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How long does it take for you to fall asleep?
2007-10-15, 12:49 AM #1
Usually, how long does it take for you to fall asleep?

I tried to sleep at 12:20 a.m , but my alarm clock, with its horrible red digits, showed it was 12:40 a.m.

I usually just think of nothing and lie down and eventually fall asleep but this is making me go crazy. Usually, when I can't sleep after 20 - 40 minutes I just stay up all night.

So, how long does it take you to fall asleep?

Under normal conditions, I'd say after 5 - 10 minutes I'm asleep. I usually think of what happened during the day, what to do tomorrow, and important stuff.

Honestly, I think it is a gift to be able to sleep almost after a minute you've closed your eyes.
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2007-10-15, 12:52 AM #2
i used to have a really hard time falling asleep. i would spend literally several hours just laying in bed till i finally fell asleep. lately though as soon as im in bed im out like a light.
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2007-10-15, 12:53 AM #3
I would say half the time it's under 5 minutes and the other half under 10
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2007-10-15, 12:53 AM #4
It's roughly 4am and I have half a bottle of NyQuil in me. What do you think?
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2007-10-15, 12:59 AM #5
Oh, btw for all of you insomniac (darn, I spelled it wrong in the polls) people:

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2007-10-15, 1:04 AM #6
it usually takes me a while to fall asleep, though lately I've been going to bed late and exhausted so it hasn't been taking me very long
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2007-10-15, 1:26 AM #7
at the moment? Probobly three minutes
2007-10-15, 1:35 AM #8
I have a hard time falling asleep all the time. It can take hours sometimes, even when I'm exhausted and tired as hell, I just can't sleep.
2007-10-15, 1:47 AM #9
I seriously have no idea. Not long, though.

When I'm at a new place for the first time, it takes to tend like an hour or something. Or then not.
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2007-10-15, 2:19 AM #10
I usually don't have trouble falling asleep (as long as I haven't done anything silly like drinking stuff with caffeine in it before bed); my problem is waking up in the middle of the night (see: this post). Rarely does a night go by when I don't wake up a couple hours prior to when I had planned. I can usually get back to sleep though so v:)v

Oh, also

Originally posted by Warlockmish:
30 GB Zunes for 105 USD at Woot. Go check that out.


Nice, so that's what, like 5 bucks Canadian? :P
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2007-10-15, 3:53 AM #11
Somewhere around half an hour. My mind is way to active to just stop and go to sleep, it takes some effort to stop thinking about anything.
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2007-10-15, 5:01 AM #12
Originally posted by Warlockmish:
Honestly, I think it is a gift to be able to sleep almost after a minute you've closed your eyes.


1-5 minutes.

It's not a gift. I simply go to bed too late and get up too early everyday. Have kids. You'll learn to sleep 30 seconds after your head hits the pillow...
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2007-10-15, 5:40 AM #13
15+

unless theres a girl in my bed. in which case well, once we've decided to go to sleep, 5-10.
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2007-10-15, 6:30 AM #14
Originally posted by sugarless5:
it usually takes me a while to fall asleep, though lately I've been going to bed late and exhausted so it hasn't been taking me very long

Same.
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2007-10-15, 6:31 AM #15
Depends on whether I can shut my brain off or not. The nights when I really can't sleep I just can't stop thinking about things, which only keeps me awake longer.
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2007-10-15, 6:52 AM #16
It's random for me. Sometimes when I try to go to sleep at 10, I don't sleep until 3, but sometimes I'm out within 10 minutes. But never in 1 minute, that's impossible.
2007-10-15, 7:50 AM #17
With alcohol: Near instantaneous
Without alcohol: 10-15
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2007-10-15, 7:51 AM #18
Completely depends on a number of factors.
2007-10-15, 9:30 AM #19
It's taken me about 30-40 minutes to fall asleep all my life.
2007-10-15, 9:46 AM #20
I'm about the same as JG. Longer if I was active before going to bed.

Most people who say they are insomniacs aren't. And a lot of people who say it takes them 30-40 minutes really takes them about a third of that. It just seems a lot longer when you're doing nothing.
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2007-10-15, 9:50 AM #21
I honestly don't have a clue.

Unless I'm pissed of course, then I know its instantaneous. :P
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2007-10-15, 10:26 AM #22
Between 30 minutes and an hour, although I'm usually listening to something on my iPhone/iPod (usually a leo leporte show), so I don't know how you want to factor that in.
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2007-10-15, 11:17 AM #23
Either I fall asleep within 15 mins or it will take me several hours often I end up getting about 2 hours sleep.

Then again... my sleep pattern is awful. I tend to get at best 4-5 hours sleep during weeknights then about 12 hours on saturday and sunday.
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2007-10-15, 11:18 AM #24
Sometimes about 20-30 minutes. If my mind won't shut up or if I'm pissed off or something then It does take 45min- hour. But if I turn my clock around so I can't watch it an worry about how quick I'm getting to sleep, or listen to some music that help me relax, I know I get to sleep quicker. 5-10 minutes?
2007-10-15, 11:28 AM #25
15 minutes or so. Less if I've been really active during the day.
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2007-10-15, 11:35 AM #26
I usually fall asleep in less than 15 minutes. If I can tell sleep just isn't gonna come then I get up and do something until I'm ready to sleep.
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2007-10-15, 11:39 AM #27
I don't really even know if I fall asleep. I'll just stare at the ceiling, look at the clock wondering why I'm still awake, look at the clock again, and realize 4 hours has passed. I don't ever feel like I've just woken up though.
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2007-10-15, 11:55 AM #28
If I've had caffeine in the past few hours, I will lay awake for hours. But if I'm clean, usually about 10-20 minutes.
2007-10-15, 11:57 AM #29
Originally posted by Emon:
Most people who say they are insomniacs aren't.


I don't like not being able to sleep at night. :argh:
2007-10-15, 12:43 PM #30
Originally posted by Warlockmish:
Honestly, I think it is a gift to be able to sleep almost after a minute you've closed your eyes.


It's not a gift. It's called only getting 4-5 hours of sleep on a regular basis.

[edit: ah, I see I'm not the only one who thinks so]

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