it seems that without 8+ hours of sleep I cannot function properly throughout the day. at times i can sleep 10-11 hours a day...consecutively.

During highschool I slept on average around 6 hours a night. During my first two years here at state i was averaging 3-5 hours a night... while still being able to function properly. Now I cant sleep less than 6 hours... sleeping through alarm clocks or turning them off and not even realizing it because im too sleepy.

7/15/2008 12:57:28 AM

You are not in high school anymore. You are getting old.

7/15/2008 12:58:25 AM

and the older you get the less sleep you need

read a little bit sunshine

7/15/2008 12:59:05 AM

get that alarm clock that rolls off the table and you have to chase it around.

7/15/2008 12:59:20 AM

I heard that every night you dont get a full nights rest it takes your body like 14 days to recover

7/15/2008 12:59:44 AM

alias

7/15/2008 1:00:09 AM

WORST FIRST POST EVER

7/15/2008 1:00:12 AM

^^^ that is total crap

7/15/2008 1:01:42 AM

Quote :

"and the older you get the less sleep you need read a little bit sunshine"

you mean the opposite ?

7/15/2008 1:02:00 AM

You need less sleep as you get older but the consequences of not getting enough become much more severe.

7/15/2008 1:02:36 AM

^^ no i don't.

7/15/2008 1:03:32 AM

Actually I've heard something similar to that, so maybe he isn't so far off base...

Anyhow, I had this happen to me after I had mono... it took me literally 3 years to feel normal again with my sleeping habits.

I can function on 6 hours a sleep now pretty easily and I have LOOOOONG days 3-4 days a week... Just have to get your body back on a schedule.

7/15/2008 1:03:37 AM

less sleep ?


The whole theory behind sleep debt is that if you accumulate too many hours you pass a thresh hold in which your body will not function properly until the debt is reduced


you may be able to function on less sleep gradually if you have been sleeping regularly for years....which would make your sleep debt significantly less than mine.

[Edited on July 15, 2008 at 1:08 AM. Reason : x]

7/15/2008 1:06:10 AM

^^^ Your advice still doesn't make sense in his situation.

7/15/2008 1:07:16 AM

I heard from this one place that you can stay up for six days straight and only need to sleep for 20 hours on the 7th to get back to a normal state and you will feel fine.

7/15/2008 1:07:18 AM

6 days? i can't stay up more than 2 without help. but your body will probably adjust to whatever you want it to do, you might feel crappier but it'll probably be alright for a while.

7/15/2008 1:08:27 AM

after i moved to delaware, for about 14 months i'd drive to atlantic city on friday after work, gamble and drink straight till sunday afternoon, drive home, then sleep from 3pm till 6am monday morning

and feel awesome

7/15/2008 1:09:37 AM

If you stay up for six days you will be fucking useless.

7/15/2008 1:09:42 AM

some people see and hear things if they don't sleep for that many days.

7/15/2008 1:15:02 AM

look if you're going to post add some pics

7/15/2008 1:16:59 AM

hi vanilla, welcome to t-dub. There are rules here and one of them is that you must post pics of yourself if you are female.


Please follow the rules accordingly. Also, you must not talk about t-dub to outsiders.

7/15/2008 1:19:02 AM

i haven't slept for 10 days, because that would be



too long.



(obligatory Mitch)

7/15/2008 1:21:11 AM