Are you sleeping more?
By arkaf61
@arkaf61 (10881)
Canada
April 21, 2008 6:11pm CST
I don't really know what's happening but I find myself sleeping more and more.
I know that I abused a bit when I was younger. Nights awake , not enough sleep, etc. etc.
But even when I slept enough, the average was about 6 to 7 hours of sleep.
Now that I am approaching my 50s I seem to need at least 8 to 9 hours of sleep. ANd since I never do that, I end up needing a nap when I get home from work.
THe funny part is that I thought that people needed less sleep as they aged. NO scientific proof for this, just that most older people I know tell me that they're sleeping only 4 to 5 hours and that they are not sleepy.
The only person I know that could sleep forever was my dad. He could sleep and sleep and then at night he would go to bed and sleep some more LOL If he wasn't my adoptive dad I would think that it was something in the genes, but since he was can't use that :)
SO what about you, are you sleeping more or less than what you used to ?
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13 responses
@jhl930 (3601)
• United States
22 Apr 08
i have found that i am sleeping more now as well and i didn't even think about it until i read this discussion, and i can't really think and come up with a good reason why i do...but use to i could get like five or six hours of sleep a night and be able to go on that the next day if i get that now i have to go to sleep sometimes during the day...and i honestly can't understand it...
@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
22 Apr 08
I will go investigate first. I will check the insides of my eyelids to see if they have pin holes to let in light. While I am there, I might just take a nap.
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@rhane7315 (5649)
• Philippines
23 Apr 08
i guess i sleep less than an hour that i used to. before i sleep more than 13-15 hours lol
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@crackhead (1826)
• India
22 Apr 08
I am sleeping less, Insomnia. At your age its obvious that you sleep more, The old you grow the more you sleep. Old people are compared to kids in few things and this is one among them. I have seen my grandmother who is 87 years old and sleeps for almost 12 hours in day.
I sleep for some 5 - 6 hours regularly and once in a week, i drink and then i sleep for some 10 hours. I will compensate the less sleep that i had the whole week on the weekends. After all being busy and tensions wont let me sleep well.
@lancingboy (1385)
• United States
22 Apr 08
I sleep more than I should be, but that is due to lack of having anything to do. It is so boring at my house and every entertainment thing we have, I've used or watch so many times it isn't enjoyable (at least not for a few months after I stop using it). I seriously need to find new stuff to do.
Hopefully I'd be able to start college soon. I am at a community college right now on Mylot while waiting for an appointment with the financial advisor. Hopefully, I'd be able to meet lots of new people and have new stuff to do!
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@Janette1963 (19)
• United States
22 Apr 08
I have noticed that I sleep more and more too. Ever since I got over I started sleeping more. I think it has a lot to do with ago. Also, If you are over weight. I have sleep apnea also. I also have depression. With all that I'm lucky if I'm awake at all. LOL I can sleep for 15 hours straight. I don't do it very often but I can. I sleep late, until about 11 am or 12 pm then about 5pm take nap. Then a stay up until 2am or so. I'm a night owl too. I can sleep better during the day. I've always been like that. What about you?
@hallee23 (9)
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22 Apr 08
Well i use to be a big sleeper and i couldn't actually get up int the mornings, but these days it's a different story. I usually sleep around 8 hours give or take an hour but i'm getting up earlier and earlier every day without the tiredness, that's a good thing though, although i'm not sleeping more i feel much better.
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
25 Apr 08
Yes Sweetie I sleep in the afternoons but have done for the last 6 years now
I get drained and tired but I think it is boredom even after all these years because when I was able to work and be active I never slept not even at the weekend and I was able to go 4 hours sleep and then whole Day out on the road driving from one contract to another then home sort the kids out and tidy up
Weekends was spent with full cleaning washing ironing and it never bothered me now well I just keep getting tired
@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
22 Apr 08
I am doing about the same as I did in high school, 6.5-7 hours nightly. Every once in awhile, I do need an extra bit. I will go to bed early or sleep in late. I am in my mid fifties.
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@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
22 Apr 08
Hi arkaf I think everyones body needs a different amount of sleep. Now that Im getting older I dont need as much sleep. I wake up really early in the morning. And I dont even use an alarm clock.LOL So if you sleeping more your body is trying to tell you that its needed.
@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
23 Apr 08
I don't use an alarm clock either, but then again I never did. I always seem to be able to wake up more or less at the time I need to.
But my sleep schedule is not the best, I guess, plus I have been a bit down and stressed which has something to do with sleeping as well.
@amitpuri (457)
• India
22 Apr 08
I am not sleeping that much now as i used to sleep sometime ago as i am a student and most of the times i spend in the college and then i have to do alot of work online so it takes too much time of mine that i can just sleep for 5 hours and still i don't feel tired or sleepy at all, perhaps now i am addicted for the short sleeps. I think still sleeping of about 8 hours is necessary for everyone to refresh the minds and to avoid the some of the diseases like migraine that can be arise due to the improper sleeping so its better that you are sleeping the for the proper hours and if you want to decrease your sleeping habit you can always engage yourself in some work that can really help you in decreasing your sleeping hours.
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@apalmer3 (5)
• United States
22 Apr 08
I'm currently a 2nd year college student, and I definitely sleep more than I used to. While I oftentimes do not go to bed until 3 in the morning, I also find myself taking 2-3 hour naps in the middle of the day.
My sleep schedule's a little screwed up because of the fact that I go to University. But then again, I think that it's normal to try and get at least 8 hours of sleep in a 24 hour period. :-D
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@here2watch (99)
• India
25 Apr 08
i read in some science magzine that on an everage a human body needs rest for 7-8 hours per day. I sleep for 8 hours every day. My sister takes care of all cooking and househols activities so i am bit relaxed just to do the office work.
