What do you need to sleep?

[mix]

I need a cool, dark, and relatively quiet space. But I also need these:

[Kali]

1. um

those earplugs out of scale look...um....well...you know

[mix]

3. i buy the ear plugs at Walgreen's...the colors are always changing...

the purple batch i have now are the best i've had, they keep almost all sound out...they're incredible.

[gmoney]

2. Cool with blankets is best, and white noise of some sort...

there's an amazing White Noise app for the iPhone/iPod Touch that gives you like 50 different "flavors" of noises... put in the noise-blocking earbuds, and I could sleep in a revolving door.

but if that's not available, a fan or a radio tuned to static works fine, too.

[mix]

a good friend of mine is a white noise gal too

:hi:

[Mollis]

4. The sound of my bfs heartbeat.

I don't need it...but it helps :)

[mix]

8. that's very sweet, dream well

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. My dear mix!

I need to be good and tired, first.

I also need to have nothing substantial on my mind...

The room temperature is also very important...

:hi:

[mix]

6. that rings true for me too

[Tangerine LaBamba]

7. I needed a couple of these when there was some

major construction going on outside - lasted almost a year - but two of these babies bought me the perfect sleep environment.



http://www.sleepwellbaby.com/SleepMate-980A-White-Noise-Machine-p/sm-980.htm

Black-out drapes, door closed, TV on (sleep timer set), and cool cotton sheets - temperature as low as possible.

Heaven....................

[mix]

10. what an interesting machine,

i never knew there was such a thing, i might get one...

[mix]

9. Sleep masks, like the one above, are great for sleeping in/naps too, they keep out daylight.

[armyowalgreens]

11. Sleeping pills, lots of alcohol, or weed.

I suffer from insomnia.

[mix]

12. sounds like you had a rough night too

i hope you get there
:hug:

[armyowalgreens]

13. Why thank you. I'm so out of it from exhaustion that I might not need anything tonight.

Maybe a tad bit of weed though. :7

It's good for the soul.

[mwooldri]

14. Cool with blankets, plus dark room but radio on.

Plus my prescribed sleep aid.

I have to have noise on at all times - I have tinnitus and silence is deafening, literally because all you hear is this bloody ringing. The radio takes my mind off of it more or less.

Mark.

[Mugu]

17. I also have a severe case of tinnitus.

I leave the TV on all night. Sometimes it must be quite loud to overcome the ringing.

[Heidi]

15. I need a cool pillow! Has anyone invented a pillow that stays cool

without having to constantly flip it over to the cool side????

[rcrush]

38. But if you flip it over to the cool side you get Billy Dee Williams

[mitchum]

16. Ambien or exhaustion

[Richard Steele]

18. About 18 cans of beer, on an average day.

I'm fairly certain that I'm past "drinking problem"
and well into "serious alcoholic" territory.

Luckily, I foresaw this potential future, and planned for it:
I currently have no one who depends upon me, and no one
who will miss me much when I'm no longer here.

All in all, I sleep well.

[mix]

19. i always enjoy a beer run

[rcrush]

20. I just get smoke a bowl and leave pandora running

I will be out in minutes.

[Bunny]

21. A nice conversation with a real sweetie usually does the trick for me.

:loveya:

[mix]

39. talk helps

[AllenVanAllen]

22. Just a candy colored clown.

http://www.crazy4cult.com/Nathan%20Ota,%20Candy%20Colored%20Clown.jpg



and a fan for white noise...

[suninvited]

23. I understand the mask and the earplugs

but, how do you use a drawstring bag to help you sleep?

[mix]

27. magic beans

duh
:hi:

[NJmaverick]

24. I prefer melatonin, kava kava and an herbal sleep suppliment

On a side note, how do you manage to put in 4 ear plugs (I could never get past 2).

[Wapsie B]

25. White noise helps me.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

26. Leave me alone in a quiet place for five minutes and I'm out.

But it's nice to have a couple of cats next to me.

[TZ]

43. I was gonna say having fuzzy kitties curled up next to me.

The last few mornings I've woken up with my two girls wedged agaisnt me on opposite sides and I don't remember them getting there..

[Tuesday Afternoon]

28. 5 minutes.

[graywarrior]

29. A fan

and Alan. Dressed in black.

[backtoblue]

30. five minutes of silence or five hours of drinking.

[redqueen]

31. My teddy bear,

a night light, and for the last few months I also need the tv on. I used to hate light or noise when I was trying to sleep, but now I seem to need it.

[Dogmudgeon]

32. oxycodone

My ear has been infected for, literally, 31 years.

That's what happens when you don't have health insurance due to "a pre-existing condition".

My state recently got a program that pays for insurance. I may finally have a physician who can fix it.

--d!

[dysfunctional press]

41. mine gives me insomnia.

i'm a chronic pain patient who's been taking prescription narcotics for 12 years solid.

[Dogmudgeon]

50. Me, too ... just LESS insomnia

Less is the new More.

--d!

[dysfunctional press]

51. lunesta and flexeril...

nighty-night.

[Dogmudgeon]

52. They're out for me

Exercise is the most helpful, though the opiates promote weight gain. I'm currently built like a Sumo wrestler.

The locus of my pain is in my ear(s), so I don't get relief from "non-brainstem" meds.

My doctor says I should try to hook up with someone and have sex a lot more (more than never). That appears to be impossible. So I'll keep up with the hiking.

--d!

[RT Atlanta]

33. Coitus

after which I am out in no time at all (yes, I am male!)

[mix]

35. coitus?

all i got

koi (no tus)

[azmouse]

34. A good quality feather pillow.

[MissMillie]

36. I wear the light-blocking mask

I also take a valium to prevent the gnashing of teeth in my sleep (I was waking up w/ some pretty nasty migraines).

I keep a glass of water on the bedside table.

[femmocrat]

37. White noise and a cool dark room.

The fan is fine. I also usually fall asleep with the TV on low volume.

[mix]

40. this white noise thing is really new to me, i had no idea so many required it to sleep !

:hi:

[dysfunctional press]

42. a cool dark room, and 'songs for girls to sing' by the cat's miaow...

and fleece sheets on my tempurpedic mattress.

[SacredCow]

44. Cool and dark, with a fan providing air movement and white noise...

are the basic requirements.

Add crisp, 800 tpi sheets and pillowcases, and spoon me up with my significant other- and I'm out like a light.

[tandot]

45. A nanny who'll take care of my fussy 2-month old

Before he was born, I used to wear ear plugs because of my husband's snoring. Oh, how do I miss these times :)

[TrogL]

46. Any surface, doesn't even need to be level

I have been accused of sleeping standing up, but a floor helps - I still haven't got levitation mastered.

[mix]

48. i am that way too...as long as there aren't rocks

[JitterbugPerfume]

47. insomniac here

sometimes I would do just about anything to fall asleep and stay asleep for eight solid hours

[mix]

49. sorry to hear that

I've had periods of insomnia, awful. I'm better now.
:hug: