How much sleep do you usually get? Is it enough, or do you wish you had more?
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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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A healthy adult, from ages 16 to 38 or so can get by on about 4 hours of sleep a night.  However, it is reccomend you get from 6 to 7 hours of sleep.  8 hours of sleep was mandated for many years, but found to be non optimal.\n\nChildren under the age of 16 should get at least 8 hours of sleep or more.  Infants and toddlers, preschoolers and such should get more than 10-12 hours of sleep per day.\n\nOlder adults from ages 38is to 60 should get about 8 to 10 hours of sleep per day to help their bodies recoup the daily losses.  \n\nOlder people, from ages 60+ should usualy get from 10-12 hours of sleep a day to help recoup the losses.\n\nMind  you these are optimal hours, the range can be decreased and increased based on the activeness of the person.
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Yes and no.  You can not build a "stockpile" of sleep.  However, your body can accumulate "sleep debt."  The amount of sleep each person needs varies.  In addition, how your body addresses it's sleep debt depends on the circumstances.\n\nLet's say, for example, you need 8 hours per night.  If you have zero sleep debt, you will not be able to sleep more than 8 hours.  But if you sleep for only 7 hours one night, you add 1 hour to your sleep debt.  If you do this Sunday through Thursday night, you will have 5 hours of sleep debt.\n\nThe catch is, most people can not relieve themselves of more than about an hour of sleep debt per night.  So, even if you sleep for 10 or 11 hours on Friday and Saturday nights, you would most likely not make up for your lack of sleep all week.  The quality of sleep diminishes with each sleep cycle, so those last couple of hours aren't nearly as effective as the first few.\n\nMost people are carrying around sleep debt.  In fact, it is healthy to have a small amount of sleep debt (say, 5-10 hours).  If you have too little, it is difficult to fall asleep at night.  If you have the right amount of sleep debt, you should not feel tired during the day but it should only take you 10-15 minutes to fall asleep at night.\n\nHowever, generally speaking, there is a cap to the amount of sleep debt you can accumulate.  If I remember correctly, it is at about 50 hours or so.  The average person is walking around with about 25 hours of sleep debt or so.  Many sleep specialists believe that a large portion of auto accidents have a root cause of lack of sleep, but it is difficult to accurately measure this.  50 hours of sleep debt has a similar impact to your ability to function as if you had just finished off a couple of beers.\n\nThere's an excellent book on the subject called "The Promise of Sleep"
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The body needs what the body needs. If you fell to sleep you obviously needed the rest. It may take you a day or two to get back on schedule but you will be fine.
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Don't worry about the number of hours you're sleeping; think about how you feel in the morning, as well as how easily you get tired as the day goes on.  If you're comfortable with your level of energy, then that's the right amount of sleep for you.  And of course, it can change depending on how physically & mentally active you are.  In addition, the average person needs less sleep as they get older.
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Maybe you have had enough sleep. Einstein averaged 3 hours a sleep a night ! I don't always sleep well, but sooner or later my body catches me up on needed sleep.
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if you are normally active you need 5-7 hour total sleep during a 24 hour period. limit your naps to 20 minutes or you will feel sleepy the rest of your day or night. if you are not active you could probably stay in bed all day and night. get some fresh air and some sunlight
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I need around 6-8 hours sleep.  Anything less than 5 hrs and you can bet I'd be dangerously cranky and would be snapping at everyone the rest of the day, plus, I won't be up to any "thinking" tasks such as heavy analyzing and all that. I'd be on auto-pilot mode then until I get enough sleep. I usually wake up for bathroom breaks but I try not to turn on the lights (autopilot mode again) so that I can go right back to sleep without being woken up too much.
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Although it’s a common belief that 8 hours of sleep is required for optimal health, a six-year study of more than one million adults ages 30 to 102 has shown that people who get only 6 to 7 hours a night have a lower death rate. Individuals who sleep 8 hours or more, or less than 4 hours a night, were shown to have a significantly increased death rate compared to those who averaged 6 to 7 hours.
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Heavens no.  Everyone has different needs as to sleep.  Some people function wonderfully on 4 - 6 hours.  Others can't feel their best without 8 - 10.  You will learn what your body requires to feel completely rested as you go - it will change as you get older.
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Sleep sleep and Sleep as much as possible
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8 hours is recommended, but it really depends on each person. Some people can function properly with 5-6 hours and some can not. You should try sleeping less than 8 hours and see how much sleep you need.
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i sleep about 6 hrs at night. if you look into it people who sleep all day dont have much of a life. there wasting there day but about 7-8 hrs a day. scussful people dont sleeep all day their also more healthy than those who do sleep alll day
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The truth of the matter is that nothing may be wrong with you!  The amount of sleep needed varies from person to person with the average needed being 8 hours.  Some can get by on 5, others need 10 or more.  Since you have no symptoms of illness, are not depressed and you've always required a lot of sleep, this must be your "normal".  Nothing to worry about!
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I have most mornings off!\n\n:-)
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What is the right amount of sleep?? but most importantly, what are the right hours to sleep?? If you sleep 8 hrs per day but you go to bed at 1 am do not expect that it is the same as iif you had gone for sleep, say at 11 pm . There is evidence that there is an optimum 8 hrs of rest and that is between 10pm and 6 am the next day, since it is during those hrs that our body takes inventory of what is missing and goes about replenishing it. Meaning if you are out and about during those hrs, not only you are not replenishing but you are 'spending' also additional energy/ body resources at a time when your body is not really prepared to do so. Do not expect such advice to be widely disseminated in our electricity frenzied societies, however if you ask any honest phsyician, they will tell you so.\n\nI have been trying lately (the last 2 months or so) to at least prepare for bedtime at 10 pm, and be under the covers by 11pm the latest, during working days. I still feel drained at times, but I also began to feel a little better during other moments. (It also shows a little in my face too)\n\nAnother possibility of your being worn out, is that there may be some health condition that has not fully manifested. A first and easy step would be just some standard blood tests which are failry inexpensive, that will give you some indication of that, (if any exist)\nA third possibility is that we are all under some intense stress ( I hear more and more people complaining of feeling drained) which is putting us down
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That is enough sleep for adults.  Children need more, 8-10 hours.  When adults sleep more than 8 hours it is actually bad for their bodies.