How much sleep do you need ?.

[Uncle Spielberg]

I must be a total wosser as I just cannot cope with less than 7 hours, 8 ideally. Even with 6 hours I can really feel it the next day as I feel like an extra from Dawn of the Dead.

Thatcher coped on 4 hours a night, some adults still need 10 hours.

Apparently having up to 8 hours sleep a night adds 6 years to your life expectancy.

 

[Starry]

I need 8 hours.

I usually get 4 though, between my daughter waking up every hour on the hour without fail and my son having night terrors! Amazingly my husband sleeps through the whole lot.

I nap while they are at school though.

 

[Fourteenth Eye]

ive said 5-6 as thats all i get but i would liike more

 

[Rougvie]

The older I get, the less I need, about 6 is more than fine.

 

[Napper]

7 is perfect although can get by 5-6 hrs for a week or so. Can't physically seem to be able to sleep for more than 8 hours, get bored lying in bed especially at the weekends . . . .unless im having or have just had or am about to have sex

 

[Eggmundo]

I need 8, never get it though so i always feel tired.

Leonardo da vinci used to sleep for 20 minutes every 4 hours apparently.

Sod that.

 

[Edward Scissorhands]

5-6 hours

 

[jonny.rainbow]

8 hrs. preferably at night

 

[Loft23]

7 hours.

 

[Bigtomfu]

increments of 4 hours sleep is the perfect amount to make you not feel tired.

I can cope on 6 but because it breaks the 4 hour periodicity rule it means i feel crap instead of refreshed.

 

[eastlondonseagull]

I'm exhausted all the time and get a good eight hours a night already. Need 10+ methinks

 

[West Hoathly Seagull]

At least 7 hours, but being a London commuter, I usually make do with 6 and am completely knackered by Friday night, so instead of it's usually zzzzzzzzzzzz...........

 

[culvers]

8 hours i think, but usualy get a bit less, wish i could get more but Football Manager 2006....

 

[Theatre of Trees]

I'd agree with 8 hours though I usually get 6-7 though when that accumulates during the week by Friday I'm shagged.

 

[dougdeep]

6.5 hours. It seems to get less as you get older.

 

[bhaexpress]

I actually suffer from chronic insomnia and can sometimes go several days with no sleep at all. My record to date is nine days but when I get a bout of it it's usually five days or so. When I am sleeping nornally it's never more than six hours.

 

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I normally sleep for 9 hours and I still feel like shit most mornings

 

[looney]

I was told you need 4 hours a night to be fully functional but it increases with age.

I need about 5, averaging just under this week so far.

If your under 25 and reckon you need 8+ you need to see a doctor or just get of your lazy arse.

 

[Basil Fawlty]

8 hours for me

 

[Les Biehn]

usually get between 6-7 but could do with 8-9. With me the problem is more about the quality of sleep than how long.