then) I awoke about 3 in the morning sat in the armchair still holding the phone.

She phoned me at 9 pm the previous evening. She could hear me quietly snoring down the phone every time she picked the phone up to check if i was still on the line.

I have also fallen asleep on a bus, woke up and had to walk about 3 miles home.

I have fallen asleep whilst on the computer and once while, ahem, we will not mention that one.

So yes, i can fall asleep anywhere.

Oh, you are hysterical Barman:wah::wah:

WonderWendy3 · Post by **WonderWendy3** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 3:34 pm

Barman's post reminded me of two times I fell asleep on the phone, once was my neice who just talked and talked and talked, until she heard me snore....

the other one was a time that I was trying a work from home adventure selling vitamins and stuff and had to listen to a person (on tape) give information about the business....I laid down in my bed to listen to it, to wake up an hour later with the line dead and I called back the lady that was trying to get me into the business, she was NOT happy with ME!!

-3

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 4:46 pm

Talk about snoring-------------nothing worse than a barracks in the military with and open bay and 15 beds on each side (30 G.I.'s)

What a hell of a racket.

WonderWendy3 · Post by **WonderWendy3** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:45 pm

Yep, I do that too....people complain that they can hear me over other noises that you would think would drown me out!!.....

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:50 pm

WonderWendy3;953097 wrote: Yep, I do that too....people complain that they can hear me over other noises that you would think would drown me out!!.....

i tell my hubby he sounds like a big old bear in a cave:p:wah:

WonderWendy3 · Post by **WonderWendy3** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:53 pm

southern yankee;953099 wrote: i tell my hubby he sounds like a big old bear in a cave:p:wah:

I fell asleep at my grandparents home while visiting them and house was full of family, the a/c unit wasn't working so my Grandfather had a tech. come out and he had to check right by where I was sleeping....my family laughed and said that the tech made the funniest look at me and said that I was the reason for the A/C to go out, making the windows shake with my snoring!:o