My right arm is completly numb and I panic out of my bed sometimes. The reason is that I fall asleep on my shoulder and sometimes it takes a minute til it functions again.
Last night I fell asleep again and woke up and it it took longer than usual to get it back to moving. I started crying and was totally panic mode.
Is this something that can cause long term issues if this happens frequently or should I change the way I sleep? Can I ignore it?
IANAD, but if it’s causing you stress, bro just change your sleeping position, buy one of those gimmick mattresses that specifically has slots for your arm to fall into (like the SONU Sleep System), or just use a buttload of pillows.
Consult a doctor first if that’s cheaper than buying a whole new mattress.
I go back to the joke, specifically when House did a similar joke when he was in clinic:
Patient: Doctor! When I bend over like this bends over, and I move my leg to the right like this twists leg to the right, and I take my palm and do this takes palm and presses it against the side of his thigh, I get excruciating shooting pains that go from my thigh to the tips of my toes!
Doctor: So you bend over?
Patent: Yes.
Doctor: and then you twist your leg?
Patient: Yes, like this shows how he twists his leg again.
Doctor: and then you press on your thigh with your palm.
Patient: Yes.
Doctor: And that causes intense pain?
Patient: Yes!
Doctor: And you direly want that pain to not occur?
Patient: YES! Doctor, it has taken over my life, I need it to stop!
Doctor: THEN STOP DOING THAT!
As an intermittent insomnia sufferer who depends on a very specific sleep ritual to actually get good sleep, I feel the pain, but yes… the answer a doctor is going to give is “stop doing that”.
The new mattress/fuckload of pillows is some on point advice.