Do you get sleepy when you read?

[danlo]

I fall asleep a lot too--I only read 250 pages in '09. I'm back into it now-have read over 600 pages since the beginning of April. I think my reading shut down because I was too proud to admit I need readers--I tried a pair on at my local used bookstore and the words just sprang into my head, as if saying, "read us, or we will kill you."

[aliantha]

I fall asleep a lot too--I only read 250 pages in '09. I'm back into it now-have read over 600 pages since the beginning of April. I think my reading shut down because I was too proud to admit I need readers--I tried a pair on at my local used bookstore and the words just sprang into my head, as if saying, "read us, or we will kill you."

[matrixman]

I don't think I have this problem of drowsiness when reading. If a book excites me and I'm really into it, the hours just fly by. Which is not good if I have to work the next morning, so I try to do that only on weekends. But I rarely do that kind of intensive reading anymore. My problem - if it really is one - is that I'm simply not the voracious reader I once was.

Still, as I say, give me a book that truly excites my imagination, and I'll tear through it, sleep be damned.

[Infelice]

I fall asleep a lot too--I only read 250 pages in '09. I'm back into it now-have read over 600 pages since the beginning of April. I think my reading shut down because I was too proud to admit I need readers--I tried a pair on at my local used bookstore and the words just sprang into my head, as if saying, "read us, or we will kill you."

Its amazing what a little pair of glasses will do for sustaining reading capabilities. *sigh* its been over a year now since I started wearing glasses for reading and they have really helped. I started developing bad headaches from trying to focus my eyes too much. You dont realise your doing it until you put on a pair of glasses and WOW!! Being able to read is so much easier now.

I was a notorious faller asleeper while reading, so much so, that I had real concerns about it when I started back at uni. Soooooooo much reading and so borrrrrrrrrrrrringgggggg reading to make matters worse. The glasses have helped lessen eye strain and fatigue. Now I basicially spend a good 8-10 hours either reading or writing and not one snooze.

[Vraith]

Never been a problem for me. In fact, I have the opposite...reading keeps me awake. When I read in bed, I have to force myself to put the book down, otherwise I'd be up all night.

--A

Yep, that's me all the way. If I really need to go to sleep I have to make sure there aren't any unfinished books in reach.

On the sleep deficit thing...I don't know about elsewhere in the world, but a US study showed almost everyone is constantly sleep deprived, most by an hour or more per day [children and adolescents are actually more sleep deprived than adults, on average, which is very very bad].
You can't make it up later, either...[well...you can catch up on the needed rest, but you cannot undo the damage chronic deprivation causes]