#44

Fall asleep incredibly quickly but wear a mask because of sleep apnoea so look like Bane.

#45

I think sugar is probably something for sure. I make sure not to have any caffeine after a small tea at 1600 though.

#46

I have no trouble getting to sleep, which goes against the anxious and over-analysing part of my personality. Get about 8 hours normally, struggle to think clearly on less than 7. Even sleep well in other people’s beds, although I much prefer sleeping by myself. Twice I have been told recently by separate people that their cat was walking all over me while I slept and I didn’t stir at all.

I appreciate this will come across as callous boasting to many, but that’s just the way it is!

#47

I’m good at going to sleep. Often wake up very early and won’t be able to get back to sleep for ages, especially if I’ve been drinking.

#48

sleep pretty heavily and long when I actually get to sleep

while trying to get to sleep, I frequently am quite restless, toss and turn over the entire double bed, constantly shift positions to try to get one more comfortable, turn the pillow over, sometimes find myself involuntarily doing that annoying leg vibration thing, etc. stopping myself from doing these things is hard

#49

I definitely struggle with my sleep if I’ve had a lot of sugar that day.

Always the possibility that eating loads of sugary treats is a consequence of other underlying issues that are also affecting my sleep though! :confused:

#51

I get to sleep very quickly most of the time, get a good 8 hours.

My problem is falling asleep downstairs in the evening, about nine or so. Doesn’t stop me then getting to sleep when I go to bed but is annoying for MrS and me as we lose the evening, with kids not going down until about 8.45 or so.

Can also sleep anytime/anywhere for a nap. Is handy.

#52

Awful. Terrible insomnia for years. I also sometimes have panic attacks in my sleep, which result in me waking up very suddenly, heart racing etc. I thought I had sleep apnea but a load of medical tests ruled that out. Who even knew that sleep panic attacks were a thing?!

#53

I get my bf to stroke my ears/hair but I think it’s more the sound that sends me to sleep than the feel? Like white noise basically

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#54

all right, James Murphy

#56

quite often toss and turn for 2 hours before I eventually sleep. Sometimes feel like I’m near to having a heart attack, my body feels weird these days.

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#59

One good thing about being diagnosed bipolar is the medication being a massive sedative. Extremely deep, long sleep and great dreams every night :+1:t4:

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#60

ive found myself doing this more and more, got no idea why

#61

I have a 3 year old, a 6 month old and work 2 on-call nights a week.
I’d say, not that great

#62

Generally getting a better chunk of uninterrupted sleep recently, though would like to get to sleep earlier and also I keep waking up an hour before I need to be up (though sometimes I will doze off again for some of that time).

This is the best my sleep has been since before R was born, even though he has been (mostly) sleeping through since he was quite small, having him just a few feet away I would still wake to any little noise he made.

I should be more disciplined with my bedtime. I have started putting my phone down and reading for a bit before bed, which is great and usually leads to less time lying awake, but I need to do that a bit earlier.

#63

yeah, not to my detriment yet, but it keeps the TV up at night

#66

oh yeah im king napper

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#67

I said this very thing yesterday - people thought I was joking, I wasn’t.

My afternoon productivity would increase immensely if I could pop off somewhere quiet for an hour or two for a nap around 1 in the afternoon.

Sleep wise I find mine is pretty mixed and goes through cycles and phases. At the moment I’m finding it a real struggle to get to sleep - the last three or four nights it’s been post midnight (including post 3am Sunday night). I try and keep to the same routine where possible - no screen time after I have an evening bath and read for half an hour before sleep.

During other phases I go completely the other way where I spend three or four nights conking out at 8pm and sleeping through so soundly and heavily that I struggle to get up the following morning.

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#68

My phone salaciously says I am, on average, eight hours in bed.

I generally sleep well during the week – find it easy to drop off and difficult to wake. What is important, and I only just realised, is my quality of sleep at the weekend. Stay up until the early morning on both Friday and Saturday and I struggle recovering the rest until midweek.

#69

I am completely reliant on my afternoon nap to function for the rest of the day, I don’t know what I am going to do when R stops needing an afternoon sleep.

Where my dad works they used to have a quiet lounge area where people would nap, I think they ditched it years ago in favour of more office space or something.