How long would you say it takes you to fall asleep?

United States
January 13, 2008 7:30pm CST
What time do you usually go to bed and how long do it take you to get to sleep? It takes me what I FEEL is a very very long period of time to get to sleep. I have always had trouble getting to sleep and pills do not really help at all. I takes me anywhere from 1-3 hours to get to sleep. How about you how long do you usually take fall asleep?
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@lucy67 (819)
• China
15 Jan 08
i'm afraid it takes you too long to go to sleep. it is said the sooner you go to sleep, the healthier you are. i think you can go to see a doctor. it usually takes me 10 to 20 minutes to go to sleep but when i worry about something, it will take a long time for me to go to sleep.
• United States
15 Jan 08
That is probably true, I'll have to speak to my doctor about it.
@sacmom (14192)
• United States
15 Jan 08
It depends on how tired I am. Sometimes I can fall asleep moments after my head hits the pillow, other times it can take me a half hour, maybe 45 minutes. Either way, I don't try to go to sleep unless I am tired. If I tried to otherwise it would take me forever to fall asleep. I hated it when I was little because I had a bedtime of 7pm, yet I could never fall asleep at this time and I would just lay in bed with my eyes wide open. It would take me an hour or more before I would fall asleep. But I wasn't allowed to do anything else once it was time to hit the sack, so I'd just lay there and do nothing. Now my bedtime varies, though I usually go to sleep anywhere from 1 - 3am.
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• United States
15 Jan 08
That makes sense and its true it is annoying to have to go to bed when you are not tired because you end up really just laying in bed awake.
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• Australia
14 Jan 08
It often feels like I never sleep, I seem to be in a constant state of awareness, although my wife continually tells me I'm snoring. I think that often we think we are awake, but are in the first stage of sleep
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@lilybug (21107)
• United States
14 Jan 08
It really depends on how tired I am or if I am sick or not. Most nights I will fall asleep within about 20 minutes. If I am sick or have a headache it sometimes takes me a little bit longer. I think about an hour is the longest I have taken to fall asleep.
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@Ann2407 (305)
• China
14 Jan 08
It depends,if i feel tired,i fall into sleep quickly,but if i have a sober mind when i go to bed,it takes a long time for falling sleep.
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• Costa Rica
14 Jan 08
It happens to me too, i have a hard time falling asleep, sometimes i'm very tired, and i think i will sleep fast, but once i'm in my bed and i turn off the lights my mind gets very active and i think a lot of things, and in the end i spend like 2 hours trying to fall asleep, sometimes when i have the light on i fall asleep faster, but then i have to wake up to turn off the lights.
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• United States
15 Jan 08
That's what happens to me, It's a pain!
@lucgeta (924)
• France
15 Jan 08
Usually after 11PM and it doesn't take much to sleep most of days, particularly with music playing or the tv on in a low volume. It just helps me that low volume sound to fall asleep. Others days thou I could stay up til 2-3 in the morning.