How long do you sleep?

[Kimi]

Well, the title says all...
So how many hours do you sleep?

If you could tell me when do you go to bed and get up...
I feel like I'm having unhealthy sleeping behaviors...
I usually go to bed at 4 am and get up at 7 am if it's a school day...
And if it's weekend, then I go to bed around 5 or 6 and wake up at 6 pm...

I had sleeping problems just till few month ago but now I'm fine but still having relic of that time:icon_conf

[Paul_UK]

I really need 7 to 8 hours sleep - though I don't always get it. I tend to get 6-7 hours a night during the week and catch up at the weekend.

Weekdays, in bed by about 11:30, read for a bit so asleep by 12:30, alarm wakes me at 7:00.

Weekends, in bed and asleep at around the same times, wake up naturally at around 9:00 to 9:30.

I find it better to stick to similar times at weekends and holidays, otherwise it gets really difficult to readjust. If I am off work for a week or so I will set the alarm for 9:00 otherwise going to bed and getting up tend to drift gradually later.

I am no expert, but I don't think your sleeping patterns are at all healthy. You definitely need to get to bed earlier on school days, and indeed every day.

[CM1989]

Not nearly enough as I should.
Weekdays: 11:30-7:30
Weekends: Until I wake up.:grin:

[blake21]

sleep i dont get to much of that sometimes i work from 430pm to 430am 3 days a week then go to class from 900am to 300pm 3 days and 1000am to 400pm the other 2 so on the days i work around 3 hours the other days around 6-7 hours

[jayden]

im a night owl sometimes. On school nights im into bed by 10pm and have to be up by 7.30am. on weekends upto midnight, 1-2am and sleep in, sometimes as late as 11am. :lol:

[SpikySpice]

I usually go to sleep AT 2AM, and wake up at 6 on school days. That's why I love Stas, I can wake up at any time i like. Sometimes 2 pm, I remember one time I woke up at 4, lol, cuz I always stay home alone.

I never get myself in bed before 1am. I dont know why, but honestly I stop online at twelve, and have a liitle supper before going to turn down the light.

[Micah]

I find I concentrate a lot better in my classes if Ive had a full 8-9 hours sleep, though I generally only get 6-7. It makes a huge difference for me though.

But if I'm not doing anything that requires me to learn (ie - going to clubs / parties) then I can get away with quite a lot less :)

[Kimi]

Hmm...I guess I definetely need to get more sleep regularly:eusa_doh:

Though how you guys manage to go to bed before 12 am...
If it's ok with you to tell could you tell me what is your schedule for weekday...

I feel like I'm asking really stupid question...Oh well

[Paul_UK]

Though how you guys manage to go to bed before 12 am...

It becomes a routine - rather like staying up until 4am has become a routine to you.

What I suggest you do is try to go to bed half an hour earlier next week, then half an hour earlier the following week etc. Set a time and stick to it though - don't think "just another few minutes online..." or it'll never happen.

Aim for about the same time at the weekends too, otherwise you will break the routine you are trying to get yourself into.

When you get to the point that you are waking up at the right time feeling refreshed and not tired by the end of the week (so needing to sleep through the weekend), you've probably found about the right time to go to bed.

[94nat]

Sometimes about 10 hours a night but couldn't sleep much tonight so here I am. :)

[TriBi]

During the week I'm lucky to get 6 hrs. Weekends might be slightly longer (but not much).

Every so often I'll just fall in a heap and sleep for about 9hrs...then I'll start all over again...I don't like spending too much time asleep when I could actually be DOING things tho'...

[Jerr]

I go to sleep... if I do... around 4am and I wake up and start geting ready for school at 5 am...



on weekeneds i go to sleep around the same time and i wake up at like 7-10 am ...


I don't sleep well... I wake up constantly the few hours I do sleep... i usually lay awake for hours lol i laugh but it is really horrible

[JayHew]

Usually I go to sleep about 11PM and wake at 5AM. 6 hours seems to do me ok for the most part, but now and again I get the luxury of sleeping in until 6 AM.

For the most part getting about 7-8 hours of sleep is the norm and most function better with those hours. The problem with late sleep takers combined with early rising is the brain function isn't as good as it could be. We may think we are doing ok, but testing has shown that cognitive abilities are off, thinking is slow and eye/hand coordination is significantly off. Another thing with late sleep takers is it screws up the circadian rhythm and if allowed to keep going, will take you around the clock. With some it becomes a bad habit and seems once the sun comes up, it is time for bed (vampire anyone?). One other thing is staying up late and not having proper exposure to the sun can lead to depression. Something similar happens to people who live where I do, when in winter we have only a few hours of sunlight, a situation called SAD (Seasonal Affect Disorder) where depression, sleepiness and strong urges for carbs happens. Once the sun returns these go away but can cause very significant problems.

The best thing to do is to establish a sleep taking time and stick to it as much as possible (exceptions are the occasional ok) and wake at the same time each day. With doing this you can find out for yourself how many hours work best for you, but also establishes a good habit.

What Paul has suggested above for the late sleep takers in order to change is best, go to bed earlier over time and you shouldn't have much problem.

[Kimi]

Thanks guys!
I'm try to go bed earlier and get more sleep:thumbsup:

Actually, I went to bed at 11 pm yesterday(!)

