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Going to sleep is a health problem now? He may have been tired and fell asleep and in his tossing and turning managed to turn himself over and be face down in

by zodPod 8y ago

Going to sleep is a health problem now? He may have been tired and fell asleep and in his tossing and turning managed to turn himself over and be face down in the water. I'm not sure why people are acting like this is impossible. Is there some measure to prevent this from happening in a float tank?

scottshamus 8y ago
Your body has automatic reflexes to wake you up if you start to inhale water or lack oxygen. If he didn't wake up, then there was probably some underlying health issue that actually put him into an unconscious state.
- hprotagonist 8y ago
  Or he was taking ketamine, or he was drunk, or any number of other things. This is not uncommon: https://www.reddit.com/r/Drugs/comments/3yrulm/took_ketamine_in_a_floating_tank_on_christmas/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Drugs/comments/3yrulm/took_ketamine... https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/floatation-tank-horror-4250837 https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/floatation-tank... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20533982 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20533982
- HeyLaughingBoy 8y ago
  Ha. At one time, my "go to" interesting story was the time I fell asleep underwater. You sure do wake up in a hurry!
- zodPod 8y ago
  That's true for sure but isn't it also deadly to inhale water into the lungs? I think I saw it's like 6 Tbps of water can kill you when inhaled. It feels like it's possible that that happened and, since it's dark and "sensory deprivation" happened that he couldn't figure out what was going on (since he had just waken up) and ended up inhaling more? I'm not really certain.
emmanuel_1234 8y ago
Additionally, the crazy high level of epsom salt in the tank makes the contact with your face very unpleasant, enough to wake anyone up. Accidentally flipping in those also feels very unlikely, it's nothing like flipping on a mattress and would require serious coordination.

by zodPod 8y ago

scottshamus 8y ago

Your body has automatic reflexes to wake you up if you start to inhale water or lack oxygen. If he didn't wake up, then there was probably some underlying health issue that actually put him into an unconscious state.

hprotagonist 8y ago
Or he was taking ketamine, or he was drunk, or any number of other things. This is not uncommon: https://www.reddit.com/r/Drugs/comments/3yrulm/took_ketamine_in_a_floating_tank_on_christmas/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Drugs/comments/3yrulm/took_ketamine... https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/floatation-tank-horror-4250837 https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/floatation-tank... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20533982 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20533982
HeyLaughingBoy 8y ago
Ha. At one time, my "go to" interesting story was the time I fell asleep underwater. You sure do wake up in a hurry!
zodPod 8y ago
That's true for sure but isn't it also deadly to inhale water into the lungs? I think I saw it's like 6 Tbps of water can kill you when inhaled. It feels like it's possible that that happened and, since it's dark and "sensory deprivation" happened that he couldn't figure out what was going on (since he had just waken up) and ended up inhaling more? I'm not really certain.

emmanuel_1234 8y ago

Additionally, the crazy high level of epsom salt in the tank makes the contact with your face very unpleasant, enough to wake anyone up. Accidentally flipping in those also feels very unlikely, it's nothing like flipping on a mattress and would require serious coordination.