Do you tend to sleep when you are full?

@Janet357 (75646)
October 9, 2020 8:35am CST
It is just past 9pm here but I feel very sleepy. I don't want to sleep because I just finished my dinner. I am stuffed! Do you tend to feel this way when you are full? Is it true that sleeping when you are full is bad?
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• Philippines
10 Oct 20
Yes, I tend to feel sleepy after eating a meal at times
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@Janet357 (75646)
11 Oct 20
do you drink coffee to fight it down?
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• Philippines
12 Oct 20
@Janet357 Yes, I do, especially when I need to work in the evening
@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
10 Oct 20
Do you tend to feel this way when you are full? Yes, I feel sleepy when I am full. Is it true that sleeping when you are full is bad? Not sure but I do not sleep when I'm full.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
12 Oct 20
@Janet357 it might have a scientific basis although I have to look it up.
@Janet357 (75646)
11 Oct 20
Yes that is the best thing we can do though i think it is just a myth.
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@DianneN (247184)
• United States
9 Oct 20
I never feel sleepy after eating a meal. Yes, it's true. It's not good to go to bed with a full stomach. I never eat after dinner.
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@Janet357 (75646)
11 Oct 20
Oh,.I wish I was like that. Do you drink coffee after a meal?
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@DianneN (247184)
• United States
12 Oct 20
@Janet357 I only drink one cup in the morning, but could drink one at night and go right to sleep.
@meowch (2220)
• United States
9 Oct 20
I feel tired when I'm full but never sleepy. I make sure I exercise one hour after I eat. I think it's bad sleeping when you are full because you can gain weight. It's better to wait longer till the food is digested fully.
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@meowch (2220)
• United States
11 Oct 20
@Janet357 I walk on the treadmill.
@Janet357 (75646)
11 Oct 20
Oh,.Okay..what sort of exercise do you do then?
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@sophie09 (34236)
• Indonesia
9 Oct 20
Yes after earing right? I feel that too
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@Janet357 (75646)
11 Oct 20
Well, do you sleep after that?
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@sophie09 (34236)
• Indonesia
11 Oct 20
@Janet357 hahah i feel sleepy but not wanna sleep right after i eat
@Kanika1234 (1546)
• India
9 Oct 20
Yes I also feels the same but don't know this is good or bad
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@Janet357 (75646)
11 Oct 20
me too. it is still a big question.
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• India
12 Oct 20
@Janet357 yeah right
@stringer321 (5644)
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
9 Oct 20
Did it hurt you at the side when walking after eating ? It hurts because of the food moving through the digestion system. You need to be relaxed and not to put pressure on the vital organs. The liver, the kidneys, stomach, and etc...don't sleep on them, it hurts and it hurts for a reason. Do you feel sleepy after getting full of water or a salad ? Some foods make more tired than others.
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@Janet357 (75646)
11 Oct 20
no nothing hurts in me. I just feel.sleepy when I eat a lot though it does not happen always.
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@rakski (126225)
• Philippines
9 Oct 20
most of the time I feel sleepy after eating my lunch but I usually do not sleep when I am full
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@rakski (126225)
• Philippines
12 Oct 20
@Janet357 same here.
@Janet357 (75646)
11 Oct 20
Though i have not experienced having a nightmare as they claim
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@Dena91 (16699)
• United States
9 Oct 20
Heavier meals tend to make me sleepy. If I'm tired I'll sleep. I don't know if it is good or bad for you. Like anything you can get all sorts of opinions on it.
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@Janet357 (75646)
11 Oct 20
Especially, in your case, you live in a cold.country, so that will just make you very very sleepy.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
9 Oct 20
Jay always gets tired, right after a big dinner. The reason, a person's body is using most of its energy to digest that meal. I never eat a large meal, after six o'clock at night. Digesting food at night causes sleep problems. I've also heard it's bad for the heart.
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@Janet357 (75646)
11 Oct 20
This is a very scientific explanation. Thanks Miss Kharla. Now, i know why we get sleepy.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
11 Oct 20
@Janet357 Almost all the person's energy, goes to the digestive process.
• Santiago, Chile
9 Oct 20
Yes I do. I even tend to fall asleep after a shower.
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@Janet357 (75646)
11 Oct 20
I think most men are like that. It is hard for us women to.fall.asleep
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• Santiago, Chile
11 Oct 20
@Janet357 haha I think that too!
• India
9 Oct 20
Haha this is common during afternoon or lunch time but I try to take lighter dinners
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@Janet357 (75646)
11 Oct 20
true..Afternoon meal.will.send you to.bed and what if you are in the office? lol
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• India
12 Oct 20
@Janet357 I manage somehow but at work mostly I took lighter lunches
@rhuenz (10643)
9 Oct 20
I can't sleep when i am full, They said so,it's not good to sleep with that condition.
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@Janet357 (75646)
11 Oct 20
How true is this?
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@rhuenz (10643)
11 Oct 20
@Janet357 they said if you are full to sleep you will get snore and i experienced it. Actually after eating ,should be two hours gap before going to bed is better.