I only get around 6 hours of sleep per night and I hate having that. On a rare day off (when i decide to not show up to classes/work) I usually sleep for 14 hours, and even then i'm left exhausted. Most of the time I'll take a nap during bus trips, train rides, and afternoon classes to keep me going. I usually go to sleep at around 2am and I would like to sleep earlier but its not ideal seeing as I don't usually get home until 8-9 (10 if I'm working). I would've thought having midday-onwards classes this semester better but it's become just terrible. I just want to fall asleep and never wake up. (or, when I do, I feel refreshed or something)

Its not that I can't go to sleep, its just that there are too many important things to be completed.

Oh Jesus. Sleep. I've had trouble falling asleep since seventh grade. It comes and goes, but last week it was back, thankfully, not nearly as bad as it used to be. I don't get enough sleep as it is and I'm not a deep sleeper which means I very rarely feel rested and even if I wake up after getting enough sleep, I wake up sore and groggy. It's terrible.

Between school and work and homework and my internet addiction it's hard to get the 9 hours I apparently need each night. During the week I try to go to bed around 11:30 or midnight and get up around 6:30 for school (I can make my bus if I get up as late as 7:15 but then my make up is rushed and I have to wear a ponytail... and I HATE wearing ponytails). And of course, the "going to bed at 11:30" means falling asleep sometimes as late as 1 in the morning. The average person takes 7 minutes to fall asleep.

My sleep's not nearly as bad as it used to be. When I first started having trouble I'd be up until 2 or 3 or even 4, every night. There were even a few nights -- school nights -- where I didn't sleep at all. Once you get til about 5AM, you know that if you do fall asleep, there's no way in hell you're getting up for school. The **** thing is that I've tried EVERYTHING -- over the counter medication, herbal ****, prescription medication, meditation... None of it really worked for me. Oh, and there's not a huge correlation between my mood and my ability to sleep, either. I mean, there is sometimes, when it's obvious. If I'm really anxious or upset I can't sleep, but there will be average days where I'm in an average mood and I just can't sleep.

This is also why I don't get to school enough.

I normally get from 6-8 hours of sleep on school nights, but sometimes I only get like 2 or 3 because I always think to much when I'm trying to sleep and it keeps me up. On weekends I normally get 9-10 hours depending on the day/if I have anything to do that weekend. The longest I've ever slept, no joke, is 18 hours. Just went to bed and didn't wake back up for a while. Felt so good.

Lately I haven't been getting much sleep, because I just can't get to sleep. I usually fall asleep at around 1:00AM, and i have to get up at 8:30 AM, so usually 7-8 hours. This may sound good, but it really isnt.

Sad thing is I still don't have a life

It might sound really dumb, but keeping the pattern of not getting a lot of sleep, might make you feel a bit better than getting too much sleep all at once (on your day off)?
Brains tend to be very good at coping with the torture we put them through, but get knocked on their ass (a brain with an ass lol) when the predictable cycle of torture is broken. So, if you get me, you might feel a bit better in the short run if you try not to oversleep on your days off?
Obviously this isn't a sensible substitute for actual good sleep. </Dr's advice>

I have a rather strange sleeping pattern. I find myself either getting 8 hours of sleep on a school night or barely getting 5. It usually depends on what happened that day and how tired I am from the night before. I usually make up sleep on the weekend though, which is always nice.

I do have the occasional night where I can lay in bed for hours, eyes closed, and just cannot fall asleep. It can be irritating because there's never anything on my mind, I just usually have too much energy.

i literally do not even function on less than 8 1/2 hours of sleep. i get all irritable and can't focus on anything and just end up either hitting things or falling asleep in chem xD. if i get 9 or more though, i'm fine. i'll even wake up on weekends early just because i can't sleep any longer, and i'll be okay.

i have trouble falling asleep sometimes too, usually only if i'm thinking about something or upset. otherwise i listen to music and nod right off

I feel as if you are actually me. Especially the first period chem part.

dude, my chem teacher puts on the most monotonous movies (usually ones we've seen at least twice before) an hour before dismissal on a friday. like, what did she THINK was going to happen, really! xD