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Sleep - How long does it take you
2005-03-16, 11:14 PM #1
Ok, on the average day, when you lay down with intent to fall asleep - how long does it take?
Not counting reading in bed..
It's taken me well over an hour for as long as I can remember. I hate it when people can just lay down, and fall asleep in a couple minutes, if that. I have to go a couple days without sleep, or be really exausted to do that. I hate people who can sleep easily.
2005-03-16, 11:16 PM #2
2-3 hours average. 2 or 3 days a week I don't sleep
diagnosed insomnia, abused my sleep meds so I don't get any more....

but hey, I'm now perfectly adapted to running on 2 hours of sleep for 36 hours on a regular basis. Although, that doesn't include anything besides work then sitting on my *** because I'm too tired to acknowledge existence.
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2005-03-16, 11:26 PM #3
It takes me about 2-5 minutes each night.

Edit: But in the morning, it usually takes me about 1.5-2 hours to wake up no matter how much I want to wake up.
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2005-03-16, 11:29 PM #4
Varies. Sometimes I pass right out (esp after a night in the town). Othertimes I lie there staring at the ceiling.
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2005-03-16, 11:33 PM #5
If I've got a lot on my mind, 30 mins to an hour
If I've been up for a day or more/am really tired/am reading I usually fall asleep accidently, so... 1 second
If I want to sleep and it's been a normal day, 5-10 minutes
2005-03-16, 11:38 PM #6
Depends, I usually am one of those people that falls asleep right when there head hits the pillow, but lately (with stress from midterms and such) it takes me close to 4-6 hours each night. But those evil things are over now...so maybe sleep will come easier...>_>

[Edit: for got to put a unit on that 4-6]
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2005-03-16, 11:45 PM #7
15-30 minutes most of the time. Lately, it's been more skewed toward the 15 minute side of the range since I'm really active every day of the week now.
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2005-03-16, 11:59 PM #8
Depends on what kind of mood I'm in.

I only sleep every other day when I'm "blue."

It usually takes me like an hour to fall asleep though, and I usually, when I can, sleep about 12 hours straight.
2005-03-17, 12:09 AM #9
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Originally posted by quesadilla_red
Depends, I usually am one of those people that falls asleep right when there head hits the pillow, but lately (with stress from midterms and such) it takes me close to 4-6 each night. But those evil things are over now...so maybe sleep will come easier...>_>


4-6 what? Seconds? Hours? Thats a lot of hours.

It usually takes me about an hour if I've been up for a good amount of time.
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2005-03-17, 12:12 AM #10
About an hour usually.

Yay, I'm normal!
2005-03-17, 12:28 AM #11
It depends. I guess an hour on average. When my mind is over active with numerous thoughts or I'm excited about something, it can take about 2-3 hours.
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2005-03-17, 1:44 AM #12
30 - 60 mins normally.
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2005-03-17, 2:29 AM #13
Used to take absolute ages, when i even could, for as long as i can remember. Though, once i moved away from sleeping on a bed to sleeping on a self-styled bedroll on the floor i tend to sleep better actually, combined with last 6 months or so popping melatonin every night, it is so my friend.
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2005-03-17, 3:37 AM #14
hmm... depends on how much ive eaten before i go to bed. food makes me sleepy. the quickest ever was probably last year after coming back from germany when i slept from 11pm till 12:30pm the next day. that took me less than a minute and i am not joking.

the longest its taken me? well i sometimes have a coffee or coke before i go to bed, which i admit is quite stupid :rolleyes: and then it takes me about 1 hour at least. one time, i remember i watched an entire series of red dwarf before falling asleep, lol
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2005-03-17, 3:41 AM #15
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Originally posted by Dormouse
Used to take absolute ages, when i even could, for as long as i can remember. Though, once i moved away from sleeping on a bed to sleeping on a self-styled bedroll on the floor i tend to sleep better actually, combined with last 6 months or so popping melatonin every night, it is so my friend.


Maybe you should stay up during nights and sleep during daytime. Mice are, after all, nocturnal creatures.
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2005-03-17, 3:54 AM #16
4-5 hours.

And that's an improvement. ****ing insomnia. :(
2005-03-17, 4:55 AM #17
usually 1-2 hours :(

Last night: got into bed at about 12:30 couldnt sleep. Was almost asleep at about 4:00 when a load of birds outside were chirping loudly..... Why the hell are birds up at 4am? :( It must have been about 5am by the time i actually got to sleep :( Then i had to get up at 8. Yay for 3 hours of sleep.
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2005-03-17, 5:40 AM #18
1 or 2 hours. Sometimes less, sometimes more. Usually depends on what I've been doing during the day.
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2005-03-17, 5:43 AM #19
Though sometimes it changes radically, I think it's somewhere around 30 minutes.
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2005-03-17, 5:46 AM #20
About ten minutes from when I put the book down to when I'm sleeping.
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2005-03-17, 6:30 AM #21
5-10 minutes. It's easy to fall asleep, just close your eyes and try thinking of 'nothing' it gets boring fast and u mind wanders off into a nice sleep.
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2005-03-17, 6:53 AM #22
About 30 seconds to a minute...

