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WillParkinson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-12-10 10:37 PM
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How well do you sleep?
Paul and Kenny can fall asleep as soon as their heads hit the pillow. I have to lay there for a while before I finally fall asleep.

Paul and Kenny can sleep through most of the noise in the house. I wake up over a weird noise (like Cider wiggling the door handle which is what just woke me now).

How about you? Sleep good?
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one_voice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-12-10 11:01 PM
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1. Haven't slept well in about....
17 years. My husband can fall asleep within minutes of laying down. Not me, I'll toss and turn for at least an hour, usually longer. And I wake up frequently. I'm always tired, but never take a nap.
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WillParkinson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-12-10 11:03 PM
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2. I only sleep in naps...
A couple hours here, a couple hours there. It's not bad on my off days, but it sucks for work.
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-12-10 11:16 PM
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3. since I got my apnea diagnosis and cpap I sleep like a hound dog
7 to 8 hours at night straight through, maybe a half hour to an hour afternoon nap when it's hot or I am tired from something else

I used to be up to the bathroom 5 or 6 times a night, toss and turn, read for hours, sleepy all day - multiple naps, ALWAYS tired. I think I must have never slept much since I was a little kid. It just got worse and worse. CPAP saved my life. I am sure of it.
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billlll Donating Member (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-12-10 11:21 PM
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5. thick slurry of powderded milk works for a while
Several nites

But some drowsy in morning.
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JTG of the PRB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-12-10 11:17 PM
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4. When I'm out, I'm out. I sleep like a rock.
Not like a dog, not like a log... A ROCK.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-12-10 11:28 PM
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6. I never sleep more than three hours at a time
I sleep during the day and day shift morons keep me awake
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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-13-10 12:22 AM
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7. I am the Sleep Monster.
I can go to sleep anywhere, any time.

Okay, I can't sleep on airplanes. Tried. Can't. Anywhere else though? No problem. Head. Pillow. Sleep. I say it's because I have a clear mind, the Ex says it's because I don't care about anything. I think I learned it by sleeping on the other side of a steel wall from an ornance elevator on an aircraft carrier. That elevator was in use 24/7.

If I have the next day off, I can go to bed the night before at 10 p.m. and sleep solid until after 8 a.m. the next morning, then doze on and off until about 11 or so. No problem whatsoever.
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WillParkinson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-13-10 03:03 AM
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10. I hate you.
:P

I wish I could sleep. When we went to Vermont for our wedding we took the Amtrak there. Paul had no problem sleeping. I felt like the Princess and the Pea. Something was poking me in the back and I couldn't figure out what it was in the tight compartment.
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grace0418 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-13-10 12:30 AM
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8. I can fall asleep anywhere at any time in any position. My poor husband has insomnia and is always
Edited on Mon Sep-13-10 12:30 AM by grace0418
jealous at my ability to fall asleep in seconds. My siblings tell me that all changed when they turned forty so I'm waiting. So far so good though.

I have woken up many a time and realized I fell asleep while working and there is an imprint of my keyboard on my forehead (and paragraphs of nonsense in the body of an email or something).
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-13-10 12:46 AM
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9. not well enough most of the time
i can rarely get comfortable. i hate my mattress.
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zanana1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-13-10 05:45 AM
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11. Chronic insomnia.
At least one night a week, I get no sleep at all. When that happens and I have a free couple of hours during the day, I nap. I sleep more like a cat or a dog than a human. I've never really had a sleep "schedule", and I think that messed me up. I don't have a schedule for lunch or dinner, either. I freelance my wsy through life.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-13-10 06:43 AM
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12. not as well lately - getting up at 6 to get the high schooler out the door
doesn't help, really. :(
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