It is 1:50 AM..and I'm not be sleeping. How many hours of sleep do you need?

I need about 7 hours sleep every night. I find that too much makes me feel tired and lethargic and not enough makes me cranky and irritable! I also believe that if you wake up at the right time during your sleep cycle you feel really good and not tired at all.

To feel good... I need 8 hours. But thanks to my lack of discipline... I rarely get it. It's been more like 6 hours in the last 3 weeks. When I am working... I do get into trouble all the time. But if I go to work on 6 hours sleep... I will feel crook the whole day... collapse in the evening and get my 8 hours sleep before the next day. I cannot function without sleep. Ten years ago I was living on 7 hours for quite a while... and I was not looking too good. lol So sleep deprivation affecting the quality of my life is not an option. If I don't get my sleep... I would not be able to function at all.

I need 6 to 7 hours. I probably feel better if I sleep 7 hours. On Friday and Saturday I usually take one hour nap at about 4-5PM....it makes me feel good. The are some nights that I sleep only 5 hours and I am feeling good and energized like energizer bunny.... I like to stay late and sleep between 1AM to 8AM...

as you know I am a LArk really dont care what time I go to sleep at night I am up between 4am and 5 am. Most people can function on 6 hours of sleep then I see the fellers that are here sleep 14 to 16 hours depending on what time they got home from job. Oh yes I take a nap Daughter says It is to long to be called a nap lol well if I only get 4 to 6 hours at night I think I must need that other hour and half nap to make up for it . and I have always been up and down at night I either watch tv or read or come in to the puter room till I get sleepy again!

If I don't get at least 5 or 6 hours of sleep I'm a huge grouch to be around. And of course if I can get more than that I love it. There was one night last week though I was exhausted so I laid down thinking okay I'll go to sleep, and I don't know if it was just too much on my mind at the time or what but I laid there for an hour and a half tossing and turning and just could not go to sleep.

Hi again, Raia. And I hope you'll have a nice, long sleep. The last time I remember, I get 8 hours of sleep. Then, I went down to 6 hours. I'm still functional for the day even with 6 hours of sleep. But these past few days, I don't know. My body's tired but my mind refuse to rest. Just like these past couple of days. I've only had 3 to 4 hours of sleep and yet I didn't take any naps in the afternoon. Basically, I'm going through the day as if I'm in a dream. As a matter of fact, I'm still sitting here, typing away. It's just 15 minutes before 12 midnight, and I really should go to bed. But my eyes might be giving up on me, but the mind keeps on going and going and going...just like the Energizer Bunny. :) I am predicting that I'll still be sitting here until the wee hours of the morning. Yesterday, I went to bed at 5am, then woke up at 8am. Fortunately, I wasn't that too sleepy to burn our breakfast. lol There are days that my sleep deprivation affects some aspects of my daily life..... Such as trying to post quality responses!lol But truly, when I'm half-sleepy, I still get to do the things that needs to be done. I just do it in slow mode. If I get to have the sleep I really need, my husband must have the whole day off from work, to take over my chores!har!har! Nice chatting with you again, Raia.

I tend to stay up late too. I get lost on the computer and times flies by. I have the cats that like to wake me in the morning, they are hungry and think its time for momma to get up. I can function on a few hours of sleep, but not everyday. I do like to sleep in when I can.

I need 8 hours of sleep on a regular basis. The strange thing is i can sit up till midnight or later , and if I get up late even after say 6 hours of sleep it is alright. On the other hand, if I am forced to get up early I have had it. Earlier, when i was in South i ndia and had to catch a particular train [on the rare occasion of travel ]that left at around 6o clock, I was forced to get up at 4.30, I would invariably end up with a head ache, nausea and feel miserable . One reason was i would have loose ends to tie up and would go to bed at 11 0 clock and then be tensely half asleep becuse I must make an early start -a rather unusual phenomenon. Later I started spacing my activities, packed well in advance,went to bed early, popped in a sleeping pill , sleep well and wake up fresh as a daisy. Now after this self analysis , I take this precaution of resorting to a sleeping pill before and during travel because it keeps me fresh. . Generally, in our households, women are supposed to be early risers but I have always been a late riser. Thankfully. my motherinlaw also tells me]]Now why did you get up early? Sleep some more ' if I show my head unusually early. She gets up at 4 o clock in the morning. So does my husband. After my morning routine, I do need a short nap[at least rest]in the afternoon- otherwise I do not feel good these days. I take a BP pill and feel relaxed if I spend a quiet afternoon peacefully. Otherwise I find it a strain and on the odd occasion my head starts hammering .

As you knew, I am insomniac so I have trouble in having some sleep. Though I did everything to control it, there are just moments where I couldn't handle it. My normal sleep averages at 6 to 7 hour, which I think is not bad at all. But my insomnia goes extreme, there are times that I can't sleep at all and when the sun comes up then that's the time my eyes gets heavy.

I average between 6 and 7 hours each night with an occasional 20 minute "power" nap. This seems to work very well for me as I feel very rested when I wake up. When I was younger I used to be a real night owl sometimes on getting 3 or 4 hours sleep now as I am retired get up with the rooster looking forward to the new day (always the optimist! LOL)

I think you should not lose sleep. i agree Mylot is addictive. But it should not be such taht you will sleep less. i sleep atleast 7 hours a day. I think all should try to do so.

For me, I will take as much sleep as I can get. How many hours of sleep do I need? It really depends. If it is during the week and when I work I need about 7-8 hours of sleep if I don't want to be falling asleep at work. I wouldn't really mind though, but I think the boss would. But on the weekend I don't need as much sleep because I will be doing stuff I want to do and not be bored all day. But I still like to try to sleep in on my weekends. So however long I can sleep till the dogs wake me up.

Wow!! So many different questions!! How many hours of sleep do I need to feel functional, energetic, and alert? I honestly don't know. I chronically short myself on sleep with catch up sleeps on the weekend. I don't remember a time when I have allowed myself to have consistent regular sleep. If I break your question down: hours needed to feel functional: 3 to 4 hours hours to feel energetic: unknown hours to feel alert: 8 hours or 6 with lots of coffee. Do I get the sleep I need? No. See above answer. If not, why? See above answer (i.e. chronically shorting myself on sleep). How do I manage things if I am feeling sleep deprived? With a great deal of coffee and warnings to others that, though they could be walking targets, it's nothing personal ... it's just sleep deprivation. Does it affect the quality of your life? What quality of life? In fact, what life? Am I a napper? No. Does it help or hinder my regular sleep? No.

I almost always get 6 hours of sleep, I have been like this for as long as I can remember. If I get more , I feel all groggy.Like I can't wake up, hmm go figure. I always try to napp, but when I do it never seems to work out, I will rest a while and then usualy get back up to do something. I have been this way for so long, it is like a clock goes off in my head, doesn't matter when I fall out, 6 hours later I am up and ready to roll.

Hi Raia, I can understand how mylot can drastically change our sleeping pattern. I was seriously hooked with the community when I was just a newbie. Never mind the lacked of sleep for as long as I didn't miss any single discussions that caught my eyes. I started to lose my enthusiasm when I was temporarily suspended from mylot for several days. I began to feel burned up so I decided to hike off somewhere and reverted back to my normal sleeping habit. 5 to 6 hours every night is enough for me to stay alert and energetic to face the day. Sometimes, I will also indulge in an hour of power nap in the early afternoon. At the moment, I'm still debating whether to swing back to mylot fully or not but I'll make sure to hop in to my bed before midnight.

in my old age I do not seem to require as much sleep, or at least I am not getting it. maybe I do require it as I do not feel energetic very often at all anymore. I get usually around 5 hours and can function - once every several weeks or so though I end up sleeping close to ten. I have also always been a night owl, and my husband a morning person. his employment is not conducive to being a morning person though and it has thrown him for a loop.

on working days i sleep around 6-7 hours T___T ..wish i could sleep longer but what to do, gotta wake up in the morning to go to work. if i dont get enough sleep, at work i'll be so sleepy and restless. if i'm not working and on weekends i sleep really late and wake up late too, probably around 10 hours of sleep or more ;)

Hi, five years ago I was slugabed but now I need only 4-5 hours! Every morning I feel myself very well and fresh:)

i usually sleep at around 2am...yeah it is true mylot also changed my sleeping habit...i made this because my internet connection during dawn run fast so it is convenient for me to do so.

Hi, I've read and been told that a person should get a minimum of 7 hour sleep. Doesn't sound difficult, but try squeezing in 7 hours of sleep when there's so much to watch on TV! To avoid nodding off at work I try to have a cup of camomile tea just before I go to bed which I find helps me to relax and fall asleep easily. I've also read that the longer you sleep the more weight you lose! I think the point is that the body gets the rest its suppose to and therefore resulting in less stress. I also find that if I haven't had enough sleep a protein smoothie the following morning does a better job than coffee. I'm so envious that you're self employed - something I've been wanting to do for ages - rather than being governed by a company. Well, I hope you had a good sleep!