How much do you sleep?

[duragezic]

I hate you!

I would sacrifice a testicle for a night of sleep like that.

LOL. Yes if I don't have anything to wake up for on a weekend (which is generally the case) I will sleep till about 3 pm. Most people would look at that was wasting the day, and it pretty much is, but it feels great to get that sleep after a long week.

 

[OVerLoRDI]

7 hours during the week. 10 on the weekends. I love sleeping

 

[thestrangebrew1]

I had an anxiety attack a few months ago & saw a dr about it. at that time I was averaging 5 hrs of sleep a night. along with stress from the type of job I do, my dr recommended I get a solid 7-9 hrs of sleep.

I had to basically change my routine. I started running & pretty much pulled a cold turkey on anything electronic, especially in bed like my phone, about an hour before I went to bed. now I typically go to bed at 930-10 & wake up at about 6am. its been the best change I've done for myself in a long time. stress lvls are down & my blood sugar is under control. and for me most importantly, I haven't had another anxiety attack since. having that attack was prob the scariest thing that's ever happened to me.

 

[DrPizza]

4-6 weeknights, usually closer to 6. Occasionally 8 on the weekend, but usually about 7.

 

[hans007]

i probably have some of the most messed up sleep patterns out of people i know.


weekdays during work, i end up doing things like sleeping from 10pm to midnight, going to the gym, then sleeping from say 5am or 6am to 1030am. i've managed to get jobs that let me get in at 11am ish for years ....

so i guess i sleep in a broken sort of way around 6 hours a night. on weekends i tend to sleep like 10 hours from like say 4am to 2pm. i guess im a nightowl

 

[JimmiG]

My sleeping patterns have been a bit unusual since I got a job in a different city.

I usually fall asleep at midnight (sometimes a bit earlier). Sleep for 5 hours, get up, sleep on bus for another hour (total travel time is about 1h 40m). At work for ~9 hours. Then sleep for an hour on the way home. So total amount of sleep in a 24-hour day is still ~7.5 hours.

Been doing this for a year and so far it works fine. By Friday I'm pretty exhausted but on Saturday morning I can sleep for as long as I like, which is usually enough to recover.

 

[Exploder87]

Ever since I became an aspiring MASTER OF SCIENCE I've started developing a very comfortable sleeping pattern. On average I sleep for 7 hours during weekdays, but during the weekend I catch-up and sleep for something like 9-11 hours on saturday and sunday. Feels like it's working out pretty well

I had an anxiety attack a few months ago & saw a dr about it. I haven't had another anxiety attack since. having that attack was prob the scariest thing that's ever happened to me.

That sounds very scary... would you mind elaborating? What actually happened?

 

[ReggieDunlap]

Not nearly enough. And you would have specify continuous sleep or not. I have 2 yr old twins, one rarely sleeps thru the night. Im usually awakened at least 2 times a night and sometimes 3 or 4. I get to bed around 11PM on avg and my alarm goes off at 5am. Btween then Im awakened usually 3 times.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

Rare exceptions aside, I have not slept more than 5 hours in one night since August 24, 2003 (the day I started law school).

 

[kache]

Rare exceptions aside, I have not slept more than 5 hours in one night since August 24, 2003 (the day I started law school).

9 years of law school?

 

[SWScorch]

I average 8.5 hours of sleep a night. If I get any less than 8, I am basically non-functional.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

9 years of law school?

4 years (I went to a T1 law school full time at night while working full time during the day). Most days I was up from 6AM to 2AM. My mind has still not adjusted from the 20 hour days, though my sleep habits have gotten better. There was a period of time where I suffered from severe insomnia and would sleep 1-2 hours a night for weeks at a time. Ever notice that I post an awful lot between 12 and 2AM? There is a reason for that.

 

[Phoenix86]

average night:

sleep at 9:30pm
wake up between 1&2am
back to sleep around 5 am
back awake at 7

Insomnia sucks

Recently I am having terrible nightmares, try waking up every hour or two so when you start to dream in a full panic... Takes about 30 minutes to calm down and go back to sleep. 10-11 hours in bed to get 7 hours of sleep and wake up exhausted. Been going on for months.

 

[BD231]

All my life I've been the typical 8 hour per night type person. The last couple of weeks though I've been sleeping about 6-7 hours a night, just so I feel like I'm getting more time out of my day. I found for the most part I didn't crash until the end of the week. I am kind of concerned about the long term effects though (low energy, feeling depressed, lack of concentration, etc).

So ATOT how much do you sleep per night? If you go with less sleep how does it affect you, and do you believe it's possible to adapt to less sleep without ill effects?

Had u ever served your country like a real man ud know there have been case studies proving 4 to 6 hour sleep patterns are safe and employed by our entire millitary.

 

[TridenT]

My body seems to really want something like 19 waking hours and 9 hours of sleep, needless to say that doesn't make a particularly convenient schedule. So on a typical day I fall asleep at about 1:30 am and wake up at 8:00am, I am a zombie before lunch.

Yep. Mine is very similar outside of insomnia related issues.

I have insomnia, OP. So, I take a pill about an hour before I plan to go to bed. If I don't, then I will basically be waiting an hour or more in bed for me to fall asleep (That's if I take the pill at bed time. If I don't then I'm basically going to wait 3-5 hours.). It doesn't keep me asleep, but it does knock me out.

