How much sleep do you have per sleep session?

[GTIR]

Mods. Can we leave it in here for a bit before it goes off to obscurity in Health Matters.

My mate sleeps only two hours a night and has done forever. Me, my sleep is erratic, 8 sometimes 3 hours then I catch up in the day.



Do we have any insomniacs with us?

[eybic]

8 hours for me.
I generally have no problem sleeping at all, the only problem I have is that at 7-8 hours I tend to wake up. Even if that is 7 or 8 in the morning which is a pain in the arse but I'd rather have that than not be able to sleep.

[Stevenj214]

Less than 8 hours a few days in a row and I get grumpy.

[RemaL]

8 hours for me also

[Hedders]

If i get 5 hours in one go i can consider that a success, i tend to get about five hours sleep in total.

[i remember]

I sleep well, but am always going to sleep at about 12ish and getting up at about 6.45.

[DickyC]

Six hours regularly, in two sessions. I fall asleep quickly, sleep soundly and wake up after four hours to see if I need a pee. Usually I do; this is a man and age thing that chaps don't want but for most will be coming anyway. I then fall asleep again instantly for another two hours.

If I fancy sleeping in for a change I almost invariably wake up feeling dreadful. So I try not to be tempted.

How soundly do I sleep? I slept through the hurricane in 1987.

[ZOLLAR]

5 hours for me usually, although after about 2 weeks on a sunday i'll sleep from 12am till 1pm just to catch up

[Timberwolf]

About six on weekdays, seven on weekends. (If I can avoid the temptation for a lay-in!)

I used to aim for eight hours of sleep per night but it always left me feeling tired, and recently sent my sleep cycles completely haywire; I'd sleep eight hours on Monday and Tuesday, three hours on Wednesday, five on Thursday and then nine on Friday, plus being unable to get through the weekend without a midday nap.

Aim for six hours and I get tired at about the right time and go to sleep quickly, while still feeling fully awake throughout the day.

[Hedders]

ZOLLAR said:

5 hours for me usually, although after about 2 weeks on a sunday i'll sleep from 12am till 1pm just to catch up

I wish i could get 'catch up' sleep. A lie in for me is a waste of time and makes me more tired than less

[philthy]

5-6 hours is enough for me. Any more, and I wake up with a bad back and feel dopey for hours.
I think quality is the key for me?

[Penny-lope]

I tend to survive on 5 to 6 hours during the week, but come the weekend I am closer to 9 hours.

[knight]

About 8 hours normally, when I'm on nights I get about 3-4 hours and one day a week when I've just finished nights I don't get any sleep for about 36 hours.

[minky monkey]

philthy said:

Any more, and I wake up with a bad back and feel dopey for hours

Don't the other six dwarves feel neglected?

[anonymous-user]

Minimum of 8 hours, up to 10-11.
If I dont have lots of sleep I just cant function all day!

[Original Poster]

around 7 in the week and 8, sometimes 9 on weekends.

[soad]

Around 7 hours normally, sometimes less or more (if really tired) - it varies.

[Digger]

Need 7-8 hours myself. There is an interesting iTunes app called Sleep Cycle that monitors your sleep pattern. Definitely worth a look!

[DieselGriff]

It used to be about 8 hrs a night to keep me content, maybe with 1 10 hr night a week, but since a long term illness that started almost exactly a year ago I've gone from 14-18 hrs a day\night to needing about 8-10 hrs 4 nights a week and 12 hours 3 nights a week.

I have no problem sleeping what so ever.

[Dixie68]

4 hours during the week, 6 on a weekend.

Edit: that's 4 hours a night not 4 hours for the whole week.

Edited by Dixie68 on Sunday 5th September 15:22