How well do you sleep?

[blondemoment123]

I've had sleeping issues for years. I'm lucky if I get 6 hours total.

[Deleted]

I'm usually asleep by 10 and up for work by 5 (4:30 if I have to shower). So I'm lucky if I get 7 hours.

Andy often wakes once a night, and H puts him back to sleep, but if he wakes twice I get the second one. Otherwise I sleep like the dead. I've noticed I sleep better by totally cutting caffeine after noon, exercising once a day, and doing something to relax at night like a hot shower or even just putting my feet up for 20 minutes before turning in.

I don't wake up feeling particularly rested but my body has adjusted for the most part. On really rough days I catch an hour nap on the train ride home.

[eddy]

Really well

Kids are actually to thank for this. Once you get them past the waking in the night thing, they are so fucking exhausting that I just fall into bed. Also add in a workout during the day and I am comotose.

If I get to bed by 10 pm I feel pretty rested when I wake up.

[jane6672]

It varies.

I don't sleep well on a regular basis; I have issues with waking in the night, disturbing dreams, restlessness, blah blah.

[Deleted]

I have the same problems. I fear I am basically addicted to Tylenol PM :/ Trying to wean myself off now. I'm down to a third of a tablet...

[candreco]

Usually I sleep really well, around 7 hours a night. If I'm stressed though, I have trouble falling asleep and don't sleep as soundly and wake more in the night. Then it's about 5 hours of crappy sleep.

[Deleted]

I have to be physically exhausted to sleep well. On days that I've worked out and run around like crazy I get a solid nights sleep and wake up feeling great. On a couch potato day I toss and turn all night and wake up groggy.

[rex]

In my normal state I can fall asleep wicked fast. I don't wake up and sleep 7-8 hours. It took a long time for me to get to that point. I used to have horrible insomnia and couldn't stay asleep. I had to make a conscious effort to develop a good sleep routine.

That all went to shit when I got pregnant. Although when I am actually asleep I am OUT. There is no waking me up.

[sunshineray]

I have never slept "well" and it typically takes me about 45min to an hour to fall asleep. I usually wake up once in the middle of the night for no reason (DD is 8) and there are some nights I have a hard time falling back asleep. Lately I've been getting anywhere from 3-8 hours, depending on lots of external factors. I'm also a sleep walker and sleep talker, so I'm constantly moving, kicking, etc.

[leeann]

Usually, I have no issue sleeping at home, in my room, in my bed. When I was in that temp. housing apartment, I could not sleep for anything. I tried wine, I tried ZZZquil, nothing worked. The bed sucked and it was super bright in there and I was just..unsettled. Since we've moved into the house, I have been getting around 7 hours a night everynight. It helps if I've worked out that day and have not had too much to drink- I find that the booze tends to mess with my ability to get my quality sleep.

[underwaterrhymes]

Hahahahahahaaaaaaaa.

Not well. Maybe 6 hours on a good night. But usually more like 3 - 5.

[wambam]

I used to sleep very poorly. I've gotten in a good rhythm now and I feel like a sleeping pro. I get at least 8 hours every night and almost always feel refreshed.

A good sleep routine was important for me. I stop drinking liquids at a certain time. I stop any screen time about an hour before bed (the blue light really messes with production of sleep hormones). Then I brush my teeth and read in bed for about 20 minutes. I go to bed very early. This makes me socially lame, but whatev.

[luckyval]

It takes me about 30 minutes to slow my brain down and get to sleep.

Once I'm asleep, I'm dead to the world.

I'm in a conundrum in that I love to stay up a little late just to putter around, but I need 9 hours of sleep to feel rested and I definitely don't get that.

[joenali]

I slept for 8.5 hours last night.which is pretty normal. I do get up once or twice to pee but go right back to bed. I can fall asleep in a few minutes after laying down. I try to get up early enough to have breakfast and coffee and by then I usually feel awake.

[BaliHai]

I sleep well generally, but reflux and having to pee has me up 2-3x/night now, so I'm not as well-rested as I could be. I need about nine netted hours to feel good in the morning (which for me means 10-11 hours of total sleep).

I try not to eat at least two hours before bed, limit my water around the same time, and put my phone down (usually to talk to H) twenty or so minutes before I want to fall asleep. I don't always do those things, and lately I've been reading on my Kindle with a little book light before sleep, but it doesn't seem to affect me one way or another, ultimately.

[snickers]

I usually go to bed at 10. fall asleep by 11 because I am watching TV or doing something. When I am not pregnant, I would sleep all night (except getting up to pee) until 6 AM (on a work day) or around 9 am on a weekend. I fall asleep pretty much as soon as the lights go out. Years ago I would lay awake for hours because my mind was always on, I had to learn to shut that all off at bedtime or I would never sleep.

