How much sleep do you need?

[Jonna_Rex]

Yes, I do need a lot of sleep. Ask my bf Anyways...8 to 9 hours are my limit what is yours? Do you get cranky in the morning or is it always so sweet to get up early. I´m defnitely not a morning person myself. But just because of that work, what pays the bills I have to get up early *sigh*

[ZR1cliff]

I have patchy sleep,probably because i work nights but in general 6-7 hours at a time with a little sleep in the afternoon just to top up.

[D_Mike]

I think about 8 hours with two hours to lie in bed to get up afterwards. Sadly what I get falls far short of this

I have serious trouble getting up in the winter - my winter spent in Finland was a nightmare! I wasn't waking uop until about 9:30 or 10 (a bit after sunrise!). I don't know how all you finns manage - you were all out and about by 8am!

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[polus]

This is a annoying issue with me at the moment... I dont seem to be able to sleep before 12 but get up at 7 and feel knackered all the time. At the weekend I sleep ok; 8-9 hours and feel fine. In the summer I dont seem to have this problem.

>> Edited by polus on Wednesday 8th February 22:38

[NiceCupOfTea]

Yes, I need sleep - 7 to 8 hours to function properly.

How often all too often I end up with 6 which makes life difficult, or less than 6 which means I will be a zombie all day... 6 last night and I can't remember most of the day; have been on autopilot.

[Mrs Trackside]

8 hours minimum. Mornings don't exist until 10.00 (despite having to get up at 7 to go to work) and people wonder why I'm cranky

[ZR1cliff]

I would wager that wimin sleep better and longer than men,,,here i go sticking my neck out again.

[Jay GTi]

Thanks to the most selfish, annoying neighbours on the planet, I get about 5 hours a night if I'm lucky...

[Jonna_Rex]

Whats your neighbour like???

[Mrs Trackside]

ZR1cliff said:

I would wager that wimin sleep better and longer than men,,,here i go sticking my neck out again.

So long as he's not snoring, you're probably right (in our house anyway)

[killer2005]

Ideally i'd have about 8-9 hours a night, but can cope with about 6 hours a night.

[gazzab]

if you need sleep dont have kids or a boss who makes you get early cheap flights!

[cyberface]

If I could work consistently and be happy (and avoid any mental illness) on 5-6 hours sleep I'd be a lot wealthier than I am... Unfortunately I'm one of those people who can sleep for ever and I'm utter hell in the mornings.

The medical 'average' I've read (not sure what sort of average stats-wise) is 8 hours required, UK average (again not sure if mean, mode or median) is 7 hours for working people.

Virtually all the real big swinging dicks in the City I've met are consistently effective with less than 6 hours sleep per night. I'm at my best with 9 hours but it goes to shit if I've lost my cool during the day as I'll wake up every other hour.

Everyone's different - to a 5-hour wonder I look like a lazy bastard, but I find that I solve problems in my sleep i.e. wake up miraculously with the answers... and I dream a *hell* of a lot.

The usual corporate culture in the UK (and that's not as bad as the US) tends to make authoritative studies difficult - many academic sleep studies using students as the studied population must be skewed big style

[Fortjefferson]

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[A911DOM]

Im sure its not very healthy but I often come straight off a 12 hour nightshift and go straight out and do a house removal with my van business (usually followed by a trip to the pub to reward myself) 36 hours later I stagger into bed, still rare for me to sleep for more than 8-9 hours even then. Its no wonder Im showing severe signs of age!!!

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[ZR1cliff]

Mrs Trackside said:

ZR1cliff said: I would wager that wimin sleep better and longer than men,,,here i go sticking my neck out again. So long as he's not snoring, you're probably right (in our house anyway)

You need to turn him on his side,or put his pants over his head.

[_dan_]

I do shift work so my sleeping pattern is all over the place. But normally try to get a minimum of 6 hours if I have to get up early (bed at 12ish up at 6ish).

Then on my days off I'm so happy not to have to get up I lie in till 12ish and feel really bad when I eventually get up then!! Gonna make an effort to get up earlier on my days off as I feel so much better.

I reckon 6-8 hours tops. Any more or less and you'll feel knackered all day.

[Jonna_Rex]

I must admit that when I am off from work I tend to take daytime naps...isnt that bad or what??

[Mrs Trackside]

ZR1cliff said:

Mrs Trackside said: ZR1cliff said: I would wager that wimin sleep better and longer than men,,,here i go sticking my neck out again. So long as he's not snoring, you're probably right (in our house anyway) You need to turn him on his side,or put his pants over his head.

I tried putting his pants over his head. He was none too pleased as he was wearing them at the time

[bluespanner]

Going to school, i have a pretty normal routine: go to bed at about 10.30, get up at 7. thats 8 and a half hours, whch is fine for me. i have about the same on weekends, aswell, because i think lie ins are a waste.