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(Message started by: Dave on May 21^st, 2006, 8:42pm)

Title: Sleeping position
Post by Dave on May 21^st, 2006, 8:42pm

Has anyone found any impact of sleeping position? Is there a sleeping position that works better than other postions?

My experience has been that if a night time doozy is gonna come, it's gonna come no matter what position you sleep in. But in the low kip regime, it may be a different story.

Preferred positions seem to be sleeping on my side opposite my cluster side or alternatively on my back with very significant head elevation.

Title: Re: Sleeping position
Post by E-Double on May 21^st, 2006, 8:57pm

Sitting up or with melatonin it didn't matter because I slept with minimal attacks ;)

Title: Re: Sleeping position
Post by Barry_T_Coles on May 21^st, 2006, 9:54pm

For me it has to be just about in the sitting up position with as many pillows I can muster, sleeping on my side when in cycle is a definite no no.

Barry

Title: Re: Sleeping position
Post by Jasmyn on May 22^nd, 2006, 3:05am

Dave, I did find that sleeping in a sitting position, with ice packs under my pillowcase and a fan blowing directly on the top of my head helps. Yip and drinking Melatonin before bedtime.

Title: Re: Sleeping position
Post by Bob_Johnson on May 22^nd, 2006, 2:02pm

Yes: For years, sleeping on my back would trigger an attack as would sitting in a chair which put pressure on my back around the kidney area.

Title: Re: Sleeping position
Post by Markaf on May 22^nd, 2006, 5:43pm

I found that sleeping in a recliner works best for me. For some reason laying down in bed allways seemed to set off severe headaches.

Title: Re: Sleeping position
Post by sailpappy on May 23^rd, 2006, 10:18am

;;D I know I mentioned this before, Might have been on the Old Baord though! "I found that removing the Head Board and getting a bigger(Longer) bed kept me from pressing my head against the Head Board, also sleeping with my arms folded under me while sleeping on my stomach help minimize attacks during periods of high attack activity!"
Maybe I'm the Nut Case Jonny Mentions?? Hehehe!
Being Chronic means never sleeping through the night!
3 hits a night is my norm! Pappy

Title: Re: Sleeping position
Post by Linda_Howell on May 23^rd, 2006, 1:59pm

Ahoy John...http://fool.exler.ru/sm/mat.gif

Good to see you posting.

Linda

Title: Re: Sleeping position
Post by sailpappy on May 24^th, 2006, 12:20am

:) :)Hiding from the world didn't help the Clusters or the depression! Needed to be back in contact with the family, really been missing you too! Hope life is better in your arena than it was the last time we chatted!

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