[Jamie]

to be honest at the moment i've been getting around 6 or 7 hours sleep. Which doesn't seem like enough, am always tired. But with the life I lead, if I had more than 6 or 7 hours sleep i'd not have any 'play time'. Making life very dull. In the summer though I always make sure i'm up by 06:00 for a run before work.

However, just last year I used to have more like 1-2 hours sleep. I was like a walking zombie suffering from a fair amount of insomnia, as a result of always having things on my mind. Unfortunately that led to lack of concentration in school, a fall in grades and as such I pretty much gave up all hope during my second year of sixth form. In fact during some A level exams i'd just done another all nighter, so was hard pushed to remember anything. If you can try and stay away from this sort of sleep pattern.

[tired_of_lying411]

I usually fall asleep reading at 12:30 - 1:00 (sometimes later if I'm not tired)
and I wake up at 7:45 during the week for school, and between 9:00 and 10:00 on the weekend.

[jayden]

im a night owl sometimes. On school nights im into bed by 10pm and have to be up by 7.30am. on weekends upto midnight, 1-2am and sleep in, sometimes as late as 11am. :lol:
i also forgot to mention that i sleep walk sometimes. :eusa_doh:

[Kenko]

I try to aim for in bed by midnight, and up at 6:45 on school nights. On weekends, bed at 1 (or later if going out) and up at 9 or so. I've tried getting up earlier on weekends but I just can't do it.

Though sometimes I really slip and start going to bed at 2 during the week. I notice it the next morning.

Big thing to help I find is shutting off the computer early. It's waaay too easy to kill time surfing the net when I should be asleep. I find if I shut off the computer and the TV, and start dimming the lights early, I notice that I'm actually sleepy and want to go to bed at a reasonable hour.

As far as Seasonal Affect Disorder, I try to get outside "early" in the day for a walk, and right now I'm working in a Windowless office with dim lights, so that doesn't help, so I try to go for a walk in the sunlight after work.

[GoodOlMe]

I get into bed like 10:30, but by the time I actually go to sleep its probably around 11 - 11:30. Then I wake up at 6:30, so that gives me around 7 1/2 hours, but usually I wake up a couple times a night, so that brings it down to around probably 6 1/2, but it only feels like a minute when you gotta get up and go to school :(

[shain250]

i sleep around 4-5 hours i have a hard time sleeping when i get a sleep its always seems its time to get up to go to work or school

[joeyconnick]

I usually head for bed around 1am to 2am and I fall asleep very quickly (like within 15 minutes). I totally realise that makes me very lucky. I have to get up around 8am/830am on weekdays so really I'm not giving myself enough time to rest--I seem to work well with 7 hours sleep on a regular basis.

I usually sleep in to 9am or 10am on weekends. Yay weekends!

[Miaplacidus]

I usually sleep 7 or 8 hours. I go to bed late but I don't have to go to school in the morning (I go in the afternoon). I think I should get up earlier.

[tinkerbell]

Insomnia is one of the many symptoms of cyclothymia, which I have along with a bunch of other things. It takes me four hours to get to sleep at night, and I wake up every hour and fifteen minutes.

[Jim1454]

OMG! That sounds horrible!

I went for 3 weeks once suffering with insomnia (a complication from another illness that I was dealing with) and in that 3 week period I never slept for more than 45 minutes at a time, and it would take me 2 or 3 hours to get to sleep each time. I was a wreck by the time it turned around.

Usually I get around 7 hours a night. My school days are long behind me, and I'm often up at 6am to get to work by 8.

[tinkerbell]

I have had cyclothymia, and as a result insomnia, for ever since I was less than a year old, so about seventeen years. I am used to it.

[mrrolemodel]

Weekdays: Bed by 10 PM. (but i'm not good at sleeping. so i usually am just laying in bed for the longest time.) :bang:
Wake up at 6 AM.
Not to mention the few times I usually wake up during the night.
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[jayden]

since my accident i have been sleeping 10 hours a night because ive been taking tablets when i go to bed.

[dhutchid]

Apprarently you live longer if you get between 5 and 7 hours.

[GuitarGirl1350]

I need about 10 to function properly. I know its alot but I'm weird. I'm coming off of being really sick as well.
On your average night I get 5-7, depending on when I go to bed. Weekends I can easily sleep 12 hours.

[Grof142007]

School days i got to sleep anywhere from 8pm(if i am really tired) to 11pm

i get up like 6 - 7am

Weekend i go to bed when my body is tired and want to rest and i get up around 6 - 9am

yea im a early bird and once i am awake im awake cant fall back to sleep yea i know it sucks

[bamboo5]

Only about 2 hrs a day... But I still manage to do well in school and keep active, so I'm ok with it.

[TeeBe]

Given an infinite time to sleep, I usually won't wake up for 12 hours. It is getting to sleep that is the issue. When I am in school, I usually sleep about 4 hours a night.

[EthanS]

And if it's weekend, then I go to bed around 5 or 6 and wake up at 6 pm...

5am !!!!!!!!!!!! da latest for me is like 3am. n 6pm!!!!!!!..............


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[SpikySpice]

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[EthanS]

lol dint c that thx

[SpikySpice]

ur welcom