How long does it take you to fall asleep?

lumberjim · 01-09-2016, 09:36 PM

Generally

Beestie · 01-09-2016, 09:38 PM

About 3 minutes

Griff · 01-09-2016, 11:31 PM

I read until I'm tired then fall asleep pretty quickly. I had trouble sleeping when I was hating my job. Right now I'm getting my exercise and enjoying the easy sleep of the sociopath.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-10-2016, 12:17 AM

Usually somewhere between vertical and horizontal, unless I land on my back. Seriously, sometimes I'll wake up at night and hadn't pulled the covers over me before I conked out.

glatt · 01-10-2016, 06:45 AM

When I was younger it might take me a couple hours. Now it takes a couple minutes. Having a regular schedule for 25 years will do that.

Clodfobble · 01-10-2016, 06:51 AM

Just a few minutes nowadays. Unless it's an evening where I can't sleep, in which case 2-4 hours. Those happen periodically. More difficult for me though is when I wake up at 5:00 on a very regular basis and can't go back to sleep, no matter how few hours I've gotten.

Not eating within 2 hours of bed, and not looking at my phone within 30 minutes of bed both make a dramatic difference.

fargon · 01-10-2016, 07:44 AM

I'm asleep before my head hits the pillow

lumberjim · 01-10-2016, 08:26 AM

I hate that falling awake thing too, clod. Happens in spurts. Like 3 times last week. I'm right out within 5 minutes, but if I wake up at 5, it takes until 20 minutes from the alarm clock to get back to sleep

Undertoad · 01-10-2016, 10:26 AM

My whole life before anti-depressants: half hour to fall asleep

After: 5 minutes

Now 4 years off them: 5 minutes

Similar numbers on waking up. Now if I hit the snooze button, it doesn't work, I wake up anyway. Brain has been reprogrammed.

footfootfoot · 01-10-2016, 10:41 AM

If I'm lucky, 45 minutes, even following all my sleep hygiene protocols and my sleeping pills. Otherwise, hours.

The mm can fall asleep in minutes.

Griff · 01-10-2016, 10:42 AM

That potential for reprogramming is something people don't seem to grasp fully until they've done it or seen it. Congrats on your success, it's nothing short of amazing isn't it?

Undertoad · 01-10-2016, 12:20 PM

It's pretty much everything, except eventually the reprogramming went too far. I only needed about half of it. But that's impossible to see until it's in retrospect

monster · 01-10-2016, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Just a few minutes nowadays. Unless it's an evening where I can't sleep, in which case 2-4 hours. Those happen periodically. More difficult for me though is when I wake up at 5:00 on a very regular basis and can't go back to sleep, no matter how few hours I've gotten.

Not eating within 2 hours of bed, and not looking at my phone within 30 minutes of bed both make a dramatic difference.

exactly this. Used to be hours every night. Just didn't bother going to bed until I was falling asleep. Only difference is my "falling awake" happens at 3am -ish. Only an hour or so before I need to get up on weekdays when I don't actually have to get up at 3am, but horrible on the weekends. This morning, I woke at 3ish and didn't get properly back to sleep until gone 7, and had to be up at around 9. oh well

monster · 01-10-2016, 06:38 PM

....I get about 5 hours a night on average

glatt · 01-10-2016, 06:50 PM

This doesn't show how long it takes to fall asleep but it's the data I have about how well I sleep.

01-09-2016, 09:36 PM	#1
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	How long does it take you to fall asleep? Generally __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-09-2016, 09:38 PM	#2
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	About 3 minutes __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

01-09-2016, 11:31 PM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I read until I'm tired then fall asleep pretty quickly. I had trouble sleeping when I was hating my job. Right now I'm getting my exercise and enjoying the easy sleep of the sociopath. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis Last edited by Griff; 01-09-2016 at 11:32 PM. Reason: Maybe 5 minutes

01-10-2016, 12:17 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Usually somewhere between vertical and horizontal, unless I land on my back. Seriously, sometimes I'll wake up at night and hadn't pulled the covers over me before I conked out. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-10-2016, 06:51 AM	#6
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Just a few minutes nowadays. Unless it's an evening where I can't sleep, in which case 2-4 hours. Those happen periodically. More difficult for me though is when I wake up at 5:00 on a very regular basis and can't go back to sleep, no matter how few hours I've gotten. Not eating within 2 hours of bed, and not looking at my phone within 30 minutes of bed both make a dramatic difference. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

01-10-2016, 06:45 AM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	When I was younger it might take me a couple hours. Now it takes a couple minutes. Having a regular schedule for 25 years will do that.

01-10-2016, 07:44 AM	#7
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	I'm asleep before my head hits the pillow __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

01-10-2016, 08:26 AM	#8
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I hate that falling awake thing too, clod. Happens in spurts. Like 3 times last week. I'm right out within 5 minutes, but if I wake up at 5, it takes until 20 minutes from the alarm clock to get back to sleep __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-10-2016, 10:26 AM	#9
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	My whole life before anti-depressants: half hour to fall asleep After: 5 minutes Now 4 years off them: 5 minutes Similar numbers on waking up. Now if I hit the snooze button, it doesn't work, I wake up anyway. Brain has been reprogrammed.

01-10-2016, 10:41 AM	#10
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	If I'm lucky, 45 minutes, even following all my sleep hygiene protocols and my sleeping pills. Otherwise, hours. The mm can fall asleep in minutes. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-10-2016, 10:42 AM	#11
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	That potential for reprogramming is something people don't seem to grasp fully until they've done it or seen it. Congrats on your success, it's nothing short of amazing isn't it? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-10-2016, 12:20 PM	#12
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It's pretty much everything, except eventually the reprogramming went too far. I only needed about half of it. But that's impossible to see until it's in retrospect

01-10-2016, 06:38 PM	#14
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	....I get about 5 hours a night on average __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-10-2016, 06:50 PM	#15
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	This doesn't show how long it takes to fall asleep but it's the data I have about how well I sleep.

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