I wake up a lot during the night. Anywhere from 5 times to 20+ times. I don't remember all of them because it's not for long periods of time usually (I used to have those longer kinds of insomnia nights though. They're arguably better because then you're actually awake for shit and can do something.). I spend a lot of time drifting in a limbo zone of unconscious-to-somewhat-conscious. Constantly uncomfortable at those points. Hot/cold/hate-everything-touching-me/need-everything/etc. The nights that I'm pretty sure I didn't wake up much are the ones where I have pretty memorable dreams. Stress induced (AFAIK) and thus nothing I can do about it (Can't take insomnia aids for it because they can elevate risks of depression/suicide and if you have a stressful life... you see how that might be a problem.).

So, anyway... Generally I go to bed at 12:00AM-2:00AM and get out of bed at 9:00-10:45AM. There is no steady sleeping schedule because of random problems that just occur. Some nights are far worse than others and thus I'll push it all the way to 10:45AM and skip showering and eat at work or in class (Which is usually something like cereal in a bag or poptarts and that's not a good breakfast to get you through the day). I can go to bed at midnight (knock out at that point) and easily stay in bed past 11:00AM if you give the opportunity. Because of how shitty I sleep it's usually that I need more time in bed than others to function somewhat normally...

But whatever. I'm generally in a very thick haze. It makes life harder.

Had u ever served your country like a real man ud know there have been case studies proving 4 to 6 hour sleep patterns are safe and employed by our entire millitary.

Plenty of studies proving the opposite.

 

[TechAZ]

6-7 weekdays
8 weekends

I really should get a sleep study done. I am always tired. Extremely during the day, doesn't matter if I get 10 hours or 4. It's so bad I refuse to work days because I would previously leave those jobs since all I could think about was calling in sick due to being so tired....like I couldn't think rationally.

 

[TridenT]

6-7 weekdays
8 weekends

I really should get a sleep study done. I am always tired. Extremely during the day, doesn't matter if I get 10 hours or 4. It's so bad I refuse to work days because I would previously leave those jobs since all I could think about was calling in sick due to being so tired....like I couldn't think rationally.

Yep. I should be seeing a sleep specialist and thinking about a sleep study, but they're like $2,000-$5,000 from what I can tell. I have no clue how much of that my health insurance (which might go away soon) will cover...

 

[mikeymikec]

I try to be asleep before 11pm, I generally get up at 7am*, and despite being out of bed it usually takes me another 2-3 hours to properly wake up after getting up.

* - though with my wife at home more often at the moment (stupid uni, it should be Mon - Fri 9-5!), I'm a lot less inclined to get up on time

If I don't get about 8 hours of sleep I feel more tired than usual the next day, sometimes not losing the feeling of tiredness at all the entire day. I don't know what's up with me lately though, I've been feeling tired at 8pm sometimes.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

i probably sleep about 4 hours a night. i like to stay up late doing work, but then i have to wake up early (by 5:30). i take catnaps at my desk during the day though, for some reason i sleep well with my head down on a desktop, i probably got used to doing that in college and grad school. it was always easy to doze off while studying when i had a test to study for

 

[DrPizza]

7-8 hours during the week, 10-12+ on weekend. Like last night slept from 2:30am - 4pm FTW.

I can go with say 5 hours some nights, but like you mentioned it really catches up by mid to end of the week.

For the life of me, I'll never figure out why many people in the working world get 2 days off a week, and would rather sleep away a significant portion of that time than do something that they can consciously enjoy.

 

[SKORPI0]

I don't sleep....I wait.

 

[Jeff7]

For the life of me, I'll never figure out why many people in the working world get 2 days off a week, and would rather sleep away a significant portion of that time than do something that they can consciously enjoy.

I know that when I worked at Walmart, I didn't feel like spending the time to sleep just so I could be fully conscious to properly enjoy the wonderful work of stocking shelves or pulling pallets. Then I could sleep properly on the weekends and be reasonably alert for that time. Kind of a catch-22 thing, unfortunately. If I could bank sleep time so I could stay awake during the entire weekend, I'd do that.

Damn stupid primitive circadian BS. :whiste:
Dear Evolution,
Some of us can create artificial light now, and no longer have any pressing need to become dormant just because the Sun isn't visible.

 

[Broheim]

I aim for 8 hours of sleep normally, I don't really need it but I love sleeping.

it's physically impossible for me to sleep in, I will always wake up at 8 at the very latest no matter what I did the night before. During the week I always wake up a few minutes before my alarm clock goes off...

in the army I was always horribly sleep deprived and learned to function in spite of it. the first two weeks of boot camp the sergeants would wake us up at 5 am to the sound of Status Quo's "you're in the army now", I still feel a little sick every time I hear that song.

 

[rcpratt]

12+ since Tuesday night. One more!

~7ish usually on weekdays, 10 or so weekends usually.

 

[MtnMan]

Probably shortened my life by some percentage by working my ass off and sleeping 5 -6 a night at best.

But did retire at 55, and the absolute thing about retiring is I can sleep till I wake up, which is usually 7 - 8 hours. Waking up on your own without a flapping alarmclock is the best.

Of the most irritating and life shortening inventions, it belongs to the damn alarm clock. On the rare occasion I still use one for an appointment or something, I just f'ing hate waking up to those damn things.