How Long Does It Take You to Fall Asleep?

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It takes me a few minutes to fall asleep, usually. I've been through insomnia problems, and my main way of solving those is to not go to bed until I feel sleepy. The main causes of my insomnia are background noise and brain chatter.....brain chatter is probably linked to stress, but not necessarily.

It takes me over an hour to get to sleep, sometimes longer. I never feel as tired at night as I do in the afternoon, though.

I've almost got the narco. Even as a child I only slept at the max 6 hours, usually less. All I have to do is get horizontal, even midday or whenever, and I am out in 5 min. It is almost like I am in a coma too, I don't hear alarms-storms, nothing. I didn't hear a full fire alarm one time when it went off from a faulty sensor. When I wake up I'm fully awake, don't even lay there for a minute. Up and ready to go immediately, like I never went to sleep. Also, the less sleep I get the less I need ((kind of bipolary but not bipolar...or hyper..well kind of hyper .. )).

An hour, and sometimes it can exceed 2 hours.

It can be difficult for me to fall asleep, too. I wonder, however: I think there's another thread here about melatonin and the effects of taking a supplement of it (say, 1 x 1 mg tablet at night, just before bedtime) on your ability to fall asleep sooner and enjoy more restful sleep.

For me it can take up to an hour. There's usually a ton of thoughts going through my head which prevents me from going to sleep.

I usually don't look at the clock. One thing to mention though, is that I usually go pee at least once before falling asleep. Maybe over an hour.

For me, it's a schedule thing again. If I am required to, say, work 8-5, then I feel compelled to go to bed at an appropriate hour. But when I do that, no matter how little sleep I've had before that, it takes me at least an hour, usually more, to fall asleep. Without that imposed schedule, I don't even go to bed until I'm collapsing from exhaustion, then I fall asleep quickly.

around 2-3 am

It usually takes me at least half an hour. In some cases, I'll start to drift off and then something will bring me back to full consciousness (e.g. noisy neighbors) and I'll be unable to get to sleep for a few hours after that. Other times (especially in hotel beds) it will be pure insomnia and I'll be unable to sleep at all until 4-5 in the morning

On a side note, I haven't needed to use an alarm clock for several weeks now, but that will probably change when daylight savings kicks in.

It often takes me at least an hour to fall asleep, I go to bed around midnight, have to be up at 7. I have been experimenting with my pre-bedtime rituals, including not watching tv or playing video games before bed, having a hot bath before bed, drinking warm milk with honey before bed, deep breathing and exercising (to get myself properly worn out). Sometimes these things help, sometimes not.

I find my mind races once I'm in bed...my spouse is asleep and not talking to me, the tv's not distracting me, and it seems like I finally have time to think or plan or whatever. I've tried visualizing tranquil scenery (which some people say helps) but don't seem to have mastered it.

I'm not entirely sure on the exact amount of time it takes, but it is quite a while. I have always been mesmerized by people who have the ability to lay down, shut their eyes, and become unconscious under five minutes. I do not sleep very much, and when I do, it is usually between 4a.m.-1p.m. If I allow thoughts pertaining to sleep enter my mind, I am royally screwed for at least another hour.

Yeah, like some other people have said my most comfortable sleeping schedule is from around 2-10 or 3-11. If I have to wake up early I just don't get any sleep. It is misery. When I know I have to be up at a certain time it's even harder for me to fall asleep than usual.

It takes me forever and I hate it. Normally, I lay in bed for about an hour - if not two - trying to fall asleep, tired but unable to shut of my mind. And often times I wake up again and again, checking the clock and giving myself the allusion of not actually sleeping at all...

Someone above mentioned they sleep deeply. Yea, I don't at all. But I dream and I dream extremely vividly. I have multiple dreams which are unique and interesting, with dreams in which I'm not 'myself', but playing a character in a story. Which is one of the reasons I am able to lucid dream.

So, while it takes me ages to fall asleep, I love to be asleep and to dream. And that makes it all the more frustrating to not be able to fall asleep...