How many of you have to sleep with fans or other noise makers on?

[47of74]

Ever since I was about 12 years old it's been hard for me to sleep at night unless there's a fan going all night. Otherwise I have a hard time sleeping because it's often too quiet in a room. I can do it, but I just don't sleep as well then.

Anyone else have that where they need a fan or noise maker of some sort going in order to get a good night's sleep?

I just thought of it because of the amount of time I've been away from home as of late.

[Brickbat]

1. Mr. Brickbat does sometimes, but that's because he works crazy hours.

I can sleep through just about anything -- total silence or a lot of noise. I'm an Olympic sleeper.

ETA: One of the most comforting noises, IMO, is one of those old-fashioned vaporizers -- the dome-shaped ones. LOVE those.

[mdmc]

2. My gf uses a bi-pap machine

I've found it much easier to sleep when she is using this machine. When she is not around I miss the sound of the machine..

[david13]

3. No. I like quiet. I turn off any machinery or anything like that. dc

[gmoney]

4. I'm hooked on an iPhone app called "White Noise"

have a small set of speakers, and I just dock my ipod touch and start up the application, and it generates a smooth soft "hiss" noise that helps me drop right off at night. It has a timer function also, so it fades out in the morning, which will usually wake me up.

[supernova]

5. I listen to the spa channel on xm all night

My SO HATES it! :D

But when it's just me, I have it on all night on a very low setting, almost as if I was lying, having a treatment at a day spa. I have a tendency to wake up during the night, so I can wake up hear it, and then drift off again.

[Glorfindel]

6. I do - I find "white noise" very soothing and conducive to good sleep

n/t

[joeybee12]

7. Sleep with fans? Fans of which team?

:shrug:

[TZ]

13. LOL!

Okay Joey I saw this thread and thought of doing that as a naughty copycat.....I'm scared ....we are thinking alike..:scared:

[joeybee12]

14. Scared! That makes me petrified!

:evilgrin:

[47of74]

19. Just so long as it's not...

...fans of the Vikings, Cowboys, or Packers!

:evilgrin:

[joeybee12]

63. Don't worry...I don't do Evil!

Pretty much everything else, though. :blush:

[MissMillie]

8. I keep the TV on very low

and use a sleep timer so that it'll shut off after I fall asleep.

[Rhythm]

9. We always have a fan on in the bedroom...

Even if we travel somewhere else, we take one with us. It's too danged quiet without it, and the silence amplifies every unfamiliar noise.

[47of74]

20. I've got a little fan myself that I use for that purpose

It's for those cases where the hotel's system is either too quiet or the fan won't stay on continuously.

[tmyers09]

10. Absolutely cannot sleep without a fan.

[Drunken Irishman]

11. It's hard to sleep with a fan on during the winter because my room gets so cold.

However, I often will turn it on and aim it away from the bed just to drown out the television in another room.

How weird is that?

[47of74]

18. Mine does too

My home dates from the 1870s, and there is no duct work that reaches the second floor at all. I've got a space heater in my room that gets it nice and warm, even with the fan going. Otherwise it gets pretty cold in my room. We might be finally getting some duct work up into the attic here in a year or two so the entire house can have central heat and air.

[bamacrat]

12. Noise maker and fan.

Like the sound of rain and the movement of air.

[Forkboy]

15. I cannot sleep in total silence.

A fan, the tv (even just on snow), anything. Have to have it.

[bikebloke]

16. Only to drown out noisy neighbours.

Fans can get chilly in the winter. Especially when they find a kink in the blankets to get at you. For me, it's never too quiet for sleeping. Though lately instead of a fan, I've experimented with ear plugs I tried for travel that actually worked for sleeping on a overnight bus. It saves on the electric bill. I just hope I wake sometime in the night after the noise is off so I can remove them for the morning alarm.

[hippywife]

25. We just turn ours

away from the bed in the winter. But it's always on through the night whatever the weather. :hi:

ETA: When I was single, I slept with the TV on all night.

[GreenPartyVoter]

17. My husband and kids are like that.

[graywarrior]

21. Me.

Even in the dead of winter with a window open an inch. Otherwise, I don't sleep.

[S n o w b a l l]

22. Me...

Always a ceiling fan...no matter how cold.

[victoryparty]

23. Fan Man

Yup, I'm a Fan Man.

