Sleep poll.

[Metalhead]

How much sleep do you need each night to function during the day?

I find I need 10 hours, but then again I have sleep apnea so once I get that CPAP machine, the actual number might be considerably less.

 

[Judge]

Let's just say that what I get (5.5 hours) isn't necessarily what I think I need (7 Hours).

30 years ago I used to survive on about 5 hours of sleep almost every night.

 

[Rodafina]

I find I need a certain amount of sleep over the course of 24 hours, but it’s okay if it’s broken up in 3 to 5 hour segments. A couple of those and I’m good to go. I am re-learning to sleep for longer periods of time though. Sometimes that goes well, sometimes it does not.

 

[Luca]

To actually function? At least 10 hours.
Not what I get realistically though.

 

[Judge]

Some people can take multiple "cat naps" in trying to make up for lost sleep. I'm just not one of them.

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

I don't have sleep apnea, but I do have pretty significant asthma and allergies. When I'm feeling wheezy, I sleep upright, either supported by luscious layers of pillows, or in the recliner. That tends to open my airways.

I'd also suggest you maybe take a hawthorn (Crataegus Fructi) tincture or tea. It expands the bronchioles and also opens up the arteries. Similar to albuterol, but without the harsh stimulant effect. It's also very cleansing for the kidneys, getting all that ucky stuff out (in layman's terms).

It's just lovely. I've been prescribed it by a naturopath for both my asthma, and for my heart murmur. It's a miracle herb. But it is very strong medicine. My daughter and I used it to shorten our covid symptoms. When I was in cancer treatment, I would get pneumonia several times a year. I used Boyaryshnik (hawthorn) instead of codeine cough syrup or tessalon pearls. That's how powerful it is.

So please, ask a doctor before use. If you are on heart medication, do not take it, as it does open up the blood vessels and airways.

 

[Thinx]

I put Other because my sleep pattern is varied, and often includes sleeping very long after I go to bed or may be that I wake for several hours some time in the night, I don't worry about it, I think I may be diurnal if that's the word, sleeping with a few hours awake, then sleeping again. I tend to be here late at night or in the early hours, therefore, and it works OK with the UK being 5 hours ahead, plenty Americans are awake! I never just lie there because then I ruminate. That's rarely good. I just think, if I miss some sleep I will catch it up the next night. That's what usually happens.

 

[Mr. Stevens]

Usually about 7-9 hours. I typically don't have too much trouble with sleep, but sometimes I do. It depends on what the week or day was like.

 

[Chhoww]

My sleep depends on how my day went, what I ate and how much, how quiet the room is, and so on. I usually try to stick to a certain routine because getting up late (after 10 a.m.) makes me feel like a worthless person.

 

[SusanLR]

I have the random sleep pattern of going to bed around 4-5 am, sleeping for
five hours then making up for it with a long nap or two in the afternoons.

When you're retired and can do as you please, except for appointments, it doesn't matter really. So, I don't feel worthless.

 

[Misery]

Non 24 sleep-wake disorder.

6:13 AM where I'm at, it's dinner time for me, for today anyway, bah.

Tomorrow that meal will be at 7:30 or so.

It's totally not confusing at all, no sir.

Oddly though I actually get plenty of sleep. Once I do get to bed, I sleep like the dead. So I tend to have a lot of energy.

As long as I dont try to fight that schedule, that is. Which explains all the insomnia I had back in school.

 

[Aspychata]

Chaotic, never the same. I like nice dreams, sometimes my nitemares are upsetting. PTSD can create hit or miss with sleep.

 

[Darkkin]

I'm one of the weirdos who can function at a 105% on less than 6 hours of sleep. I never sleep past 6:23 am even when my brain doesn't shut off until 3:40 am. If I can't sleep, I read (by which I mean I will book binge on my tablet, so I don't have to turn on a light).

I'm switched of by 10:00 pm every night, but it doesn't mean I actually sleep. It just means I'm out of peopling mode. Annoy me at this time of night at your own peril.

 

[Georgia Galaxy]

Sleeping is SO, so easy, it gets easier as you get older and sometimes, it's my favourite part of the day because I love relaxing ^^

 

[Georgia Galaxy]

Chaotic, never the same. I like nice dreams, sometimes my nitemares are upsetting. PTSD can create hit or miss with sleep.

Aww I hope your bad dreams improve soon my friend <3 Sending good vibes

 

[Georgia Galaxy]

Non 24 sleep-wake disorder.

6:13 AM where I'm at, it's dinner time for me, for today anyway, bah.

Tomorrow that meal will be at 7:30 or so.

It's totally not confusing at all, no sir.

Oddly though I actually get plenty of sleep. Once I do get to bed, I sleep like the dead. So I tend to have a lot of energy.

As long as I dont try to fight that schedule, that is. Which explains all the insomnia I had back in school.

Lol same same same. I had insomnia as well!! It was super rough

 

[Georgia Galaxy]

My sleep depends on how my day went, what I ate and how much, how quiet the room is, and so on. I usually try to stick to a certain routine because getting up late (after 10 a.m.) makes me feel like a worthless person.

Aww it's okay mate, there's nothing wrong with sleeping up late <: )

 

[Georgia Galaxy]

Some people can take multiple "cat naps" in trying to make up for lost sleep. I'm just not one of them.

Me neither but I have napped twice in my life so far due to sickness, and I'm pretty sure most of us nap as babies of course :> Elderly people LOVE cat naps.

 

[Georgia Galaxy]

To actually function? At least 10 hours.
Not what I get realistically though.

Aww. If you're getting bad sleep I hope it gets better!

 

[Judge]

Elderly people LOVE cat naps.

I'm 67. How old is "elderly" ?