TheScooby

From recent experience of staying up all morning till 5am watching the cricket, then getting up at 6 has taught me that i cannot live on 1 hour of sleep. I reckon i can get by on 5-6hours without too much trouble...

Anyone else?

TheScooby

[Edited by TheScooby - 2/13/2003 12:31:17 PM]

Redkop

I can get by on 4-5 hours a night

TelBoy

I have to get by on 4-5 hours a night. Insomniac.

LG John

I've got a fairly accurate way of knowing that I've not had enough sleep. I spew When I get very tired if I don't sleep eventually my body just makes me throw up. After that I'm pretty much useless and just shut down!!

Nimbus

More than I'm getting....

ProperCharlie

I need 8 hours min. I find it a real drag cos I would like to have more time to do stuff, but if I don't get my 8 hours i am often in danger of falling asleep on the drive home. i have always started work early (6.30 am) and when I was a bit younger I would go out during the week but I was constantly falling asleep in pubs, clubs, busses, tubes, taxis etc. i have tried training myself to get by on 5-6 hours but it just ends up wrecking me.

Charlie.

TheScooby

Having the ability to get by on less than two hours of sleep is such a gift. You could just get so much more done. I think most geniuses don't need much if any sleep.....

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Dracoro

11 hours is my preferred amount

STi wanna Subaru

iTrader: (1)

need about 8-10 hours

Get about 7.

Yes I am a lazy b@stard!

TheScooby

Dracoro - SLOTH

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TopBanana

7 or 8 - I think a lot of it is down to what your body expects. There are some funky sleep techniques where you take a power nap every 6 hours or so - which is meant to work quite well. Awkward to kip at midday though.

brickboy

I used to be an 8-hour minimum person ... then I had kids

You can get by on 4 hours or so but every so often you need a 12-hour session

Dracoro

TheScooby - And I'm proud of it!

They say maggie could get by on 4 hours
the average is 7/8 hours
so SOMEONE needs to be at 11 to address the balance and that'd be me!

MJW

I can usually manage on 5-6 hours through the week but need a lie-in on the weekend. Which I never get cos of the kids and 'er indoors whingeing at me to do DIY stuff.

Jen

Yup - 71/2 to 8 needed here

Sad thing is I havn't been sleeping well recently and I'm not feeling to great on it

TheScooby

LOL. Sounds like something out of a motivational video

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Jerome

I only need about 6 hours a night. This is probably because within 0.001 seconds of my head hitting the pilow, I lapse into a deep coma. I'm also pretty good at getting up in the morning. I find it difficult to sleep for more than 8 hours unless I've had a shed load of booze the night before.

I have in the past, whilst on military courses or exercises, made do with as little as 2 hours a day for a week or more. I once made do with 20 minutes sleep between waking up on Friday morning until Sunday night.

Dream Weaver

Recent studies showed that people lived longer if they only had 7 hours sleep, as opposed to 8 hours, which was thought to be the optimum length of sleep.

I always aim for 7 if poss, but often get about 6

TheScooby

Dream Weaver - 7 Hours optimal ay? That's interesting, i suppose you can't really measure yourself on that because it depends on the person, but good to know.....

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Blackscooby

Similar to Jerome, as soon as my head hits that pillow I'm snooring like a good 'un.

Find that I generally get around 5 to 6 hours sleep, often working between 23:00 and 01:00 (system upgrades), then get up around 6am to go to work.

I can do this for a couple of weeks then I get VERY sloth like. When on-call (1 week in 4) sleep is a precious thing

Then its back to working regular hours 7.30 ~ 5pm and planned work in the evening. Done this for a couple of years now and its certainly getting a little tiring now.

TheScooby

Corner - Sorry couldn't resist

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ozzy

I personally go for 8hrs, but I've noticed that I can still feel like cr@p even with 8hrs if I go to bed late. If I get to bed at say 10:30 and get up around 06:30 then I feel good. If I don't get my head down till 01:00, but get up at 09:00 I feel like cr@p all day.

I've also slept for 12hrs+ and really felt like ****. Too much sleeps is just as bad as not enough

When I was training in the Marines we did sentry duties at night. From 20:00 to 06:00, you'd sometimes 2hrs on, 2hrs off all through the night. If there was more of you, you'd get 1hr on, 3hrs off but that was rare. Funny thing was I never ever felt sleepy during the day.

Stefan

Crush

I need about 7-8. That's why I get up at 9.20 to start w*rk at 10

I get about 12 at the weekends though

Popeye P1

Around 10 hours at weekends. Can't beat a good kip with a wep dream thrown in.

lpski1

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz did someone mention sleep ! oh go on then zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz normally about 6 hours will suffice, more at weekends if poss.

ADP

Well because Im on the dole at the moment I probably get a good 10 hours a night or so.

How much do I NEED, well I reckon 8 is good for me, but can live on 6 or 7 when Im working and not sherking

AP

super_si

8 minimum
Si

paulr

7..which is about the recommended amount.Like Jerome i'm lucky that as soon as i hit the pillow i'm out and hardly ever wake up during the night.Then once i'm awake thats it.....i'm outa here.
Also i never fall asleep watching films and cant take a nap during the day.

ChrisB

I'm another one than once my light is out and I achieve head / pillow interaction , I'm off in the land of nod.

I can sleep through most things too - once had a load of kids fighting outside our house in the middle of night and I didn't hear a thing.

Generally need around 7 hours.

astraboy

I get around 6 a night but at the weekend, surprise surprise it all goes out the window.
My record is 37 hours without sleep.
Full days work, all night rave, full days work on saturday, then went to bed.
I was having SERIOUS sense of humour failure by the end of it it,but that just made me appreciate my bed all the more
astraboy.