I'm certain this has been done before, but it's Chit Chat and it wasn't within the last year that I could see...

But I am 28 and I NEED eight hours of sleep at minimum to be able to function the whole day without loads of caffeine.

On a typical weekday when I'm working 7:30-4:30/5:00 and workout/run I am honestly ready for bed by 10:00, sometimes even earlier.

Yet my roommate can do the same and be up until 12:00 or 12:30 with no problem.

Am I the odd one or the normal one?

7/27/2010 10:10:31 AM

I typically sleep about 6 hours/day. I could function (go to to work) with about 3 hours of sleep.

7/27/2010 10:13:02 AM

asleep between 12-1am
awake at 645

7/27/2010 10:13:03 AM

I function better when I've slept 8 hours as well. So I should be in bed by 10/10:30, but I just can't get tired until 11/11:30

7/27/2010 10:13:30 AM

if i'm not in bed by 10 p.m. i'm going to crash hard the next day

7/27/2010 10:14:12 AM

Go to bed about 11-11:30 PM and get up at 7 am. I could sleep more, but once I get up and get moving I'm fine for the rest of the day.

7/27/2010 10:14:40 AM

I've always been a morning person. I felt like I did the best work when I got up at 5:00am to go to the gym and from 7:30am to lunch I feel like I got way more done than in the afternoon... so I'm sure that has something to do with my sleeping patterns...

[Edited on July 27, 2010 at 10:15 AM. Reason : x]

7/27/2010 10:14:41 AM

sometimes as little as like 3-4 hours. sometimes i'm tired after 10-12.

7/27/2010 10:14:54 AM

About 7.5 hours seems best for me. Between 6-7.5 I'm good for a while, but several days in a row starts to mess with me. If I get over 8.5 (when I'm not making up for too little sleep the preceding days) I am lethargic the next day.

7/27/2010 10:16:59 AM

i went to bed about 1130-1145 last night and woke up around 645-7

i suppose thats enough...

7/27/2010 10:17:54 AM

yeah I think my optimal range is from 6-9 hours, any more or less and I'll inevitably be tired.

7/27/2010 10:17:57 AM

sometimes I sleep as little as 3-4 hours

sometimes i'm still tired after 10-12 hours

7/27/2010 10:19:53 AM

I guess I'm on the "need more sleep" range than most. It's certainly not because I'm out of shape and I very rarely to ever get tired during the day to the point where I feel like I need a nap. Just everyone's different I guess.

I wonder if going two years getting 4-5 hours of sleep a night Monday-Thursday and being out for 16-17 hours straight doing things all those days had any effect on my sleeping cycle a year removed from that?

7/27/2010 10:20:11 AM

Sounds like a pussy Circadian Rhythm to me

Most people can fix it by forcing themselves to get no more than 6 hours of sleep a night, even on weekends

Eventually, your body adapts, and thats all you need

Because sleep is really a waste of time if you getting more than you need

Me? I'm cool with 5, can deal with 4

7/27/2010 10:26:44 AM

Quote :

"Go to bed about 11-11:30 PM and get up at 7 am. I could sleep more, but once I get up and get moving I'm fine for the rest of the day."

Exactly the same for me.. its easier for me to get outta bed if I have been working out..

7/27/2010 10:28:03 AM

want - 12hrs
need - 6hrs
get - 5-6hrs

7/27/2010 10:28:52 AM

I can't imagine consistently getting 4-6 hours of sleep a night is healthy if you're an active person physically?

How would your body ever give itself time to repair and refresh? Admittedly, I'm no physician obviously, but that just seems to go against everything I've ever read.

[Edited on July 27, 2010 at 10:29 AM. Reason : typo]

7/27/2010 10:28:53 AM

Superior genes? I don't know

I do know, however, that going to bed at 11 every night would put a major burden on my social life (both in real life and on xbox) and if I can maintain an adequate physique and level of overall health with 5-6 hours, I don't see the need to force myself to try to sleep more.

7/27/2010 10:33:17 AM

usually get about 8 hours sleep. anything less than 7.5 and i'm a little tired. any time i don't set an alarm i can easily wind up sleeping for 13+ hours.

during those rare times when i go without an alarm and without anything i have to do i easily wind up in a cycle of sleeping for 13 hours at a time and staying up for 23 hours at a time before getting tired again. if only i lived on a planet that took 36 hours to do a rotation it'd be perfect.

7/27/2010 10:37:50 AM

my dad fractured his skull when he was like 7 and ever since only gets like 4 hours of sleep. somehow, he still manages to be one of the highest performing individuals i've ever met

7/27/2010 10:49:02 AM

i've been getting 4 hours of quality sleep the past 3 or 4 nights.

my back is peeling thanks to a wicked sunburn i got last week and the itchiness is killing me

i have energy right now, but i'm sure i'll hit the wall in a few hours

7/27/2010 10:53:32 AM

^^
that's odd
I was in a car crash in 2002 which involved a fairly serious knock to the head
ever since then I've preferred to get at least 9 hrs sleep/night

different head traumae for different folks, I suppose

7/27/2010 11:13:30 AM

i usually need the standard 8 but i'm ok with getting a little less than that. if i get more than 8 that's when i start to feel groggy and cranky the following day.

