How many hours of sleep do you need to function?

I can function on 2 or 3 hours of sleep which is pretty much how i've been ever since I can remember..However now that I've been on sleeping meds which of course help me sleep a bit longer if I DONT take them and end up only getting the 2 or 3 hours I dont seem to function AS WELL as I use to...

you need a lot of sleep to get your metabolism to function normally. as for me, i need a minimum of 8 hrs of sleep, but oftentimes especially now that i am working, i only get 6 hours, which i think is still short for me or i'll end up turning myself anemic again.

I go to bed by 12 pm and get up at 6.30 am.That makes it Six and a half hours daily.And I take an hour of nap in the afternoons if I am free.So I get enough hours of sleep to keep me fresh.

I wish I could always get 8 but dont want to waste time sleeping lol! I can function on 5. I normally get 6. (bed at midnight up at 6) not by choice but for my job. But on the weekends I make up for it and sleep in late. I do love to sleep.

It really all depends on what I have to do the next day...if i just have to sit around home for the day or do something that isn't hard on the computer..I don't have to have but a few hours of sleep to get by..but if it were something else..that is really important or have to go somewhere and am gonna have a long day..i will need more sleep

Looks like you are over working yourself. Any individual need almost full 8 hours of sleep and that sleep is needed in the night. You cannot compensate your night sleep by sleeping or napping in the day.

Wolfie likes to hibernate for a minimum of 9 hours! I love my sleep too much, I can easily sleep longer but I have to get up otherwise it's affect my body for the rest of the day. I think I may have CFS which makes me want to sleep more. If I get anything less than 9 I am a very grouchy, grumpy wolf indeed. I sleep more in the winter than the Summer. I used to stay up till 2am or later on the computer but now I have changed I turn the computer off at 12, sometimes earlier NO later that way I can get more sleep in and wake up at a decent time in the morning!

i use to suffer from insomnia when i was younger. until I had my second child. back then if i got two hours I was ok. now I need at least 6 hours to be able to function like a normal person durning my 8 hour work day. I don't know if it is age, three kids, a husband, a full time job, or working on my new web business, but I so need to get me a good nite sleep

I can function at three hours of sleep. I automatically wake up when I have been sleeping for three hours. I am not tired and I am ready to go. I don't drink coffee of any kinds. Once in awhile I get a taste for a coppecino and I will get one when I get a taste for one. But I don't drink coffee as a norm. It is hard for me to pull myself away from this site. I get very caught up in looking at the different discussions and responses.

Personally I only need about 5 hours of sleep and they do not need to be one after another. If I get less than 5 hours I am usually pretty groggy.

I usually get about 9-10 hours of sleep. I NEED at least 6-7 hours. I can function on a lot less than that but I tend to get grumpy and/or overly emotional when I am tired. I have set up our schedule so that this is pretty easy to accomplish on most days.

4 hours is enough for me. when i got older, i felt that i needed less time to be able to give my system a good push. but when i was younger -- it's like the hours in a day isn't enough. LOLZ. whenever i wake up, the first thing i get myself is a cup of coffee -- of course after washing my face and brushing. im a caffeine junkie. and it's like fuel for me.

I've survived on much less over a period of time, but I find if I don't have to set an alarm, I wake up naturally between 7-8 hrs. While in the Marine Corps there were several occasions when I went days/weeks without decent sleep. I can't sleep during the day no matter how much I try, and if I was on an exercise and on nights, forget it. I set the record once in my unit for not having a minute of shut-eye for 54 hours I think it was. I was a basket case and totally non-functioning at that point, but I couldn't do anything about it. Yep, you need a 12-step program. 'Hi, my name is Kathy, and I'm a myLot-aholic'.

To function all day long including a full day of work, I usually need at least 4-5 hours of sleep. I prefer about 7 hrs, and feel great with 8.

I've always been the type to run on very little sleep. Growing up my bed time would be 8 p.m and I would stay up until midnight most nights just because I didn't want to go to bed. By the time I was in high school I was going to bed by 3 in the morning and had to be up and at school by 7:30. Now that I'm an adult with three kids, I'm still running on little sleep, usually 3-4 hours a day. The sad thing is that my body is not doing well and if I sit down at all I will fall asleep and there is nothing anyone can do about it. But because I have a 2 month old, my schedule is on his...otherwise I'd more than likely be getting more than what I am now.

I need 7 to 8 hours of sleep to function well. I would just try to compensate anyhow if I don't get sufficient sleep. However, I can go on without food for a long time :-)

Daily I go to bed at 11 am in the night hours. I get up from the bed in the morning at about 5.30 AM. Hours of sleep you need it depends upon the age factor. Kids need 10 to 12 hrs sleeping , adults need 8-10 hrs sleeping and persons at the age of 60 yrs need 7-8 hrs sleeping in a day to function. For me atleast 8 hrs sound sleep is required to energize and to function whole day, pkc3000

Hi dear, I feel you are stressing yourself. We need atleast 7-8 hours of sleep every day. For me, I need at least 8 hours of sleep so that I have enough strength to be active throughout the day. If I do not get enough sleep at night, the next day it shows on my health and also my performance. So, I always try to get enough sleep. Take care and sleep well zzzzzzzzzz....

I usually go to bed at 11.30 p.m. and I get up at 7.15 a.m. So, I sleep about eight hours. I think you should sleep more, or you'll destroy yourself! And it's not a good thing staying on myLot the whole day, I think :D

usually, i sleep on 9pm to 6 am. i sometmes wake up at midnight just to go to the restroom then ill go back to sleep. i dont ave internet connection in our house then, i cant go to my lot at night.