Is this bad for you?

Dave!

Hey folks,

Just woke up after an accidental nap while studying...

But when I woke up, it became clear that I had been resting all of my weight on my right arm, because I had little or no feeling in it

Spent 5 minutes holding it up in the air, massaging the area to get the blood flowing again, etc., and it eventually came back to full functionality.

Anyone know if this sort of thing is likely to damage me if I keep doing it? It wont crush the veins or somethin, will it?

prendy

that happened to me loads of times..wake up and cant feel my hand...weird as f**k.
takes a whhile to get the feeling back.
dont think its too dangerous unless you sleep for a few days and it falls off!

The_B_Man

why did u hold it up in the air? thats the opposite thing u can do to get the blood back.


ps did u have a **** before the feeling came back? thats called "The Stranger".

whiskeyman

That happened to me the other night. Woke up in a right panic, and woke herself up in the process. Think I was too dosey to realise what was wrong... I couldn't even move my arm, and it just hung there like a huge roll of samami (my arm...).
Took around 5 mins before I gained feeling and could move it.
I'd imagine it's not something you want to do for a lengthy period of time

RoyalMarine

The_B_Man wrote: »

why did u hold it up in the air? thats the opposite thing u can do to get the blood back.


ps did u have a **** before the feeling came back? thats called "The Stranger".

lol. +1. from scrubs

Tigger

RoyalMarineComm wrote: »

lol. +1. from scrubs

i thought it was from clerks

RoyalMarine

probably both. havnt seen clerks.

Rovi

RoyalMarineComm wrote: »

probably both. havnt seen clerks.

He didn't give it any particular name, but Billy Connolly described the procedure many years ago.

The_B_Man

clerks was first but they didnt invent it. its just been around since the cavemen, afaik.

this did actually happen to me once accidentally. i fell asleep in the "swon" position, ie hand over the forehead. next mornin me arm wa all dangly and slappin me in the face. didnt know what the hell was goin on until i woke up properly. was weird.

Varkov

I love when this happens. Sometimes I purposfully sleep on my arm so when I wake up I can swing my torso around, arm madly flapping in the wind like some kind of wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man.

Dave!

Never thought to have a w*nk, but ill bear it in mind for next time.

Dunno why I held my arm up in the air.

Overheal

Rovi wrote: »

He didn't give it any particular name, but Billy Connolly described the procedure many years ago.

Dave Chappele also refers to it THE POINT BEING its common knowledge.

ScumLord

DaveMcG wrote: »

Never thought to have a w*nk, but ill bear it in mind for next time.

So your another one that like the felling of having a strange man **** you off. Unless maybe your have small girl hands?

jor el

The_B_Man wrote: »

clerks was first but they didnt invent it. its just been around since the cavemen, afaik.

this did actually happen to me once accidentally.

You accidentally had a ****? Yeah right, no one believes that.

Lands Leaving

jor el wrote: »

You accidentally had a ****? Yeah right, no one believes that.

I swear, I fell on my hand, don't beat me daddy.

Statso

Happens to me 3/4 nights a week. Dunno how it happens, i must sleep awkwardly. Kinda cool flopping your arm around like its rubber. A few times both my arms have turned to rubber. That was fun.

Voodu Child

That's happened to me once or twice - ive woken up and one of my arms was so numb, i literally couldnt move it.

I had to 'pick' my left arm up with my right arm, and move it around to get the blood back into it. F*ckin freaky tbh, like some sort of disembodied limb, and youve no idea how heavy your arms are until you have to pick one up with the other.

Cant be a good thing either, but i'd say theres some sort of reflex to make you wake up if it happens.

The_Hustler

Once when this happened the feeling didn't return to two of my fingers for a week and a half!

Went to hospital about it and everything.

Gibbins123

if you can't help but sleep on your arm, turn your arm at a slight angle so that your veins won't get squashed and blood can still flow through.

I'd say in the long run it could have effects. maybe if you do it regularly, when your old... could it encourage arthritis possibly? could some of the nerves dye off and you could end up with less feeling in you hand....

who knows. for those who w**k regularly this could be a good thing.

But when your 70 or 80?

Hobbes

Might be the onset of CTS (if you use computer too much), or a trapped nerve (common if overweight). If it happens a lot go see a doctor.

WindSock

The_B_Man wrote: »

ps did u have a **** before the feeling came back? thats called "The Stranger".

Did you ever do that and put nail varninsh on the hand?

echosound

happens to me a lot - doesn't bother me unless the alarm starts going off in the morning and I can't make my arms work to reach out and turn it off, so have to try to do a Christy Brown on it and use my feet.