7/27/2010 11:16:43 AM

Quote :

"I can't imagine consistently getting 4-6 hours of sleep a night is healthy if you're an active person physically? How would your body ever give itself time to repair and refresh? Admittedly, I'm no physician obviously, but that just seems to go against everything I've ever read."

Join the military, you'll be amazed what you can do on 4-6 of interrupted sleep.

7/27/2010 11:18:35 AM

I need 8 hours too, but I usually get between 6-7 hours.

Last night I got 5 and I don't feel as shitty as I thought I would, but it still sucks.

7/27/2010 11:21:44 AM

I need 6 hours to not feel like crap.

If I sleep for more than 8 I feel drowsy the rest of the day though. It's a precarious balance.

7/27/2010 11:34:09 AM

I assume what I need is how long I can sleep without an alarm before actually feeling awake. that is some where between 9 and 10hrs

7/27/2010 11:49:32 AM

I usually go on 6-7 hours. Below that I have trouble getting out of bed. To feel 100% I need 9.

7/27/2010 12:25:33 PM

want - 4hrs
need - 16hrs
get - 10hrs


I want only to sleep for 4hrs because I have so much work to do.
I need 16hrs because I'm exhausted from not having any days off in 1300 days.
I get 10 hrs from 4:00am to 2pm because When I wake up at 10am, I think of all the work I have to do and pass out right away from overload and monotony. This reoccurs every hour until 2pm.

7/27/2010 12:30:09 PM

Need: 10-12
Get: 8-9

My body sucks.

7/27/2010 12:58:13 PM

8 hrs min. On some shifts I have to be in bed by 7p or I will be out of it in the morning.

7/27/2010 1:03:59 PM

7/27/2010 1:12:45 PM

I usually only get 6-7 hours of sleep on a week night. 11-12am at night till 645-7am. Those hours usually net me around 6 hours of actual sleep (throwing aside time spent trying to fall asleep and the occasional twilight peeing session). I've found that getting more sleep (7-8) makes me tired but if I get around 9 I'm in tip top shape. I think my sleep pattern works best in 3's (3,6,9). I'm not a morning person so I absolutely loathe the hours of my job (8-5). If it was up to me I'd go to bed at 1-2 every night and get up around 9-10 every morning. That's what I've done during my periods of unemployment

Oddly enough, unless I get absolutely blasted the night before I cannot get more than 8 hours of sleep without trying really hard. I've also found that some of my most solid sleeping hours are 8-11am.

I should sign up for one of those sleep studies, I'm pretty f'ed up

[Edited on July 27, 2010 at 1:19 PM. Reason : am]

7/27/2010 1:14:41 PM

Barely functional: 2-4 hours
Functional, but will probably fall asleep earlier than usual: 4-6 hours
Functional and feeling pleasant: 6-9 hours
Feeling lazy and won't be able to sleep well that night: 9+ hours

7/27/2010 1:15:06 PM

I go to sleep around 2-2:30 most nights and get up between 7 and 7:30. So I get around 5 hours most nights. Sometimes I take a quick nap during the day or fall asleep on the couch at the end of the night before going to bed, but not every day. Try to "catch up" on the weekends by sleeping 8 to 10 hours Friday and Saturday.

I need...more than this. 7 hours would probably be ideal. I feel like the walking dead most days, useless until I've had my morning coffee and only marginally better thereafter. I have trouble getting to work on time because I can't drag myself out of bed at the first (or second or often third) alarm and I want to crawl back under the covers for a few moments more sleep after I've showered. As a younger man I used to be sharp and quick, now I'm dull and slow--I don't think I've gotten dumber as I've gotten older, I think I'm just chronically sleep deprived. 5 hours per night just doesn't cut it for someone who will be 30 in a month.

The problem is that I'm a night owl in a morning person's world. I stumble through the workday, brightening up for parts of the late morning and afternoon, and at night I'm full of energy. I don't go to sleep at midnight because I'm usually alert and interested in whatever I'm doing and have no desire to. Plus, my girlfriend is more of a night owl than me even--she rarely goes to bed before 3 AM, but she doesn't have to wake up early so she ends up getting enough sleep where I'm expected at work at 8. And despite the tremendous positive effect it would have if I could force myself to turn in by midnight, it just doesn't want to happen. Old habits and natural night-owl tendencies die rather hard, it would seem.

7/27/2010 2:55:44 PM

How much skeet do you need?

7/27/2010 2:57:57 PM