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How many hours sleep do you get?

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How many hours sleep do you get?

I was recently shocked to find out that a newspaper reported teens should get 10 hours sleep for 'maximum health', in which adults should be looking to get 8 hours. (the author is a doctor)

Im 17 and I get about 6-5 hours - but I feel perfectly fine in the morning.

How many hours do you get?

Should I be going to sleep earlier?

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Six

6 is enough for me, anything more and I feel more tired than I did when I went to bed, not to mention that I feel I have wasted some of my day.

Reply 3

NEVERYOUMIND

it varies. school nights - i can get as little as 4-5hours. but usually its 6-7 hours. non-skl nights, i get about 10hours sleep

Reply 4

Ewan

Sleep is one of the most misunderstood parts of a human being. Many tests also suggest that anything more than 7 hours is bad for you, with above 7 being much worse than below 6 (though 6-7 being the optimum). My sleep pattern depends really, sometimes I get 3 hours [usually atleast once per week], usually about 6 hours [maybe 5 days a week] and 8++ 1/2 days a week.

6-8 I'd say.

5 or 6 hours, depends..

6ish.

Varies, I have horrible sleep patterns...mostly taken in blocks, eg sleep from 8-11pm, then awake all day until 3pm sleep 10pm, ugh.

then sometimes sleep 4-7am, then no naps in day.

very occasionally sleep 8 hours or longer in one block.

Reply 9

The_Lonely_Goatherd

Varies, though during term-time I probs average about 5 hours sleep :s-smilie:

Reply 10

Jazmine

5- 6, normal for me, apparently I'll live longer for it. But I went through a sleeping period recently where I just couldn't gain the ability to sleep longer than 2hrs. It was frustrating because it lasted nearly two months and so my body couldn't cope with that, but now it's back to normal =D

Reply 11

Coldplaydoh

Not enough. Ever. Although uni=naptime which rocks :P

Reply 12

Lafiel

3-6.. rarely more than 6. it's my choice though - i'm a night person.

8-12

6ish, I should go to bed earlier

Reply 15

theronkinator

5-6. Generally go to bed about 1 or 2, and get up at about 6:45ish.

I'm pretty good at managing without sleep. I need more, so onve every week or two, I will get really tired and go to bed early, also on weekends. For example last Wednesday I was in my sisters room chatting to her and I fell asleep on her bedroom floor for like an hour. Everytime she woke me up I said 'yeah' and fell asleep again. Tonight I'm gonna go to bed within the next 30 mins.

Reply 16

Bubblebeard

Yeah, usually between 4 and 7 on school nights, averaging at about 5 and a half. On weekends I sleep for as long as possible, although I hate getting up after 1PM.

Reply 17

SouthernFreerider

at least 7 hours a day.

i only have to wake up at 7.30 for college twice a week.

im supposed to wake up 3 times a week but i always feel as though i need the extra sleep and skip one of my first periods.

sleep is important for the brain.

like i get 12hours sleep friday night. maybe 10 on sat night.