It's a competently different story now.

[cc]

I get about 6 hours of sleep on the weeknights, and 8 on weekends. But, I take Xanax to sleep.

My therapist gave me some tips to try if the medicine wasn't working, which was use a sound machine (which I do and it does help) and concentrate on my breathing while counting down.

[picaflora]

It takes me roughly 10min to fall asleep the first time I go to bed. Longer if DH is already in bed/we go to bed at the same time. Its not unusual for me to wake up once to go to the bathroom - no matter the amount of liquids I've taken in during the day. Coming back from the bathroom I normally pass right back out. I'm pretty sure the dog wakes me up anywhere from 1 - 3 additional times with him getting on/off the bed. I think its time to kick him out of the room.

Lately my allergies have started acting up, and I'll wake myself up coughing 3-4 times a night. Its brutal. And I have to get up and walk around and drink a little water to get the coughing to stop.

8 hours is a good goal for me to hit. but it rarely happens. At this point I would settle for 6 without waking up.

[toepick]

I sleep from 11-7 almost every night. I'm a good sleeper and usually fall asleep within a minute or so.

[Jalapeñomel]

I've been getting 8ish hours. Despite the peeing, I sleep better pregnant than not.

[Deleted]

Pretty well. It usually takes me about a half hour to shut my brain off and fall asleep once I am in bed but then I sleep straight through. I'm usually asleep about 10:30-11 and wake up at 5:30 during the week.

[Deleted]

I'm usually asleep by about 1030, up around 7 but Half the time there is a baby wake up in that night.
Before kids I would regularly get 9+ hours, which i actually need. I've always needed more sleep than the average person I think.

I stop drinking caffeine after 12noom which helps me get to bed at a decent time.

[Deleted]

Lately I've been sleeping like crap. I toss and turn and just can't stay asleep. Plus my dog has to go out multiple times now so I'm constantly up and down. I went to bed at 10 last night and was up twice with the dog and once to pee. I feel tired and really need to work out but I doubt it will happen.

I was traveling a ton the last few weeks so I figure this is just my body adjusting to bring back home. Once I'm adjusted I normally toss and turn less and generally sleep pretty good.

[Deleted]

I typically get 7-8. But I can go back to sleep really easily, so I don't think I sleep well

[agnes]

I fall asleep very easily. Even if I've had caffiene before bed. I'll go to sleep no problem. It doesn't matter how much or how little I sleep, I never wake up feeling rested.

If I exercise, I crash earlier and sleep longer. If H is not sleeping well, this sometimes effect my sleep. I'll wake up more often through out the night because of his tossing and turning. The other times, I'm out cold and you can't wake me for shit.

Oh and every once in a while, if I drink too much before bed, I'll wake up a few times to go to the bathroom. That's annoying.

I think on average, I get about 8 or 9 hours of sleep.

[papie]

These days? Like a rock.  I wake up feeling like I didn't sleep enough though.  I just took a 2 hour nap because the 8 hours I got last night were not enough.  ugh. 

[thinklikeajellyfish]

I am a horrible sleeper. If I have something on my mind I can't turn my brain off. Even though I don't drink a lot of liquids I wake up 2-5 times a night to go to the bathroom (I've been to the doctor, nothing I can do). I get woken up very easily. My husband tends to fall asleep at the t.v.or computer, wake up at 4 or 5 and come to bed. That wakes me up and then I can't get back to sleep because I'm stressing that I only have three hours left to sleep. We came to the agreement that if he falls asleep, wakes up and it's past 2 a.m., he sleeps on the couch. That has helped astronomically. You would think he would make an effort to not fall asleep in the middle of a computer game...but, nope. 

I don't really have any sugggestions other than meds on nights that it's really important you get sllep (big meeting the next day or something. You are not alone, and I'm sorry you are struggling.

[jayandemm]

I get about 8 hours, 6 hours uninterrupted. W still wakes once at night, usually around 4:30/5am, but he nurses quickly and goes back to sleep. I used to take at least half an hour to settle down and go to sleep, but since having W, I pretty much fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow.

[wkatie]

I sleep pretty well. I am in bed from 10pm-6am, so 8 hours. But I get up once with the baby, usually between 3-4. He eats for 10 mins, then goes right back to sleep. Half the time I do to and the other half I kind of lightly doze until my alarms rings at 6.

[dirtyred]

I used to sleep like a dead person, but since menopause I've had all kinds of issues.  I'm happy if I can get 5 hours a night, ecstatic at 6.