<p>All I know is that I remembered some dreams, and they were slightly odd, and then I started taking melatonin, and then I had really totally strange, vivid dreams that I remembered for a long time. Then I stopped taking it and now I still have very odd dreams, although I remember them less in the long-term. I bought a bottle of it at Walgreens.</p>
<p>8-9 hours. And that’s with working forty hours a week while being full time. We’ll see how that changes when I get to davis though.</p>
<p>Exercise, don’t watch tv or look at a glowing screen for an hour before bed, do yoga (the best for me), drink sleepytime tea, read a very boring book…oh, and keep a pad of paper by the bed. If you’re like me, and stress about everything there is to do, just get up, write it all down and try to sleep. It does help sometimes to write it out. And it is very entertaining to see the random scribblings the next day.</p>
<p>Avoid taking medications/supplements if possible. You’ll become dependent on them.</p>
<p>Last year, I got anywhere from 3-7 hours of sleep and usually felt okay. This summer, though, I’ve been getting eight or nine a night…I don’t know if I can go back! lol</p>
<p>I’m gonna disagree with the glowing screen/TV thing. I watch movies to put me to sleep, and I know a lot of other people who do as well.</p>
<p>This is kind of a hard question to answer. Sometimes you intend on getting x hours of sleep but you have things to do. In HS, it was never my intention to go to bed at 2 and wake up at 5:30 on some nights but I had to to get work done. Honestly, this is what worries me for college. I fear that I will intend on getting x hours of sleep only to get x/2 or x/4 hours of sleep. When you get minimal sleep you easily feel it the next day; for me when I get minimal sleep the previous night I feel drained the next day and so lazy (like I want to sleep all day). My advice would be if you have a free day or two try to catch up on SOME sleep (probably 2-5 hours?); the reason I say some is that you never want to sleep all day (you don’t get nothing done!).</p>
<p>Two people have said it in this thread already. I’ll say it again. If you exercise regularly, you will have no problem sleeping. Stop being a fatass and run/bike/box/wrestle/swim/lift weights. Do something. It’ll help you fall asleep faster I guarantee you.</p>
<p>Well-said, hadsed</p>