[janx]

24. My mother had a theory about that, and I think she was right...

She used to say that she liked the radio on during sleep and wake times because it was soothing...like having somebody around, people around, like family when you are falling asleep.

The problem I have with it now (and I use a radio at very low volume) is that my dreams are affected by it, and I don't sleep very well that way.

The fan is something else; I need that in the warmer months. It's very soothing.

[hippywife]

26. Mine used to be, too,

when I slept with the TV on all night. That was back when CNN was the only around the clock channel.

Have you tried a classical music station on the radio?

[Paper Roses]

27. I have not slept well for years and about a year ago I bought a

Homedics sound machine. I have it set to rain. I like the background noise, soothingly low but the quality of this machine is not good. I hear a buzzing sound mixed with the rain. One of these days I'll buy a better one but for now, this will do. It was about $20.00 at walmart.com. I could not find one in my local stores. I have since seen them in several places. In fact, I think I just saw one in Target. For clearer sound, I'd buy a find a different brand than mine.

Seems like a lot of us have trouble sleeping.

[nuxvomica]

28. I use to have box fan for that but now I have a little noise machine

It has different settings, including "white noise", "heartbeat", "stream", "summer night", and "tropical forest", but I always have it on "ocean waves". It automatically turns off after an hour.

[Blue_Tires]

59. i've been meaning to get one of those

i usually leave my PC running for 'white' noise... where can i find a noise machine?

[Digit]

29. I am a fan of fans

I sleep with the ceiling fan on and a small fan that sits on a table. I like the white noise and the air movement they provide.

[Mugu]

30. I have a severe case of tinnitus

so I need some type of noise (preferably a television) when I sleep. I will actually wake up if the TV goes off while I'm sleeping.

[abq e streeter]

31. have slept with a fan on for years, but trying to learn to be able to sleep in a silent room

with mixed success.

[rcrush]

32. I leave Pandora on while I'm falling asleep.

[Skittles]

33. I do, for sleeping during the day

[MilesColtrane]

34. I use an air purifier with a fan in it.

Only way I can get to sleep because of tinnitus.

[Retired AF Dem]

35. I don't now

In my Air Force days I worked mids. I always used a fan to drown out the noise of traffic, kids, the phone ringing while I was trying to sleep during the day.

[femmocrat]

36. I do in the summer. Don't use a fan in the winter, though.

I have to fall asleep with the TV on low volume, too. I tried a sound machine, but it gave me a headache. It's not because of noise--- there is no noise out here in the country. I just use it to turn off the static in my brain. C-span has the best "drone"--puts me right out.

[LibertyLover]

37. I loved my noise machine and used it every night - then

I got married. My husband hated it and wouldn't let me use it. I love it the few nights a year that he is not home so that I can use it. We used to have a ceiling fan in our bedroom and would run it most of the year. That helped. Then we lost the house to foreclosure and are renting a house that does not have fans (or much of anything except a decent yard for the dogs) so I'm back to no noise at night except his snoring. It sucks - I want my noise machine back.

[rurallib]

38. Must have AM radio on

I like to listen to the various 50,000 watt stations around the country.
But since they are mostly clearchannel now I am thinking of going to an internet radio.
Usually listen to CHWY from Toronto (old time R&R)
WGN or the chicago sports channel. If I wake up at 2 I switch on KOA in Denver.
Started this when I was @8 listening to R&R around the country on summer nights. (late '50s)

[SoxFan]

41. I used to search for baseball games

The Yankees, Mets, Orioles, and Phillies were usually pretty easy to pick up, as was the French broadcast from Montreal. On a good night, I could get the Cardinals on KMOX half a continent away.

[47of74]

45. I can get the French language station here in Iowa too

It's been a while since I've listened, but in the days before getting an iPod I used to listen to a French language station on 860 AM from time to time. I assume if it's not from Quebec it's somewhere in Canada.

[rurallib]

46. When I was a big baseball fan I used to also

and here in the midwest I could get:
Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, the Twins, Houston, Atlanta, the Yankees, Boston, Philly, Pittsburgh, Denver, Detroit, Texas. (oddly not Milwaukee, sometimes KC but not often)
The strike of '93, the big big money and homers in bushel baskets ruined baseball for me.
many of the 50,000 watters that used to carry baseball around the country have been bought by CC and have dropped baseball. But during the '70s and '80s I was never far from the action whether I was cutting grass, raking or whatever.

