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Why does it take me a long time to fall asleep?

How can you time a power nap if you don't know how long it'll take to fall asleep?

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    Sleep with your iPod on full blast, but set a playlist that does 20-25 minutes of a silent song, followed by a wake-up song. Turn off shuffle so that it plays in order. You can go into iTunes and create a version of a song for power naps: Make a copy of the song Right click and select the "Get Info" option Go to the "Info" Tab and rename it SLEEP or something Go to the "Options" tab Drag the "Volume Adjustment" bar all the way to the left (-100%) Click the "stop time" radio button and type "25:00.000" Click OK Make a "Power nap" playlist Put SLEEP as song #1 Put something that will wake you up on song #2 Put a completely different song for song #3, so that if your body gets used to song #2, song #3 will still be a shock I use a Massive Attack song for #2 to bring me out of sleep more softly, and Rage Against the Machine for song #3 as an emergency backup. #3 needs to be an energizing song that you like, not just some brutal Heavy Metal you will just turn off out of frustration. Unless you're into heavy metal, in which case you shouldn't use Dave Matthews Band for song #3 - again, you might just rip your earphones off and go back to sleep. No iPod? Take a double-dose of Pepto Bismol (the liquid form, it needs to work right away) followed by a 5-hour energy shot. The Pepto slows down the absorption of the 5-hour energy by about 15 minutes, and since it takes about 5 minutes for the 5 hr energy to get into your system, you have 20 minutes to sleep before waking up chemically. This is not as good or as healthy as the iPod treatment, but it works in a pinch, especially if you've been up all night studying. Good Luck!

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There's no mathematical formula for this one. You kind of just figure it out. Since I'm constantly sleep deprived, I've noticed that typically I can fall asleep within 5 minutes. So if I'm power napping, I'll set the alarm clock to 25 minutes from when I get in bed. If for whatever reason, I'm not asleep in 5 min, I just push the alarm back a bit. This isn't hard to do, especially if you're using your cell phone as your alarm clock. Of course, your results will vary, but after a few power naps, you should have a system down. Edit - Interestingly enough, a sleep disorders lecture I recently attended said that the average human falls asleep within 15 minutes while only those that are severely sleep deprived fall asleep <5 min after hitting the bed. Yep, sounds about right.

Devicka Ojha

I generally feel that you don't really have to time naps that precisely. My standard afternoon nap is 25 minutes. Sometimes I fall asleep right away, sometimes I don't fall asleep at all. My theory is that it's fairly self-regulating, so that the more you need the sleep the quicker you'll fall asleep. Even if I don't fall asleep, 25 minutes of rest for the body and mind seems beneficial.

Phil Darnowsky

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