I do.. all the time.. and mine are soft contacts that are pretty thick.
I'm legally blind without my contacts and I absolutely hate waking up and not being able to see anything, so sometimes I just decide to sleep with them in..
Do you take your contacts out every night??
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pomelo / 5789 posts
Yes I'm also as good as blind without them. Mine are soft and designed designed for overnight use
clementine / 916 posts
@travelingbrit: I'm so jealous that you have those! My prescription is too high for me to get them or I would..
@Bao: I agree, but I think I've just gotten used to it.. I really try not to sleep with them overnight, but I always take naps with them in.
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
Only on the off chance that I take a nap on the weekends.
persimmon / 1361 posts
Don't do it! You can get corneal ulcers that can cause you to need a corneal transplant if they are bad enough. I'm an ophthalmologist and we even say not to sleep in the ones that are "made" for sleeping in. Putting your contacts in solution disinfects them and allows your corneas time to heal from the trauma of wearing contacts. An occasional night of forgetting isn't likely to cause major issues, but I wouldn't make a habit of it. That's my PSA for the day 
honeydew / 7917 posts
I slept with them once overnight and hated the feeling of contacts being glued to my eyeball. I try my best to remember but my vision isn't that bad and I often forget that I'm wearing contacts.
bananas / 9229 posts
Only for short naps. Anything beyond and hour/hour and a half and I take them out.
GOLD / pineapple / 12662 posts
Yes. I try not to, but sometimes I am just too tired to make myself take them out after I get LO down (I just hop in bed and try to sleep for as long as she will let me!).
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
I wear hard contacts so I always take them out before going to bed. I do ocassionally nap with them in, but if I anticipate sleeping more than just a couple hours, they have to come out. They hurt my eyes and I hate struggling to get them out.
pomegranate / 3521 posts
@LaineysMom: I did for YEARS (not every single night) but for the most part I did. I did it for the same reason as you - I was basically blind without them. I then got LASIK - best decision ever.. I would highly recommend it.
bananas / 9118 posts
I never sleep in them! I value my vision and wouldn't want to put it at risk. I have a pair of glasses to wear before bed and early in the morning since my eyes are really bad.
persimmon / 1388 posts
I used to all the time in college. I pretty much wear my glasses every day now, though, (desk job = staring at computer screen all day = contact lens hell!)
honeydew / 7488 posts
I fall asleep with them on sometimes, and a few times, when I tried to take them out, I scratched my cornea. I took it out carefully, but I think it was just so glued to my eye that it injured my eye! I was light sensitive and had a watery eye for 2 days. Not something I recommend...
kiwi / 603 posts
I used to but I stopped when my Dr said I was damaging my eyes. It's really only about a minute to take them out and clean so I force myself to not be lazy. I also am so blind but I just put my glasses next to me on a shelf every night so I can put them on right away.
grapefruit / 4669 posts
Don't do it! I have corneal scarring from wearing my contacts too much and not changing them often enough. Have been in glasses for 3 yrs now because of it.
clementine / 916 posts
@REESE: I talked to my doctor about it and she said I can't get traditional lasik. I would need something (like a glass contact) implanted into my eye since my vision and astigmatism is so bad.. 
Okay, I'll try to take them out more.. I just wish I could see!
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
I had LASIK so no contacts anymore, but when I wore them I rarely slept in them longer than a nap-- it was SO uncomfortable and I hated that peeling them off my dry eye feeling. I had the overnight kind for a while, until I went to another eye doctor who told me they weren't good for my eyes and could be damaging the cornea to the point that I wouldn't be able to get LASIK. The discomfort of wearing regular ones to sleep was so much worse than the annoyance of going to the bathroom and taking them out that I rarely skipped it. I had glasses pretty much only for night and morning while the contacts were out. My vision was also really bad.
nectarine / 2127 posts
I used to wear mine for 3-4 months nonstop. It was pretty gross. I was 16-17 and didn't care.
I got LASIK as a college graduation present to myself and I love love love the results!
pineapple / 12234 posts
Only when I forget, but I hate the feeling of waking up with them in (it's making my eyes water just thinking about it!)
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