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I doze off all the time, especially when having small talk with the wife. It can be a good thing sometimes - dozing off, not the stroke part. 
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Do you snore? Sleep Apnea and Thyroid issues from the WebMD article seem like likely causes.
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Might sound strange, but "don't sit in the chair".
Explained: First of all you have the psychological effect that your body and mind recognize it as a place of rest and sleep and therefore will "induce" a drousy effect.
Secondly, make sure to move more. You get energy by burning energy (in a strange way). Try sleeping when you just ran a few miles and you'll know what I'm talking about.
If you do sit in the chair, make sure to stand up regularly. If you're watching TV, stand up each commercial and do something. (toilet break, clean up kitchen a bit, ... I personally try to do 30 situps and 10 push up each commercial break, that amounts to around 150 situps and 50 push ups every evening )
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V. wrote: Might sound strange, but "don't sit in the chair".
You know what ? That makes perfect sense.
Couldn't see the forest for the trees.
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I konk out quite often too, but I'm old and I hear that's what us old timers do!
Someone's therapist knows all about you!
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C-P-User-3 wrote:
Just exactly what ARE the factors which increase the likelihood of this ?
Getting older?
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C-P-User-3 wrote: Just exactly what ARE the factors which increase the likelihood of this ?
In order of likelyhood:
0. American TV.
1. Hollywood movies.
2. Too much sugar in your diet.
Buy a mini sphygmomanometer, take readings three times a day for a week (at the same three times each day), then go say "Hi!" to your doctor.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: 0. American TV.
I don't own one, and haven't had one in my home for thirty years now.
Mark_Wallace wrote: 1. Hollywood movies.
Last movie I paid to watch was, I think, Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes
(I guess that that confirms how old I am)
Mark_Wallace wrote: 2. Too much sugar in your diet.
I make a deliberate effort to have a zero sugar intake, and I'm turbo psycho Nazi Schizo hostile toward high fructose corn sweetener (start another thread, as I am on a one man crusade to eliminate that poison drug from America). I do read labels on the very few (less than 10 percent) foods which I buy in any sort of container. Either of those two ingredients is an instant disqualification.
But hey, thanks for the feedback. You have confirmed my conviction on stuff to keep out of my life.
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C-P-User-3 wrote: I'm turbo psycho Nazi Schizo hostile toward high fructose corn sweetener
Nice to know I'm not the only one.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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C-P-User-3 wrote: Has anyone else personally experienced this, and fixed it ?
Yep. Used to fall asleep in my chair all the time. Stopped drinking. Stopped falling asleep in my chair.
It's worth pointing out that I only drank at night, at home, before bed. Never enough to get drunk (so, I wasn't passing out,) but far more than enough to get me solidly drowsy.
Could also be a crash from sugar or caffeine, if you partake of those earlier in the day.
That's about all the advice I can offer that hasn't already been given by someone else. Hope you get it sorted; even if it isn't affecting your health, I can say firsthand, falling asleep like that is elephanting annoying!
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Kyle Moyer wrote: Could also be a crash from sugar or caffeine, if you partake of those earlier in the day.
Zero on both. Zero alcohol as well. Thanks to you also for confirming stuff to keep out of my life.
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"A large fellow's a little disturbed, being surrounded by sea water. This needs a sailing vessel to resolve." (10)
Good luck!
Andy B
modified 20-Mar-17 6:40am.
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Not unless a secret team of MI6 agents have sneaked in and rearranged everything to suit their hidden agenda. Even then, no .
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Too bad, I thought he would have perfectly matched the definition.
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Submariner?
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.
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disturbed large fellow - igant (-> giant)
sea water - brine (salt water)
igant surrounded by brine:
ergo:
BRIGANTINE
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Well done! 100% correct.
Your turn tomorrow
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Aargh, that's great! I was toying with Brine, and I figured it was some kind of ship obviously. Couldn't make the leap to "Giant" though.
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.
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Funny, I had "Giant" immediately, but was struggling to get "Brine" 
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One can only think about what a stupid, "you will respect my authoritah" immigration officer would say to a long-winded correct answer on these topics.
http://www.recode.net/2017/2/28/14764064/nigerian-software-engineer-detained-by-us-customs
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I am OK with writing code on a piece of paper. What I am interested in is how they check if code is correct? If they are not testing it properly, I might as well get away writing a convoluted hello world.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Time for an article: "Customs and Immigration interview questions Part 1".
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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