sleeping upright

@bsi15, I have obstructive sleep apnea and sleeping on my sides helps reduce my AHI events. I have fallen asleep in the sitting position but not sure I want to make it the norm for me.🙂 There have been studies done. Here are a couple I found on the topic.

-- Postural Effect on Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Sitting Versus Supine
https://www.sleepmedres.org/journal/view.php?doi=10.17241/smr.2022.01312
-- The impact of semi-upright position on severity of sleep disordered breathing in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a two-arm, prospective, randomized controlled trial
https://bmcanesthesiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12871-023-02193-y

Interesting. I can't imagine this. I'm VERY fussy about where and how I can sleep. I can't sleep in any kind of public place--train, plane, etc. I can only sleep in a completely dark and silent room so have blackout shades, an eye mask to block the tiny bit of light that gets around the shades, and put small pieces of electrical tape over all the little red LED's on the TV and stereo equipment in my room. I also play white noise to get off to sleep to drown out any sounds from outside.

I can sympathize. I'm a bit like that myself, but only now, in later life. As a soldier, I could sleep on my head if needed. I have slept out in the bush at -30F in just a military sleeping bag (two down-filled bags with ties keeping them together and from twisting up inside, plus a cotton duck liner meant to be laundered).

Now, I use earplugs so that my wife's snoring doesn't keep me awake. Mind you, I'm now effectively deaf in my left ear, so if I fall asleep on my right side................. 😀

I think a raised sleeping position must be a good resort for some. As long as the relaxed pharyngeal and tongue tissues don't still sag much and come together to obstruct the flow, and as long as nocturnal congestion in the nares doesn't afflict the person (does for me some nights), the upright or semi-upright position ought to help.

thanks for the links.
It's only studied in special cases
I have no sleep apnea , but GERD.

Make the study on Tibet Monks , are they healthy , content with their sleep ?

Do average people need 2-4 uncomfortable weeks to "learn" it ?
Is it similar as in that reported example ?

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He had a peculiar sleep habit in that he sleeps sitting with his back on the head
of the bed several times a night, and then sleeps lying down when his buttocks numb.
He slept in a supine position for 60.1% of his total sleep time.
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In the general population, the semi-upright position has been used in the management of OSA.
We hypothesized that the use of a semi-upright position versus a non-elevated position
will reduce postoperative worsening of OSA in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgeries.
OSA = obstructive sleep apnea