Evil Milkman

I was curious: how much sleep do TFPers get per night?

You can average in weekends if you want, you don't have to. Mainly, I was just wondering about those who have class or work on the weekdays, but you can be as general as you wish.

(This might be an awkward poll, but here it goes anyways...)

cheerios

added mine to the 6/7 range although it varies. I'll sleep 12 hrs at a stretch if you let me. class and life conspire otherwise Generally wake up about 7 in a tissy thinking I'm late, look at hte clokc and go back to sleep for another hr.

Evil Milkman

^

That happens to me sometimes, too.

Mr. Spacemonkey

Usually throughout the weekdays, I don't get much more than 6/7 hours of sleep a night. I just enjoy staying up late. But sadly, I also have to wake up pretty early. But usually on the weekends I sleep in pretty late, so that kind of makes up for it.

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isis

I usually get around 6-7 hours of sleep, and of course like 12-14 on the weekends if I don't have to get up. However, I am a HUGE nightowl. I'll stay up until 4am, even if I have to get up at 8am.

I have this thing in my mind, and if I think something's going on, or someone I want to talk to is around or something .. I can't sleep. Its hard to explain, but I'll be dead tired early on a Friday night or something, and I can't fall asleep if I think something is going on that I might miss. Weird.

lordjeebus

I get a lot of sleep these days -- 7 1/2 to 8 1/2 on weekdays, 11 on weekends. I used to sleep about 5 to 6 per night, but I took a class on the dangers of sleep deprivation and tried sleeping more. Turns out, I remember things so much better with this much sleep, that I study much less and get better grades without losing any free time. I actually get something out of going to lecture besides a quick snooze.

I highly recommend it. Next time you need to study, take a nap instead!

numist

generally I will sleep an average of 7 and a half hours, more on non-work nights, and weekends, and a whole lot less during the mwf-days.

Averages pretty close to what I should be getting though...

ninety09

Week: 4 / 5 hours
Weekend: 10+ hours

I have some trouble getting enough sleep during the week.. I would need at least 8 hours of sleep per night

Sparhawk

week: 5hrs
weekend: 7-8hrs

And I can't seem to sleep past 9, no matter how late I was up the night before...

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Evil Milkman

I noticed the same thing! I'll go to bed at 4 a.m. on a Friday night and will still want to wake up at 9:30 or something. Stupid biorhythms (or whatever it is).

onetime2

4 to 5 is fairly typical. I go to bed around midnight and get up at 5am. I almost never sleep more than 6 to 7 hours even after prolonged weeks of 4 or fewer hours of sleep per night.

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wannabenakid247

I cant do anything the next day if I dont get at least 8 or 9 hours sleep coz im too tired. It pisses me off!

junglistic

Ive gone thru different phases of sleep levels in my days.

I had been used to 5-7hrs/nite, now lately ive been around 7-8hrs. Sleep around 11, wake at 7am.

Since ive been working out more rigorously, I feel the need to sleep a little longer, and it helps. I feel much better mentally and physically.

Sleep is good people

lurkette

Never enough.

If left to my own devices - dark, quiet house, no alarms, no pets screaming to be fed - I'll sleep for 9 hours and probably STILL have a mid-day nap. Usually, though, I get about 6-8 hours, which is enough to keep me going. Ratbastid thinks I don't actually sleep much, since I'm kicking and twitching my legs all night long, hence the tiredness even after a lot of sleep.

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Jesus Pimp

I generally try to get 7-8 hours of sleep. Any less and I'll be moody and easily agitated throughout the day. I also always try to get mid day naps if possible.

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absorbentishe

Not enough! I wake up tired every day. I can't fall asleep before 1 and if I do, I'll wake up early. Ususally can't get to sleep until 2 - 2:30.

hu-man

Naps rule! There's nothing better than coming home from work, and then just in under a blanket on the couch with my girlfriend and sleep for an hour or so... I love it!
Usually I sleep for 6-7 hours, 8 if I go to bed early (and don't have sex)

gremlinx8

I'd say I usually get between 7 and 8 hours of sleep. It all depends on when I go to bed, and how fast I fall asleep. Weekends usually mean more sleep.

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taliendo

I'm the only one in the 0-3 hours catagory! I'm an insomniac who doesn't like the sleeping drugs, so I'm kinda screwed. The nice thing is, I hit my REM in about 2.5 hours, so even if I do only get three or 3.5 hours of sleep I at least get to dream. After my cycle ends, I usually wake up on my own. I do enjoy a nice nap in the afternoon though . . . prolly around 30 minutes or so. . .

