Sleep - How much do you need/get?

jamingjamers

6 hours good or bad

Got a hard hard head

My sleep pattern / needs are constantly changing as I work two or three evenings a week. Sometimes 7 hours is enough, sometimes it's 8 and a half to nine. Sometimes I sleep soundly, other nights I don't.

No matter how tired I am, though, a nap in the day is out the question. It makes me slightly nauseous and, for the rest of the day, I'm about as much use as an ashtray on a motorbike.

andyzoffhegoes

Most of the time i sleep about nine hours. Over the summer, i found an article. It talked about doctors found a link between alzheimer's disease and not sleeping atleast 8 hours a nite.

mikalina

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

About a year ago I discovered Tylenol PM....Holy fuck are those great....

Take 2 of those, and I will easily get 10 hours, of sound sleep....

Hi, I have to agree- I just love Tylenol PM. I'm afraid I'll get addicted, so I only take it when I'm desperate for sleep. I'm small frame, so (1) pill - knocks me out -

mikalina

I feel I need about (7) hours of sleep - do I get that much, no. Unless I take my sleeping pill !!

MK1980

I need between 7-8 hours a night good sleep. When I do a late shift and come home to a sleeping house, I can't make too much noise, and find I'm still wired from what went on at work...luckily I enjoy my job and work mates are all good friends...on ave. I get seven and a half, weekends less...too much to do on days off:)

MayDay10

Weekdays, about 10-5:30

weekends about 3-10


for years I had terrible trouble sleeping. wouldnt be able to fall asleep easily and I would wake up constantly. I never had dreams. I was prescribed Rozerem (sp) once. I didnt even get through the bottle before my sleep pattern was completely fixed.

vedder_soup

7ish week days
10ish weekends + snoozes :yawn:

comebackgirl

I get about 5-6 per night. I feel really good if I get 7. Anymore than that and I feel sluggish.

dimitrispearljam

i sleep only when people starts bitching in the forum..

Hub.

Jukee

I need a good 7-8 hours a night and I'm still tired. I've been tired most days for as long as I can remember...my dad say's its in my genes and that memebers of my family are the same way. Last night I had a few too many beers and stayed up way to late and only got 4.5 hours and i'm sitting here at work regretting it big time!

decides2dream

mca47 wrote:

My schedule is very sporadic. I travel a lot for work and my sleep schedule is constantly messed up.

I'm a naturally horrible sleeper. Have been since I was a kid. I just can't shut off my brain most times...it just keeps running like someone constantly flipping channels on the TV!


Anyways, how much sleep do you get and how much sleep do you require to "be your self" or "function".

On average I'd say I get about 5 hours/night.
I don't know what I need as I can't sleep worth shit. Even those nights I sleep 8-10 hours (very rare), I don't feel any better.

i used to be like you. always.
nowadays, with my first real job with regular, consistent hours...i sleep sooooo much better!
i have been having a bit of difficulty lately, but i think it's b/c i recently started having caffeine again. gonna work on that.


that said, i get 7-9 hours a night. :shock: i know, i know.....and it makes me so HAPPY. weekdays i probably average 7-8.....weekends i can hit the 9. if i manage to get to sleep decently, it's soooo amazing.....b/c you bet, then it definitely is closer to 8. LOVE SLEEP....and getting good sleep FEELS sooooo GOOD, and it is so much better for your overall health.


oh, and to just function, i need 5-6. but really, i am barely functional. gone are the days of being able to work on little to no sleep....definite sign of aging for me.

Black Diamond

Get 4-5
Need 4-5

Weekends it's up to 6-7, but I never sleep through the night, up at 2 or 3 am and read a magazing or something...

chadwick

what's sleep?
whatever it is you're speaking of i don't get it.
i'm not required to have such a thing.

comebackgirl

dimitrispearljam wrote:

i sleep only when people starts bitching in the forum..

you must be well rested

Yellow Ledbelly

On a boring evening during the week I will usually get in bed at 10 or so and sleep til 7, but here lately my schedule has been anything but typical. I'm running on four hours sleep today and over the last few weeks that type of thing has been more of the norm.

I sleep as much as I possibly can on the weekends but that hasn't even happened lately and loves me some sleep....but I'm having a good time. Given my drinking and my age, I like to think I still hold up as well as any college boy could especially with an 8-5 job.

So I can get by with 4-5 hours, but ideally I would sleep get around 10 every night and take a nap every afternoon still

peacegirl

anywhere between 6&8
sometimes 9 on the weekends

what I get seems to pretty much be what I need

overall I sleep pretty well

CHANGEinWAVES

5-6 is all my body needs, though I love to sleep more

dimitrispearljam

comebackgirl wrote:

dimitrispearljam wrote:

i sleep only when people starts bitching in the forum..

you must be well rested

:yawn: