Sleeping - How much is enough

skysidhe · 09-02-2010, 12:08 AM

I cannot sleep more than six hours a night. I sleep like a baby but if I slept now, and I want to, I would wake early in the morning, then I am dragging my buns by early evening.

So I am here writing, hoping to keep awake. I could put toothpicks in my eyelids.

I am rambling. I am more uninhibited when I am sleepy,sometimes.

How many hours a night do you all sleep?

classicman · 09-02-2010, 08:03 AM

5 maybe 6 hours if I'm lucky

skysidhe · 09-02-2010, 08:32 AM

Oh well, Who needs to sleep anyway,especially after reaching the halfway mark in age, the final sleep draweth nearer.

SamIam · 09-03-2010, 05:09 PM

I usually sleep for around 8 hours, but I can sleep as many as 10 and can get away with as few as 6.

I didn't sleep much last night either (maybe 4 hrs?) and I am fighting the idea of a nap, so that I can sleep tonight.

Cloud · 09-03-2010, 06:11 PM

I need 7 1/2 to 8 1/2 hours, or I get very moody and headachy.

monster · 09-03-2010, 07:05 PM

about 6

sweetwater · 09-04-2010, 07:05 AM

skysidhe, you may not be truly sleeping for 6 hours. Have you ever had a sleep study? That mid-afternoon sleepiness is a symptom of sleep deprivation. (I'm not a doctor, I just play one on the 'net, but I am much better in the afternoons than I once was due to better sleep now.) I still haven't figured out how much sleep I need at night, but I know that afternoon naps are more a (delightful) choice than a (desperate) requirement, post CPAP.

squirell nutkin · 09-04-2010, 07:36 AM

Sleep studies are very popular here at the cellar. All the cool dwellars have done them...

skysidhe · 09-04-2010, 09:37 AM

Thanks sweetwater but I don't need a sleep study.

I have massive amounts of stress and I don't need an antidepressant either. :P

Nothing that can't be cured with a job and a nice place for my mom. The last one fell through due to pending replacement hip surgery after the pin in her leg failed.

TheMercenary · 09-04-2010, 04:32 PM

4 to 5 on a good night.

skysidhe · 09-11-2010, 11:03 PM

wow merc

I wish I could say that sounds ok

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud

I need 7 1/2 to 8 1/2 hours, or I get very moody and headachy.

I have been forcing myself to sleep 7 hours. Sometimes if I sleep too long I at headachy and grumpy.

Lamplighter · 09-12-2010, 01:07 AM

4 to 5 on a good night. ...can also give you a headache and make you grumpy

sweetwater · 09-12-2010, 07:15 AM

...and when I tried to force myself to sleep longer, I also woke up headachy and grumpy - the medical folk said it was due to poor quality sleep, leading to low levels of oxygen, (proven by the oxygen sensor I wore during the sleep study). I'm not trying to sell CPAPs or medical services, it's just the enthusiasm of the newly-converted.

I resisted for years, thinking poor quality and limited sleep was just my 'normal'.

wolf · 09-12-2010, 11:22 AM

6 usually. I don't use an alarm clock, generally go to bed around 4am.

Don't try this at home. I am a professional.

Sperlock · 09-12-2010, 11:31 AM

7 to 8 hours for me, though for last night, it turned out to be about 9 hours. The amount of light coming into my room can affect my sleep patterns as well as having little covering over my body (this one affects me more than the light - with more covering I sleep better). And there are times where my mind wants to stay in bed, but my body has had enough - that's what happened this morning. If I go to bed late (11 p.m. or later), I generally don't get as much sleep no matter what I try to do.

09-02-2010, 12:08 AM	#1
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	Sleeping - How much is enough I cannot sleep more than six hours a night. I sleep like a baby but if I slept now, and I want to, I would wake early in the morning, then I am dragging my buns by early evening. So I am here writing, hoping to keep awake. I could put toothpicks in my eyelids. I am rambling. I am more uninhibited when I am sleepy,sometimes. How many hours a night do you all sleep?

09-02-2010, 08:03 AM	#2
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	5 maybe 6 hours if I'm lucky __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

09-03-2010, 06:11 PM	#5
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I need 7 1/2 to 8 1/2 hours, or I get very moody and headachy. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

09-03-2010, 07:05 PM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	about 6 __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-04-2010, 07:05 AM	#7
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	skysidhe, you may not be truly sleeping for 6 hours. Have you ever had a sleep study? That mid-afternoon sleepiness is a symptom of sleep deprivation. (I'm not a doctor, I just play one on the 'net, but I am much better in the afternoons than I once was due to better sleep now.) I still haven't figured out how much sleep I need at night, but I know that afternoon naps are more a (delightful) choice than a (desperate) requirement, post CPAP. __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

09-02-2010, 08:32 AM	#3
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	Oh well, Who needs to sleep anyway,especially after reaching the halfway mark in age, the final sleep draweth nearer.

09-03-2010, 05:09 PM	#4
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	I usually sleep for around 8 hours, but I can sleep as many as 10 and can get away with as few as 6. I didn't sleep much last night either (maybe 4 hrs?) and I am fighting the idea of a nap, so that I can sleep tonight.

09-04-2010, 07:36 AM	#8
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	Sleep studies are very popular here at the cellar. All the cool dwellars have done them... __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

09-04-2010, 09:37 AM	#9
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	Thanks sweetwater but I don't need a sleep study. I have massive amounts of stress and I don't need an antidepressant either. :P Nothing that can't be cured with a job and a nice place for my mom. The last one fell through due to pending replacement hip surgery after the pin in her leg failed.

09-04-2010, 04:32 PM	#10
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	4 to 5 on a good night. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

09-12-2010, 01:07 AM	#12
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	4 to 5 on a good night. ...can also give you a headache and make you grumpy

09-12-2010, 07:15 AM	#13
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	...and when I tried to force myself to sleep longer, I also woke up headachy and grumpy - the medical folk said it was due to poor quality sleep, leading to low levels of oxygen, (proven by the oxygen sensor I wore during the sleep study). I'm not trying to sell CPAPs or medical services, it's just the enthusiasm of the newly-converted. I resisted for years, thinking poor quality and limited sleep was just my 'normal'. __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

09-12-2010, 11:22 AM	#14
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	6 usually. I don't use an alarm clock, generally go to bed around 4am. Don't try this at home. I am a professional. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-12-2010, 11:31 AM	#15
Sperlock Elite Elitist Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 322	7 to 8 hours for me, though for last night, it turned out to be about 9 hours. The amount of light coming into my room can affect my sleep patterns as well as having little covering over my body (this one affects me more than the light - with more covering I sleep better). And there are times where my mind wants to stay in bed, but my body has had enough - that's what happened this morning. If I go to bed late (11 p.m. or later), I generally don't get as much sleep no matter what I try to do. __________________ Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who stood their ground. - Anonymous http://informationthreshold.blogspot.com, http://spiritualthreshold.blogspot.com

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