Borgnine
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Thu Apr-21-05 04:56 AM
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How many hours of sleep do you get a day? |
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I ask because as of late I've been suffering from severe insomnia, and I usually only get in between five to six hours, and that's when I don't have any morning classes. Sometimes it's only two. I can feel myself getting dumber and dumber as I sleep less and less... and.. it's... harder to think.
So what's the average here on DU? 'Fess up, how many actually get in 8 hours?
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Thu Apr-21-05 04:58 AM
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1. 5-6 hours during the week, 8+ hrs on the weekends |
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Thu Apr-21-05 05:02 AM
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But I've gotten used to it; I worked in the hospitality industry for years and my sleep patterns were screwed up anyway.
I get around 5 hours a night, though I usually have one 10 hour sleep every 10 days or so...
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Thu Apr-21-05 05:04 AM
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I need 9 or 10 hours to function at my best. I get about 7 hours a night. Many older people that I know say you need less sleep as you get older. I think they are just crazy to think that "one size fits all" according to age. I think it's a person by person type need. Some people just need more sleep than others. This part is kind of off topic, but I have noticed that when I am studying or reading a lot, I need to eat again. Even if I ate a nice sized meal 2 hours earlier, once I read or study a lot, I need to eat again or I lose steam. I have noticed that when I don't get enough sleep on night, my body takes me down the next night whether I want to or not. I fall asleep where I sit sometimes. I have been sleeping less lately too. Right now, I am nodding off and yet when I try to lay down and sleep, I get wide awake all of a sudden. It's weird.
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Thu Apr-21-05 05:56 AM
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I have a day job and have to get my sleep on my own time at night.
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Thu Apr-21-05 06:03 AM
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5. Averages to 8 I'd guess |
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Maybe more...
During the week its somewhere in the 7 hour range (depending on how much I sleep after my alarm has gone off). The week-ends screw everything up though, I tend to sleep until very late on Saturdays and lateish on Sundays - then can't get to sleep on Sunday night...
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Thu Apr-21-05 06:24 AM
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If I sleep any longer I feel tired the next day.
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Thu Apr-21-05 06:48 AM
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Sometimes even 10 hours and that often means that I've slept too much, because you don't feel 100% fresh after sleeping too much either.
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Thu Apr-21-05 07:04 AM
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9. I can't remember the last time I've had 8 hours of sleep in a night |
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I can usually manage 5 hours of sleep then I'm awake for hours (if I'm lucky I can catch another hour or two of shut-eye around dawn) or I'm up for a very long day :shrug:
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Thu Apr-21-05 07:08 AM
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11. About 4-5. Shame on me. |
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Thu Apr-21-05 08:09 AM
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Last night? Don't ask. :hangover:
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Thu Apr-21-05 08:34 AM
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14. Exactly what I would have written |
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It's mostly my fault. On the nights when I'm not at my part-time job, I just can't bring myself to get bed any sooner than midnight. Insomnia defintely is not a problem.
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Thu Apr-21-05 08:38 AM
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I need to get more Prozac...it helps me sleep.
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Thu Apr-21-05 09:25 AM
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I started getting up earlier to get to the gym, but I haven't gone to bed earlier... so I'm missing that 8th hour.
And I really am missing it.
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Thu Apr-21-05 11:47 AM
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how do you like being a moderator?.. congrats by the way. :hi:
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Thu Apr-21-05 08:55 AM
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17. Go To An Acupuncturist OR Get Some Chinese Herbal Medicine. |
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Edited on Thu Apr-21-05 08:55 AM by cryingshame
they work without the negative impact of western medication.
For TCM patents online try:
www.maxnature.com www.dragonchineseherbs.com www.siumarket.com www.orientalpharmacy.com
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Thu Apr-21-05 09:12 AM
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But even I have short nights sometimes. If I happen to only sleep 5 one night my natural tendency will be to sleep 9 or 10 the next. Having people do lifesyle changes, ie: getting daily exercise, nutrition, not shortchanging hours allotted to sleep, or even sleep with a CPAP machine.......is really hard.
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Thu Apr-21-05 09:13 AM
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20. usually 6-7, but the last hour is me hitting snooze every 9 minutes. |
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Thu Apr-21-05 09:22 AM
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21. 7-8 normally. My brain doesn't work if I don't get a min. of 7 hours |
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I hate the whole proccess of sleep and wish humans would evolve out of needing it. I hate going to bed because I'm a night person and waking up in the mornings, even when I've had a full 8 hours, is still a painful process.
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Thu Apr-21-05 09:23 AM
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22. Pretty much like everyone else here - 6 to 7 hours. |
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Thu Apr-21-05 11:54 AM
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my schedule is all over the place between work and school so it depends on what day of the week.
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