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For years I was blessed with being able to sleep anytime, anywhere, as long as you leave me in peace and quiet for a while. Sometimes that included public transport or dentist's chair. I'd sleep 8 hours a night, and if I had to wake up early, I'd have a 30 minute nap in the afternoon. Then I got a kid and I he started calling the shots. Still, I would sleep 8 hours in the off chance if I was given the opportunity. Then, a few months ago, I started getting insomnia. I'd go to bed at midnight and wake up at 5 or 6 and couldn't sleep, even if the kid was still sleeping peacefully. It progressed, I'd wake up at 3 or 4. Sometimes I'd manage to fall asleep again, more often not. I was stressing out about it, which made it even worse. I'd go to bed worried that I won't sleep. I kept waking up earlier and earlier, to the low point when one night I couldn't fall asleep at all. We happened to have xanax at home (for the dog) so I took it that one time but normally I stick to bromazepam, which I take occasionally and in low doses. There are a lot of addicts in my family so I'm extra careful with medicine that can cause it. I find that if I wake up at night, bromazepam won't put me back to sleep, but if I take it before going to bed, my sleep will be sounder. The worst period is thankfully over and these days I sleep 5-6 hours at night and 15-20 minutes during the day. It looks like it's my new normal. Some issues persist. My sleep is disconnected from my need to sleep -- I don't sleep any better after a hard day's work than after an easy day. Also I often can't tell if I slept at all. I'll look at the time and see only 5 minutes passed, or maybe 90 minutes -- I can't feel the difference. I spoke with some friends and turns out most of them have sleep problems. Goons, how much do you sleep, and do you think you need more? tl;dr Man rambles about his sleep patterns and wants to poll other users.
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