i got problem sleeping 8 hours a day

hi ann, the doctor is certainly right, i have this problem too, as we grow older we sleep less, more over mental condition plays a role in sleep management. on the nights i am terribly tired i sleep earlier, many say love making is good for a sound sleep too tyhanks for this post bhuwan

Haha we should change places!! I hate sleeping for long hours at time, but I just can't help it. I'm always exhausted, and by 9 or 10 pm I'll be in bed. I've got big trouble waking up in the mornings. Unless if I have classes at 8am, I'd probably still be sleeping like a baby till noon

Since I turned fifty I have had trouble sleeping 8 or more hours. The most I can sleep and its very rare is 7 hours. My usual amount is anywhere from 4 to 6 hours. I try taking tylenol PM doesn't really work for me. I will read or watch TV. What I find that works nowadays is going to bed when I'm exhausted to the point that I can't keep my eyes open anymore. Most of the time the reason I can't sleep is because my brain can't shut down. Its a horrible thing when you can't get the rest that your body needs.

There is really such kind of person and it is regardless though people are aging. I also have a friend who only sleeps for 3 to 5 hours a day because she really has difficulty sleeping though she get in bed early but she really had a hard time sleeping. She even consult a doctor and seek for medicines but it was not working with her.

I don't think that you must sleep 8 hours!! everyone is different.if your body is strong,it is no matter.

Accourding to others, lack of sleep is not good but I slept with 8 hours, right up next mprning my body felt broken, if sleep less than 8 hours even my body healthy

Do not misunderstand the doctor's suggestion. It does not mean everyone needs 8 hours sleep, few people needs 4 or 5 hours, it is enough for them if they feel ok every day.

I too have that kind of sleep. I am a morning person. I work until 12 midnight and arrive home at 1 am. I won't be able to sleep immediately because I still have energy and can still do a lot of things. My problem is that when I sleep at around 2 am, my body clock wakes me up at 6 or 7 am so I don't have other choice but to really wake up and start my day. I don't get any problem with waking up early and sustaining my day's energy until I finish my work during midnight. My dad said that when someone gets older, they tend to have a shorter sleep because they would want to make their day longer. I don't know if he has any basis about that but he himself sleeps shortly.

I don't sleep as much as I should, but I normally take a bath to relax. Or, I try to do something to ware myself out. It usually works, but sometimes if my mind is full then it doesn't. I wish you luck in getting sleep. Try power napping that is sometimes better if you can't get the recommended 8 to ten hours most get.

Hi I think you solve your problem very easily .When you going to sleep, don't think anything , leave your tension, try to sleep and try to watch sweet dream.If that's not work then you have to do yoga. I think it make your problem solve easily. Happy sleeping.

hi tigeraunt! what keeps you awake till midnight? maybe this is the reason. are watching TV or surfing the net? if i remember right, in one of a talkshow i have watched, to be able to sleep early you need to make your room an ambience. which means make your room especially your bed a place to relax and sleep. do not bring your work to your bed, your laptop, PC or even TV. it will make you feel its not a place to sleep. also, try to check your diet. even if you are drinking milk, if you are taking in too much foods or drinks with caffeine then there is no effect at all. sometimes its also the stress that you feel. worries may also be a cause. just pray before you sleep. everything will be alright. good day!

I have the same problem as yours.I am a university student, and sometimes I stay up late in order to prepare for my exams and papers. If this continues for more than a week, I can no longer fall asleep before midnight, even if I go to bed at around 11pm. Besides, my roomates seldom sleep before 1pm, which also delays my bedtime. However, since staying up lowers my sleep quality, I need even more than 8 hours' sleep to get enough rest, which in turn delays my bedtime. A vicious circle, isn't it? I tried lots of methods to get over it, such as doing exercises, drinking milk, not taking naps at noon...in which the most efficient one I found was to make a sleep schedule. People usually feel tired after dinner. On the first day, I went to bed right after dinner. The next day, I no longer felt so tired right after dinner, but at sometime afterwards, and I went to bed at that time. In this way, I managed to put it off until around 11pm, and I persisted in sleeping at that time to keep it steady. I hope I explained it clearly, though my English is not very good. Wish you have a good sleep!

try this tip...i use to be like that before. what i did was, i take a sip of jasmine tea, or any other tea that you feel relaxed, and savor its aroma. then i prepare my bed, i take a shower with a warm water, i dim my light, i pray, and read some books. or i read then pray!...after a while i didn't even noticed that i dropped the book i was reading...try this tip! it worked for me! hope it works on you to!

I also have trouble sleeping. Mine is weird. When I stay awake, I'll feel very sleepy, but when I put my head on the pillow, I cannot go to sleep. Recently, I redevelop a habit of sleeping late at night. So what I did is I read a book while lying down. Then I would get sleepy, and sleep. Sometimes I needed to force myself to sleep. After doing it for a week, my biological clock is restored to it's rightful place. About your question on why as we get older, we get less sleep. Think of our body a a battery. I'll use my cell's battery as an example. it takes 2 and a half hours for my battery to be fully charged. As the battery grows older, less time is needed to recharge the battery, since the battery is weakened by the old age. My point is, sleeping is like charging your body's energy. As you grow older, you discharge your energy a lot less, and therefore you need less time to charge the body, meaning less sleeping time. My mother is 41 this year, and she only sleeps 3-4 hours a day. I on the other hand, sleeps up to 8 hours a day. Hope the explanation is useful. By the way, this example is analogical. There's probably more scientific explanation on this.

I can't remember the last time I slept for 8 hours a day, probably the last time I has the flu or something. I usually survive on 2 or 3 hours most days but that is because of a back problem which makes getting to sleep difficult but also causes me to wake up numerous times a night. The thing I have learned is not to worry about getting 8 hours a night, or going to bed by such an hour so you can fit in those 8 hours, because the more you stress over it the harder it becomes. If you go to bed when you are tired and wake up naturally without being disturbed then you will be getting however much sleep your body says you need. For some people that is 8 hours for others that is a lot less. What I find and this goes against all medical advice is to have the TV on when I go to bed and will naturally drop off whilst watching it. If I don't then the silence drives me to distraction and my mind becomes over active with thoughts going around and around.

yes it should be 8hrs of sleep but me too i can't do that i sleep early before midnight but still i cant get that sleep very much, i only have 6 is so lucky and 3hrs is no good, and still i can't sleep that much..

I know some elderly people that only really sleep like around 4 or 5 hours a day too. They go to sleep really late and wake up really early. I guess as long as it doesn't hurt the way you function its okay. I think they take a nap in the afternoon too. I would try not to eat or drink anything close to when I am going to sleep because my stomach would wake me up. lol. I would also try to reduce my stess level too. If that doesn't work then I would just get prescribed sleeping pills.

This is very bad you need to take at least 8 hrs sleep a day. Some time even I face such problem in such situation I start some physical exercise. And it actually help me.

i sleep 4 as well i deliver bread and wake up at 3 am

I have this same problem. I get on average about 3 to 4 hours of sleep a night. And that's for the same reason, my biological clock says that I cannot go to sleep yet because I still have things that I need to do for some reason. And some nights I'll even stay awake rolling around thinking about everything... it sucks. I know how you feel. And I have tried just about everything in the book and it still doesn't work.