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How many hours of sleep do you function on?

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I'm curious to see how many hours the people here on healthy living sleep each night. I'm also curious to see what steps/preparations I can take in my life to help me function off of less sleep. I know exercise is a big one, but what else? I want to cut down my sleep to 4 hours a day if possible...
 
I sleep anywhere from 6-9 hours a night, with the help of Trazodone. Are you saying you want to only sleep 4 hours a night? Why would you want to do that? Not healthy.
 
I can function off 5 hours of sleep but, not three nights in a row. Usually I get around 8-7. I don't know why you would only want to sleep 4 hrs. I love sleeping, sometimes I'll wake up just so I can go back to sleep.
 
I think it would be nice to make this thread into a poll. I can barely function on less than adequate sleep. I NEED my sleep. I used to sleep like 11 hours a night, but now it's more like 7-8. I find taking 5-htp lowers the number down to about 6-7, but I don't take it that often.
 
It's best to get around 8 hours. I would say the bare minimum is 7 hours. Anything below that and you are riding a slippery slope of functioning at your full capacity. With that being said; many people get 5-6 hours of sleep and just drink a boat load of coffee. Advisable? No. Common? Yes. It's up to you on how you want to treat your body.

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6-9 Ifind eating right and living an active lifestyle really help zma is also really good for sleep.
 
I run/workout daily and I generally sleep from 1am to 10am.

Not the best schedule, but it's mine.
 
Exercise wont help you deal with lack of sleep, as its a drain on the bodies resources that requires sleep to get back. You'll burn out quickly exercising with little sleep.
 
I can function well on 5 hours but it's not something I do deliberately. I try to make it 7-8 hours of sleep a night to feel good and function well.
 
Amebix said:
Exercise wont help you deal with lack of sleep, as its a drain on the bodies resources that requires sleep to get back. You'll burn out quickly exercising with little sleep.
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Of course exercise could improve the quality of the sleep you do get. I guess you'll have to be carefull making sure you dont overdo it, sticking to low volume workouts. It might be a fine line.
 
6 is the least I can get without constantly noticing I feel like shit and want to crash.
 
It's difficult to know... I'm a chronic insomniac and haven't been able to sleep without the aid of medication for years (even on meth comedown's!). On 100mg's of Seroquel I usually sleep for 10-12 hours.
 
I can function on around 5 hours of sleep.

But I just feel "right" if I get my 8 hours.
 
If i have any less than 5 hours i struggle and not in a good way - ideally i like to have 8 hours. If i can't get 8, i will try to make sure i at least get 6 - i can still function and get through the day ok on 6.
 
I usually sleep anywhere from 6-10 hours. usually around 6.5-7 on weeknights and anywhere from 6 to 12 on weekends. I do love my sleep. =D
 
Damn, i wish i could sleep like you guys, I'm a third shifter, I work 10 pm to 6 am, and between doctors appointments and therapy i'm lucky he i have 4 hours time to lay in bed. Falling asleep is even harder as being a recovering alcoholic and junkie kills just about any chance of sleep.
 
I'm get really tired if I don't get at least 9 hours. Unfortunately, I usually don't get that much, so I'm usually tired during the day.

People who can function on like 5 hours a day are really lucky. I have family members and friends who can do that, but I doubt I ever could. I feel like I'm going to die from exhaustion if I get less than 7 hours sleep.
 
Less than 5 hours sleep and I will feel like shit all day. More than 7 hours sleep and I will feel like shit all day. 6 seems to be the magic number to feel fantastic all day.
 
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