Also scared the absolute beejaysus out of me one night, I used to have a light over my bed, and woke up in the pitch dark, reached up to turn the light on, and a strange arm hit me full force in the face. Did battle with tangled sheets in the pitch dark for a few minutes trying to escape the "intruder" and ended up with a bloody nose after coming off the worst from the tussle with the sheets and as my arms were still not working I hit the floor facedown. Also had to turn the main lightswitch on with my forehead as I had copped at that stage that my arms were not working, but still had not made the link between my own "dead" arms and the imagined intruder, and stood for the guts of 60 seconds scanning the room before fuzzyhead logic managed to realise it was my own arm all along that was terrorizing me.

Nowadays I do not have a light above my bed to avoid such episodes.

Karoma

This is not a medical board; go to a GP!!1!

(PS: Amuptation FTW, TBH.)

PlayGirl

echosound wrote: »

happens to me a lot - doesn't bother me unless the alarm starts going off in the morning and I can't make my arms work to reach out and turn it off, so have to try to do a Christy Brown on it and use my feet.

Also scared the absolute beejaysus out of me one night, I used to have a light over my bed, and woke up in the pitch dark, reached up to turn the light on, and a strange arm hit me full force in the face. Did battle with tangled sheets in the pitch dark for a few minutes trying to escape the "intruder" and ended up with a bloody nose after coming off the worst from the tussle with the sheets and as my arms were still not working I hit the floor facedown. Also had to turn the main lightswitch on with my forehead as I had copped at that stage that my arms were not working, but still had not made the link between my own "dead" arms and the imagined intruder, and stood for the guts of 60 seconds scanning the room before fuzzyhead logic managed to realise it was my own arm all along that was terrorizing me.

Nowadays I do not have a light above my bed to avoid such episodes.

:D:D
class

Gazza22

While on holiday a few weeks ago, my mate tied a band-like thing around my ankle real tight while i was asleep. (Why?...We were drunk)

I woke up the next morning, excruciating pain in my foot, all discoloured and couldn't move it!! It took about a day for the pain to go away! Now that's dangerous.

Dave!

ScumLord wrote: »

So your another one that like the felling of having a strange man **** you off. Unless maybe your have small girl hands?

Maybe I just like chicks with big hands! GET OFF MY CASE!!! :mad:

Papergirl 1

This happens to me nearly every night! I sleep with both my arms tucked under my head so when I wake up I can't even lean on them to get up.....and if the alarm goes off ah man what a pain, takes me ages to turn it off and by that stage it's blaring!!!

Naikon

This happens to me on a very rare occasion. The way to enjoy the moment is to poke very sharp implements at the affected limb, or just bite it with your mouth.
We8ird huh:)

Dave!

Wierd indeed... wierd and funny!

*pictures Naikon knawing away on his arm*

TerrorFirmer

Every morning I wake up both my arms are numb because I sleep with them under the pillow. Though, I really could swear that this only started happening within the last few months. ah well. time to adopt the classic coffin position to alleviate all my problems

Rovi

DaveMcG wrote: »

Wierd indeed... wierd and funny!

*pictures Naikon knawing away on his arm*

Reminds me of the old 'One Bag, Two Bags, Wolf' scenario.

MOH

HavoK wrote: »

Every morning I wake up both my arms are numb because I sleep with them under the pillow. Though, I really could swear that this only started happening within the last few months. ah well. time to adopt the classic coffin position to alleviate all my problems

That's because the arm fairy was trying to take them.

@echosound:
Thanks, people in the office are now looking at me strangely for cracking up laughing.

Chunks

echosound wrote: »

happens to me a lot - doesn't bother me unless the alarm starts going off in the morning and I can't make my arms work to reach out and turn it off, so have to try to do a Christy Brown on it and use my feet.

Also scared the absolute beejaysus out of me one night, I used to have a light over my bed, and woke up in the pitch dark, reached up to turn the light on, and a strange arm hit me full force in the face. Did battle with tangled sheets in the pitch dark for a few minutes trying to escape the "intruder" and ended up with a bloody nose after coming off the worst from the tussle with the sheets and as my arms were still not working I hit the floor facedown. Also had to turn the main lightswitch on with my forehead as I had copped at that stage that my arms were not working, but still had not made the link between my own "dead" arms and the imagined intruder, and stood for the guts of 60 seconds scanning the room before fuzzyhead logic managed to realise it was my own arm all along that was terrorizing me.

Nowadays I do not have a light above my bed to avoid such episodes.

ba ha ha ha ha genius! I'm crying laughing in here getting strange looks from the co-workers! :D:D:D:D