Re: Sleeping elevated

[~ky~]

"HaveyGoogle" <HarveyGoogle@googlee_eyes.com> wrote in message
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> How many here sleep with either head or feet elevated from
> the horizontal? If so why do you do it and does it help you.
> I will comment further after replies. Thanks.
>

One day, several decades ago, I read a piece which suggested
elevating the head of the bed 6" would mitigate heart burn. A few
hours later I read that elevating the foot of the bed 6" would reduce
nocturnal leg cramps. It all sounded reasonable. and since I was
having issues with both heart burn and nocturnal leg cramps, I did
both...

Sadly, nothing changed...

';-}

[Julie Bove]

"HaveyGoogle" <HarveyGoogle@googlee_eyes.com> wrote in message
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> How many here sleep with either head or feet elevated from
> the horizontal? If so why do you do it and does it help you.
> I will comment further after replies. Thanks.

Head for GERD and feet for Venous Insufficiency. Yes, it helps.

[Jason]

In article <jNJjr.9222$kb7....@newsfe20.iad>, "~ky~"

I know about one person that tried elevating his head while sleeping--that
ended up with a slipped disk (also known as a herniated disk). His
sleeping position caused extra stress to be on the lowest disk in his back
most of the hours of every day. That is what caused the disk to become
herniated.

[Scout]

"HaveyGoogle" wrote in message news:jmnmff$sk5$1...@speranza.aioe.org...

How many here sleep with either head or feet elevated from
the horizontal? If so why do you do it and does it help you.
I will comment further after replies. Thanks

Years ago after throat surgery, I slept in a Lazy-Boy recliner with my feet
up and my head and back elevated at about 45 degrees.
It helped my breathing a great deal, and was much more comfortable than
lying down in bed.

SCOUT

[Pendrag0n]

On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:32:48 +0000 (UTC), HaveyGoogle
<HarveyGoogle@googlee_eyes.com> wrote:

>How many here sleep with either head or feet elevated from
>the horizontal? If so why do you do it and does it help you.

>I will comment further after replies. Thanks.

I sleep on a pillow so I fully qualify for this study :)

[Colt T]

The aliens will first make contact with people with bricks under the
head of their bed because the aliens do it too.

[Colt T]

I have bricks under the head of my bed because I used to have acid
reflux a lot.

[Ellen K.]

I sleep on a wedge to elevate my upper body, to mitigate sleep apnea because
I can't use a cpap. I think it helps.

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[BessieBee]

On 4/18/2012 7:32 PM, HaveyGoogle wrote:
> How many here sleep with either head or feet elevated from
> the horizontal? If so why do you do it and does it help you.
> I will comment further after replies. Thanks.

I use a wedge to elevate the head of my bed. It's to help alleviate the
symptoms of COPD and CHF. I know it helps. I can't sleep at all when
I'm "flat."

--
BessieBee

"I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did.
I said I didn't know."
-Samuel Clemens

[None Given]

On Apr 18, 5:32 pm, HaveyGoogle <HarveyGoogle@googlee_eyes.com> wrote:
> How many here sleep with either head or feet elevated from
> the horizontal? If so why do you do it and does it help you.
> I will comment further after replies. Thanks.

I did it for GERD and it did help but it wasn't ideal. Anyway, I did
it
differently than most would. I tried sleeping in a easychair but that
meant too much time in one position. Then in time I constructed
a special bed the tilted the full plane of sleep. Not likely a
hospital
bed or an easy chair. I used much more incline that 6 inches, I
used 12 to 18 inches at the head of the bed on a foam mattress.
However while helping with the esophagus, this didn't help with
the dyspepsia and slow exiting of food from the stomach.

What really helped was leaving off of the PPI meds ilke omeprazole
and similar, and starting betaine HCL with pepsin capsules. This
improved motility and stopped the dyspepsia. In time it became clear
that
I no longer needed the incline . I added high dose melatonin (6
milligrams) gradually
as well. I had been so bad I spit up bright red blood, yet when I
started with
alternative medicine the result is that I can eat anything without
reflux, indigestion,
or prolonged dyspepsia. There is a small body of research on
high dose melatonin use in the context of GERD, so don't complain
at me but rather read it on PUBMED and the related links. There is no
research on betaine HCL in the right dose to work that is published
in the med journals, but it does work and older experienced
alternative
Docs are often aware of this use of betaine HCL w/ pepsin.
It taken with meal and NOT after the meal as one DOES NOT
want these capsules hanging up in the esophagus. It took
several with each major meal and not just one per meal for
me YMMV. And now I don't need it all the time to have good digestion.

melatonin is primarily made by the GUT not the pineal
gland......................Trig

[Maya Zuiderweg]

Op 19-4-2012, heeft HaveyGoogle verondersteld :

> How many here sleep with either head or feet elevated from
> the horizontal? If so why do you do it and does it help you.
> I will comment further after replies. Thanks.

I sleep on a pillow, when on my back. On (both) my side(s) I sleep
without a pillow.
Ive found out that these postures are best for my lower backache as
well as for my ouch!-ing hips.
Re with which part of my body do I sleep on a pillow (or not): my head.
M.

[outsider]

On 4/21/2012 6:08 PM, op wrote:

> The replies I got to my post indicate to me that sleeping
> with elevated head is a healthier option for everyone. And
> if you have lower leg edema, raising your legs probably
> helps also.

I'm a big believer in different strokes for different folks. The
thing that seems help me the most is with sleep, edema, and
BP is diuretics.

[Maya Zuiderweg]

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> BessieBee <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in
> news:jmpjp9$qbj$2...@dont-email.me:

>
>> On 4/18/2012 7:32 PM, HaveyGoogle wrote:
>>> How many here sleep with either head or feet elevated from
>>> the horizontal? If so why do you do it and does it help
>>> you. I will comment further after replies. Thanks.
>>
>> I use a wedge to elevate the head of my bed. It's to help
>> alleviate the symptoms of COPD and CHF. I know it helps. I
>> can't sleep at all when I'm "flat."
>>
>

> OP here, will answer here since this server is not showing
> the OP.
>
> My sleep quality improved about 100% after I started
> elevating my head and lower legs.
>
> Edema caused by either pre clinical congestive heart
> disease and/or kidney disease was ruining my sleep. I felt
> stress on my heart and was up many times night to pee.
>
> Now those symptoms have diminished considerably and am
> getting more deep sleep.
>
> NONE of the doctors I saw even suggested I do this despite
> my repeated renditions of my symptoms. I had to discover
> this on the net myself. In short, they were no help other
> than in depleting my bank account and prescribing drugs
> that often harmed me.
>
> I used to look up to doctors, now I consider most of the
> incompetent.
Welcome to the club.

>
> The replies I got to my post indicate to me that sleeping
> with elevated head is a healthier option for everyone. And
> if you have lower leg edema, raising your legs probably
> helps also.

Not always. Experience will tell.
BTW, good for you, that you found "your way" :-)
M.