Sleep - How much do you need/get?

LikeAnOcean

On why they think getting 8.5 hrs might be worse for you than getting 5 hrs..

http://www.time.com/time/health/article ... 20,00.html


Studies show 6.5 to 7.5 hr rest people live the longest.

mca47

I wish I could nap.

If I do take a cat nap, (30 mins or so) I feel worse when I wake up than I did before.


I hate all of you nappers!

81

about 7-8 during the week. on the weekend there is a good chance i take a nap.

smarchee

8 hours would be nice
7 hours seems allright
6 hours is fine one or 2 nights in a row, but eventually kills me, and i need a good 10 hour sleep on the weekend to catch up

JPinks

Need-6
Get-8

I don't know what it is, but I've been sleeping consistenly great since I moved to Philly 3 years ago?

Lauri

I need like 10 hours a night (seriously) but I get like 7, sometimes 6. I usually fall asleep ok, but I have a hard time getting myself into bed at night.

Starfall

How much do I need? 7-8 hours.
How much do I get? Depends on who's with me.

lukin2006

4-5 hours, been told it's likely hereditary.

Franny

prefer 8-10hrs

depending on work shifts (night worker) get anything thing between 3 -6, but come my nights off I usually get my 10hrs

mca47

I got about 9 last night!! The most I've gotten in months!


Feels like I got too much. Kinda groggy feeling...

comebackgirl

I did not get enough last night
GRUMPY!!!!! :evil:

Claireack

Generally get a broken 7, usually have to get up in the night to read. Have had bad bouts of insomnia so I don't think I'm doing so bad at the mo.

Mind you the bags under my eyes tell me I need more.

fife

this is very bad but i tend to have about 3-4 hours a night m-f and about 5-6 on weekends. i find that i am more tired the more i sleep

SPEEDY MCCREADY

Took some tylenol pm last night....
Slept 12 hours....

Life is good......

pandora

I sleep restless at night probably due to the time in my life. I get off /on maybe 5 hours.
But now I can nap, never could as a young woman, I was kind of hyperactive
so add 1 to 2 if I get to nap.

stardust1976

If I get less than 7-9 hours, I'm ratshit. I can survive on 6 hours a night, but only for a few nights. And I'll need a nap at some point in the day. I'm normally in bed and asleep by somewhere between 9:30 and 11:00pm, and am up at 6.

the only time I really have trouble sleeping is when I've got something important on my mind. Most times, I can visualise writing it down (whatever is bugging me), and then visualise throwing that piece of paper out, and it works like a charm, sleep like a baby. Other times, I physically have to write it down to get it out of my head, and then I'm usually good to go. The occasional time I really can't get to sleep, and lay there awake for hours, I'm like a zombie the next day, so I really feel for people who can't get enough sleep.

Speaking of which....looks like it's my bedtime! Night all!

LikeAnOcean

I've been sleeping like shit lately.. maybe 6 hrs, but waking up 3 or 4 times throughout the night.

Whizbang

would prefer 8-9hrs but generally get 7-8, not bad. I can run on less than that for days but come the weekend, I'll make up for it with a 10hr night and a nap during the day.

LikeAnOcean

Whizbang wrote:

would prefer 8-9hrs but generally get 7-8, not bad. I can run on less than that for days but come the weekend, I'll make up for it with a 10hr night and a nap during the day.

7 to 8 is better for you.. I've heard its just as bad to over sleep. 5.5 hrs is better than 8.5 hrs... In studies, people who get 6.5 to 7.5 hrs live the longest.

CHANGEinWAVES

Gob wrote:

I've been sleeping like shit lately.. maybe 6 hrs, but waking up 3 or 4 times throughout the night.

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