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Snore it, don't pour it.

Palerale — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:54:19 -0800

What is this mysterious puddle on my side of the bed? It's a small lake. The last week or so (since WoW 3.3, I admit) I have not been getting sufficient sleep. This morning I woke up after only a few hours and the wife had left the house early for a meeting. Lonely, I got up and jumped on the internet, but I was exhausted. Around 1:30 or so, I took a nap. I slept about two hours, and it was the heaviest sleep I have ever felt. I felt in some sort of dream state that I was trying to awake myself, but I could not. The air was keeping me down, I felt like I was underwater, partially dreaming, but on the brink of awake and fighting to bring myself out of the nap. Eventually I pulled myself up, though my whole body felt as though it weighed twice as much.

Tonight, when putting the wife to bed, we found both of my pillows to be quite soaked through, as well as a good chunk of the blanket, the sheet, and through to some of the mattress.

Our thoughts: It's possible, however unlikely, that our dog, Maverick (about 2 yrs.) jumped up and let himself go on my pillows. This is not like something he would do, he seems to have been housebroken for some time now with very few accidents. In my history of owning dogs I have never had one empty itself onto a bed. As far as we can tell, the bedroom door was closed anyway, as it always is.
It also does not seem to smell like pee, mostly just wet cloth. There was, however, a slight discoloration in the mattress below.

So is there a chance that this is drool? Could a person drool that much in their sleep? It was a lot, like a bucket full. Factors considered are the deep, heavy level of sleep I was in, lifetime sinus issues (though not severe for years), poor dental hygiene, and a bit of a binge drink on Tuesday night, with a horrendous hangover to match on Wednesday. I also went down for the nap right after a large bowl of soup/noodles.

The only other thing I can think of is sweat, but honestly my wife keeps it somewhere around 45-50 degrees in there, so I can't imagine this was the case.

I need to know if this is me or the dog, one of us has to go.

The Cat Can't Drink

kingfisher, his musclebound cat — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:09:02 -0800

My cat seems unable to drink. It's as if his tongue isn't working right. He gets water everywhere, plunges his face into the bowl, getting his snout all wet, drools, cries, but seems not to be able to quench his thirst. He also has a fountain, that's not working too well either. Oddly enough he can eat fine. I am taking him to the vet as soon as possible, but has anyone seen this before? Any solutions? I am considering a giant vertical bottle like the gerbils drink from.

And then I woke up and my pillow was missing.

MsMolly — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 11:28:20 -0800

Need some help with positions in bed... positions for falling asleep, that is. Is there a way to train yourself to sleep on your back if you always sleep on your stomach? When I was a kid I used to only be able to fall asleep if I was lying on my side. Then for a while I was a back sleeper. But 10 years ago my college boyfriend used to fall asleep on his stomach, and it must have rubbed off on me, because now I'm almost completely unable to fall asleep unless I'm lying on my stomach. For the most part this hasn't been a problem. I find something about the position to be very soothing. (Maybe it reminds me of the way I used to sleep as a baby?) But it bugs me that I can't fall asleep any other way. The position tends to make my nose stuffier, so then I have to breathe through my mouth, which means I end up drooling on my pillow, which I think leads to acne breakouts. So it'd be nice to be able to fall asleep on my back sometimes.

Further info: I usually wake up on my back, so I apparently switch to that position once I'm already asleep. I can't seem to fall asleep on my back even when I'm exhausted, so "tire yourself out more before bed" isn't the answer.

Help me to Stop the drooling!

zenorbital — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 12:07:00 -0800

My significant other drools in her sleep. Sometimes I roll over and am shocked awake when my cheek hits the puddle on her pillow, blech. It happens maybe 2-3 times a week and increases when she has crazy and/or bad dreams. She isn't aware she's doing it until she wakes up. How do help her to stop/control the drooling?

Homer Simpson Drooling

thirdparty — Fri, 17 Dec 2004 15:24:30 -0800

How would you transcribe Homer's drooling sound into the written (or typed) word?