Is sleeping for 17.5 hours straight normal?
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No, only if you are sick, then it's normal if you sleep all day and night, or at least nap all day. Even if you hadn't slept much recently, that's too long to be considered normal.\n\nIf it only happened once I wouldn't worry about it!
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It's different for each person, but realistically 24 hours is strethcing it, although I'm sure that there are people out there who have gone without sleep for two or even three days.  Its very dangerous though, and I would not suggest it.  Physically, your body is drained (without a regular sleep cycle, your body replaces sleep with calories, so if you're pulling an all-nighter you might want to have a few midnight snacks).  It can also hurt your mentally.  I have heard of people seeing some VERY strange things after going without sleep-- like they're delerious.  I read in a book that a study tested something like this and people began to see fires everywhere.... odd.  But at any rate, its not a good thing to try and do!
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sleep DOES effect your daily life. you need at least 7-8 hours of sleep a night to be fully rested. a bad nights sleep, or no sleep, can put off your whole day. go long enough without sleep, and your brain will shut down and sleep, whenever it wants to.\n\ni go to sleep about 11pm and get up anywhere between 7am and 9am.
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I went almost a week with only a couple 30 minute naps.  It depends on who you are and how much energy inducing stuff you drink normally.
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Because having 13 hours of alseep, can be worse than having 7, depending on your age, you should hit exactly the amount of sleep you need, and you will wake up just fine, like one time i fell alseep at 3 o clock in the afternoon, woke up at about 11:30, and i was wide awake, becuase I convieniently hit the time to wake up, but then i fell back asleep to about 7, and i felt horrible, like I stayed up 10 days in a row, so try to time your sleep perfectly there is an algebraic question somewhere on the internet, but if your young, about 9 hours. if your a bit older 8, and if your very old, about 6 and a half, try to find it its like S=a*2.6937 dont ask, but its sometheing very simaler to that, i couldnt find it :&#92;
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7 to eight 8 hours and if I get less than 6 it makes for a really long grouchy day,but cant ever seem to sleep more than 8 unless I have a hangover.\n   or cuddling next to that perfect little beaty queen
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Normally Seven to Eight Hours r quite enough for a healthy person\nbut if u want to sleep u should/must sleep n try to relax ur self as much as u can\nIf u'll be relax u can work n do things with concentration n easily without tiredness
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Eight hours is plenty of sleep.  Most teenagers get MUCH less than that, but for most adults and teenagers, the recommended amount is 8-10, I think, and it varies from person to person.\n\nGetting too little sleep, of course, leaves you tired through the day.  However, it is possible to get too much sleep (although that seems IMPOSSIBLE to those of us who are sleep deprived), and that can leave you feeling groggy and wishing you had more.\n\nIf you're waking up feeling rested, you're probably just fine.  You may want to talk to your doctor (or a trainer, if you have one) to make sure, or if you are waking up still feeling tired.
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Sleep when you're tired, but the most crucial sleeping hours are considered to be 2-6am (you should sleep more than 4 hours though, at least 6 at a MINIMUM).  Happy sleeping.
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Qualitatively 4 hours 20 minutes!!! Your sleep consists of two parts-the first being the REM( rapid eye movement phase) about 20 minutes  and a NREM phase of 40-50 minutes( non-rapid eye movement phase). Its during the NREM phase that your brains de- frags the various bits and pieces and during this time you are on autopilot. During the REM phase the brais checks all systems and gives you necessary commands like the bladder full signals etc.In disturbed sleep the NREM phase is reduced considerably and thus the quality is not achieved. Thus if you can relax and sleep well for 4 hours at a stretch without the assistance of any drug, thats all you need.
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Normal human being have 6-8 hours sleep in 24 hours and its better if one have this duration in a stretch. If your required quta is fulfilled then its psychological factor that you feel asleep all the time. Try to remain busy and have some productive and positive hubbies. By the way, why you laydown so many times?
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i've heard several times that the amount of sleep each individual requires is based on a number of factors, some of which include age, weight, and even diet. everyone has different schedules, and each one is independent to one another depending on their own individual health.<br />\ni'm not one to set an example, but i average anywhere from 5-7 hours of sleep on a regular basis. sometimes my body requires more, sometimes less, but it seems to balance out and i never feel as though i'm suffering from lack, or over abundance, of sleep.<br />\ni've included a yahoo! health article to help shed light on some of your own personal sleep habits.
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If you feel as if you are fully functional on that amount of sleep then there should be no issue. There are no health risks to adjusting when you sleep, it's the amount of hours you sleep.\n\nThere are people who work night shifts and stay up all night and sleep all day, and as long as they get their 7 to 9 hours of sleep they're fine. \n\nThere are also people who can operate just fine on 4-6 hours of sleep, just the same as we function on our 7-9.
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After pulling 36-hour shifts without any sleep, I've slept longer than 24 hours. Felt miserable afterward, too!  Catch-up sleep is not that great.
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im 13 and i get 4 to 7 hours of sleep a night
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if you re trying to stay awake for work, a normal human being can function normally for about a week with 4 hours of sleep per day
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First of all, 10 hours a day is a bit much in the first place.  Average human beings require 8-9 hours per night, and many health professionals warn against less than 7, so I would NOT recommend you sleeping just 6!  However, many, many people sleep 6 hours or even less, despite the dangerous health problems they risk, so it depends on your motives: what could possibly warrant starving yourself of sleep?