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Evil Milkman

I wish I could do this and not feel the terrible side-effects of getting minimal sleep. But alas, going to school and work all day seems to take it out of me until the next day. Kinda sucks, when you think about it.

jerseyboy

I never seem to want to go to sleep at night, but I never want to wake up in the morning. WHat a catch22!!

I work basically on a 2-7 sleep schedule.

amonkie

I usually only get 5/6 hours a night, but try not to sleep in too much on the weekends because it just makes it that much harder to get up when Monday comes around again.

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Jam

hmm usualy zabout4 a night and on sunday ill sleep till noon... however after stretching my self out on 4 hour sleep nights i tend to pass out after work... not intentionally tho... usualy somewhere in my room... in some uncomfortable way

oberon

My sleep schedule varies a lot. Sometimes I only get 3 hours for 2-3 nights in a row. Sometimes I sleep 12 2 nights in a row.

But the majority of the time I get 5-9 hours. It's a little closer to 5 I think, so I voted 6/7.

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sailor

I frequently have the same problem. Its not as bad now as it used to be though.

I usually get about 7 hours during the week when I have class. On the weekends, anything from 8 to 12 hours is common.

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Rodney

6-7 every night, including weekends. I can get by on 5 and function well enough. One of the benefits of getting old.

yournamehere

About 7 hours each weeknight.
If no alarms are set on the weekends, anywhere from 7 to 10 hours. Lately I've been reverting to my night owl schedule on weekends - up till 2 or 3 am, and sleep till 11 or noon.

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skysooner

I'm a nightowl and usually get 6.5 to 7 hours a night. 8 hours seems to long most of the time and 5 leaves me tired.

phaedrus

For a week, I got maybe 6 hours of sleep total. It got to the point where I was too tired to sleep. Since then (a week now), I've taken sleeping pills everynight and I get about 8 hours of restless sleep.

moonstrucksoul

i only get to sleep about four to five hours a night, during the week, mainly because i like to stay up for a few hours to get some alone time with my wife, but on the weekends i usually catch up with about ten on each night.

wabbit

Lately I've found that I can only sleep around four hours at a time. I will sleep 3.5 to 4.5. Get up for 2 or so, then sleep another 2 or so.

Apparently this is a yet another novel twist in a lifetime of unusual sleep habits.

Bobaphat

I get between 5-6 usually. I would like to get more, but damnit, all the good tv is on late and work always starts so early...

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dy156

sounds very familiar

Jonsgirl

I've been getting about 4-5 hours a night. I've had a bit of insomnia recently. I'll sleep more on Friday/Saturday nights, but usually only if I've had a few.

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Frowning Budah

I may get 8 but it is seldom consecutivly. I may get a couple hours of sleep, be up for 5 or 6 hours, get 5 hours more hours of sleep then up for 12 hours.
This month it has been even less than that.

analog

For me, it's typically something like 6 or 7, unless my insomnia is kicking in.

I've had it since as long as I can remember, and sometimes i'll go several days with zero sleep, no naps, no nothing, but i'll feel perfectly fine. And then, one day i'll just feel sleepy at the normal sleep time, get a normal-length sleep and go back to normal like it never happened. It's weird.

ashap

It seems like the older I get, the less sleep I need. I never can sleep more than about 7 hours a night - even if I'm really tired. It's always funny to me when peple like to sleeep alot, I just can't imagine spending that much time sleeping.

dirttrackcutie

sleep? I acaully get a lot of sleep 6 or 7 hours a night but thats still not enough i need more like 12

la petite moi

On the weekdays, I usually go to sleep at midnight and wake up at 6h. So that's about six hours. On the weekends, I'll go to bed at midnight, and wake up at around 8h. So that's about eight...

Crazy/Beautiful

I sleep constantly and always have. I can go to bed at 10pm and still sleep till 12 in the afternoon. Does anyone else have this problem? I get tired out really easily and take alot of naps during the day too. I'm even prescribed Adderall as a stimulant to help keep me awake. It becomes a problem because alot of the time I'm too tired to study, get dressed, go to school etc. It makes my parents mad because they think I'm being lazy, but I really am tired! I even get mad at myself because I can't get alot accomplished during the day because I'm so worn out.
I have been tested for diabetes but don't have it and do have a light case of anemia, where I can't skip meals but other than that doctors can't find anything wrong with me.
I have been diagonsed with depression and take medications to help it out which work (sometimes). That's the only thing I can think of that would make me so tired. Even though I want to get things finished and not sleep!

By the way do you dream in color or black and white? I dream in color, my mom in B&W.

If you speak another language, do you dream in English or your native tongue?

I sleep so much that I've learned to control my dreams which is kinda neat. I always dream at night too. In my dreams I have taught myself to fly and when something bad might happen in a dream, I tell people off or leave because I know I can!