[elocs]

39. Even in the winter I will turn on the fan for some white noise.

It seems to help in quieting my brain in planning the next 3 years.

[Peregrine Took]

40. A white noise machine (surf) and a fan (hot flashes.) n/t

[Hayabusa]

42. I have the radio tuned into the local talk radio station...

for Coast to Coast AM! Sometimes, though, it can get really freaky and I change to another station that I sometimes listen to at night: a rock music station.

[Biker13]

66. Me too!

When Art Bell was the host. But George Noorey (sp?) drives me nuts! Now it's CNN.

[FormerDittoHead]

43. I use one w/Thunderstorm to drown out the traffic, now I need it. HEY, check this out...

http://www.ecotones.com/product.php

Adjusts the volume automatically to neutralize disruptive noises.

When the disruption subsides, Ecotones gradually returns to the restful and relaxing SoundStory you chose.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

44. I have a laugh track.

Very soothing.

[Enthusiast]

47. My wife must

have the TV on while she sleeps. AND, it must have the channel tuned to a program she likes-while she sleeps.

[av8rdave]

48. I absolutely must

A fan, a radio between stations, just some kind of white noise.

[oregonjen]

49. I use a radio under my pillow, so my hubby doesn't hear it

Works wonders for me. I have a hard time sleeping without it.

[dysfunctional press]

50. we have an hour-long thunderstorm cd that we put on at bedtime...

quiet keeps me awake...ever since i had an apartment overlooking division st. in chicago.

[astral]

51. I can not go to bed without sound

I used to long ago but now that I am used to background noise, I can't -- if I forget to turn it on, I have to get back up and do it!

[onestepforward]

52. I must have a fan too.

A big box fan. My husband is "hooked" now too! :)

[slay]

53. SimplyNoise.com - The best free white noise generator on the Internet

I actually use the pink noise one - more my pitch. Works great - I just run it on repeat all night. :)

http://simplynoise.com/

[SacredCow]

61. I downloaded one of their files and put it on my iPod....

Helps me to catch some Z's when on a plane.

[Rhiannon12866]

54. I have trouble sleeping without the voices on the television...

I didn't used to, but I learned to, and now I can't sleep in the silence. :-(

[Lucian]

55. I cannot sleep without a fan on.

Otherwise I hear everything and I toss and turn all night.

[Systematic Chaos]

56. I go insane trying to sleep without the whirrrrrrrr of a fan.

It's a habit I picked up about 20 years or so ago. I don't even really remember how or why (I think at the time I was just trying to keep cool), but now if I'm trying to sleep with just ambient sounds it drives me batshit.

[Deep13]

57. I like a fan. I feel like the air in fron tof my face...

...seems stale without it.

[bigwillq]

58. I need to have a TV on (nt)

[WillParkinson]

60. Me.

Fan and air purifier to block out noise.

Plus overhead ceiling fan or I can't breathe very well.

[dixiegrrrrl]

62. Wow,,I thought I was the only one!

Living in the South, the humidity is bothersome at night, so a box fan is helpful.
I also have a window A/C unit for the hottest nights.
both noises are nice to fall aslep to.
but it is the earplugs I cannot do without. Simply cannot sleep without them anymore, even tho we now live in a totally silent area.
Since the dog sleeps in my room I am not worried, he will let me know if anything needs my attention.

[Mutley]

64. I sleep with a fan on.

I have for as long as I can remember.

I think it started when I was a baby. I was born in El Paso, Texas, and my family didn't have air conditioning. So, my mother ran a fan in my room from day one. (Of course, I don't actually remember any of this. It's just what I've been told. Haha.)

It literally takes me hours to fall asleep if it is completely quiet in a room.

[TrogL]

65. Craftygal won't let me sleep with the groupies or roadies

[CraftyGal]

67. Probably because I would like to be included....

some of the people you worked with were adorable!

CraftyGal

[CraftyGal]

68. Back on Topic...

I used to sleep with a raido on as I had lived in apartments and often heard when people were home in the apartments above, below and next door. So it was a way to block out teh noise. When I moved in with TrogL I haven't been able to do that so my sleep is disturbed. I hear every noise in the house! So some nights, I end up sitting in the living room either reading or knittin/crocheting to get relaxed enouhg to go back to sleep.

CraftyGal

[meow2u3]

69. I sleep with my TV on

and turn it off just as I'm about to fall asleep. I can't sleep with other people's noise, be it in the house or outside.