# My pinkies wake up a good 15 seconds after me.

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 24, 2003, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pinkies-wake-up-a-good-15-seconds-after-me/203502 "2003-09-24T07:56:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pinkies-wake-up-a-good-15-seconds-after-me/203502/1 "2003-09-24T07:56:45Z")

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Yes, you heard me correctly. My little fingers.  
When I wake up there is no feeling in my littlest fingers.

This worries me… that unthinking I might snap one of them off by snagging them on blanket or something (as there is an utter lack of feeling in them I don’t think I’d feel any pain or even know I’d done it)  
It used to be whole arm(s), but that doesn’t happen anymore.

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**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pinkies-wake-up-a-good-15-seconds-after-me/203502/2 "2003-09-24T10:24:50Z")

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Get checked for diabetes, assuming you have eliminated sleeping position as a cause.

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**Author:** ![bbeaty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c0e974/32.png) [@bbeaty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbeaty)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pinkies-wake-up-a-good-15-seconds-after-me/203502/3 "2003-09-25T08:01:59Z")

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Is it both pinkies?

This happens to me all the time, but only on one side, and if I sleep on my back, it doesn’t happen.

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**Author:** ![MartinL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@MartinL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MartinL)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pinkies-wake-up-a-good-15-seconds-after-me/203502/4 "2003-09-25T09:37:07Z")

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See a doctor if it happens regularly.  
Currently it may be a mere nuisance or less, but it could indicate a problem with your blood circulation.