But that's cos I am usually up till 3-4am when I physically cant keep my eyes open any longer. Damn you Gran Turismo 4!!
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2005-03-17, 10:33 AM #23
Used to take me around 20 minutes. Now it's around 3 to 4 hours.
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2005-03-17, 10:49 AM #24
Quote:
Originally posted by SavageX378
It depends. I guess an hour on average. When my mind is over active with numerous thoughts or I'm excited about something, it can take about 2-3 hours.
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2005-03-17, 11:29 AM #25
Quote:
Originally posted by Compos Mentis
2-3 hours average. 2 or 3 days a week I don't sleep
diagnosed insomnia, abused my sleep meds so I don't get any more....

but hey, I'm now perfectly adapted to running on 2 hours of sleep for 36 hours on a regular basis. Although, that doesn't include anything besides work then sitting on my *** because I'm too tired to acknowledge existence.


That's pretty much my sleep pattern, except I sleep 2-3 hours a day.
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2005-03-17, 11:33 AM #26
Ohh about 15-20 minutes. About 30 minutes to an hour if I had a rough day/night. All depends for the most part. And if I come inside exhausted and tired i'll fall straight asleep, like many others as mentioned before.
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2005-03-17, 11:37 AM #27
All depends on what I do that day, it ranges from 10min to 2 hours.
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2005-03-17, 12:03 PM #28
Quote:
Originally posted by lassev
Maybe you should stay up during nights and sleep during daytime. Mice are, after all, nocturnal creatures.


Whenever i can get away with it [eg don't have early uni courses, i absolutely do just that. Or more commonly wake up in the evening and stay up 'til almost dawn.
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2005-03-17, 12:22 PM #29
I tend to go to bed at about 3am, usually takes 1 hour to get to sleep, sometimes 2 hours. I get up whenever I have to, if I don't have to get up i'm asleep till 2pm.

If i've had an early start I tend to accidentally fall asleep during the day, thus allowing me to stay awake till 4am, thus never allowing me to fix my sleep cycle.
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2005-03-17, 12:39 PM #30
I fall asleep within 30 minutes usually. I can't stand it when I lay in bed for longer than that.
2005-03-17, 12:58 PM #31
Depends on how tired I am. Usually on a school day when I do get into bed it takes 2-5 minutes. Occasionally it takes me an hour, or more (that is usually when I am not tired at all or too distracted).
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2005-03-17, 1:27 PM #32
5 minutes to 2 hours really. varies a lot
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2005-03-17, 1:29 PM #33
10-20 minutes usually. If you think you're over 20 or 30, you're probably not unless you've been diagnosed with insomnia. It just always feels a lot longer than it usually is. Plus we remember the awful times it takes so long the most.

My roomate though, can fall asleep within a minute or two. On nights were he's up late especially, he climbs into bed and is snoring within a minute.
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2005-03-17, 1:45 PM #34
Usually 20 mins, but can take up to 4 hours
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2005-03-17, 2:55 PM #35
My sleep patterns are pretty eratic. Sometimes it takes up to 4 or 5 hours at night, sometimes under an hour. It depends on how depressed/preoccupied I am.
2005-03-17, 6:19 PM #36
Usually 15-20 minutes, but sometimes up to an hour if my mind is overactive.
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2005-03-17, 6:22 PM #37
Quote:
Originally posted by Emon
10-20 minutes usually. If you think you're over 20 or 30, you're probably not unless you've been diagnosed with insomnia. It just always feels a lot longer than it usually is. Plus we remember the awful times it takes so long the most.

My roomate though, can fall asleep within a minute or two. On nights were he's up late especially, he climbs into bed and is snoring within a minute.


Some of us have clocks visible from our beds, I can quite easily judge the passage of 2 hours with such a device. I'd say about 1/2 of the times I go to sleep it takes about an hour.
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2005-03-17, 11:34 PM #38
No idea. I fall asleep before I can check the clock to see how long it has taken.
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2005-03-17, 11:48 PM #39
Quote:
Originally posted by DeTRiTiC-iQ
I tend to go to bed at about 3am, usually takes 1 hour to get to sleep, sometimes 2 hours. I get up whenever I have to, if I don't have to get up i'm asleep till 2pm.

If i've had an early start I tend to accidentally fall asleep during the day, thus allowing me to stay awake till 4am, thus never allowing me to fix my sleep cycle.
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2005-03-18, 12:10 AM #40
talking about sleep is making me very tired.....tiiiredd.....aaauuughh..*drifts off*

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