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Insomnia?
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I know people who just lay down in bed and are asleep within five minutes. That's not me. It's takes me at least fifteen minutes of lying in bed before I feel even remotely drowsy. Is this just a mild case of insomnia, or are there a lot more people like this out there?
Do you think it's normal?
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I get it all the time. I have athletes' insomnia. That mena that if I am really active during the day, I can fall asleep easily. If I do little or not activity, I take an hour or more to get to sleep. If you also have a hard time waking up, even after enough sleep, this can be a sign of depression.
Anonymous
People who fall asleep in less than 5 minutes are most likely sleep deprived. It is healthy and normal to take 15-20 minutes before falling asleep.

I however have night where it can take me a couple hours. I consider that a mild case of insomnia.

If you want to read up on sleep, check out PowerSleep by Maas. Anyone who went to Cornell knows what I'm talking about.
Wake up fine. Faster than others, even.
i find i only sleep as quick as what you expect is normal when im truly exausted or passed out drunk!
What happens if you do a lot of Coke? I have not slept in 12 hours. I am getting sleep Depo. This is why i am an a-Hole.
I WISH it took me only 15 minutes to fall asleep!! On good nights it takes me a good half hour! Most nights I'm awake in bed for 2 hours or more, trying to fall asleep by reading or counting sheep etc.

The longest I've gone without sleep is 5 days. You are not suffering from insomnia. You are lucky.
takes me about a half an hour..ur lucky
Anonymous
you don't have insomnia, it's completely normal.
Oooh 15 minutes... is that all? It takes me a few hours. But I can get by without a lot of sleep. I have late nights and usually wake up early and I still have energy for the day. Hey wait... is that normal? ARGH NO! What if I have insomnia? Is it such a bad thing?
I can't fall asleep until atleast 30 minutes.
lucky it takes me an hour my imagination is too active
it takes me about 3 hours to get to sleep because im always worrying, just try to relax.
Insomnia is really crap, it takes me hours to get to sleep at night no matter how tired i am. But during the day even if im wide awake and i go to my bed i can fall asleep in about 10mins its very odd