Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Anyone get triggered by taking naps?

For me sleep makes me feel better (unless I have already slept too much, but then I mostly get a headache). I think the only problem would be going to bed with a really full stomach. I feel the best if I sit down and take it easy and relax for 5-10 minutes after I finish a meal and then stay mildly active doing things like working at the computer or cleaning up in the kitchen or stuff like that for a while. But I can't remember ever reacting from waking up and going straight for dinner. (I think that happens pretty often as I have always been prone to taking naps in the late afternoon or early evening.) At least not while being pretty stable...

Maybe someone else has a different experience of this.

A theory could of course be that as the processes in your body slow down while you sleep so does the digestion, and then maybe it gets sort of chocked if you wake up and go straight to having dinner. If you have slept for a while and it's been a while since you last ate it could be that it's similar to how you would feel in the morning. I'd think it would be worse the heavier the meal is but I think it seems weird that you can't seem to eat anything...

/Ulrika, IBS-D

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