Sleep Poll

I have always heard that folks should strive to get 8 hours of sleep a night to fully charge our physiological systems. For me personally, I have always averaged maybe 6 hours and as a result I feel tired a lot of the time. Sas is the same way. She sometimes works on 5 hours of sleep a night and she is often times tired. Although she does nap when she can. Ironically I am typing this at about midnight and about to try to go to sleep. What I find is that I do hit the bed at a decent time but then simply cannot nod off. Sleep disorders are rampant and range from insomnia to OSA. So how much sleep do you typically get a night and is it enough to make your body energetic or pathetic?

Ron.........I find when I average 6-7 hours I'm fine throughout the day, but whenever I sleep in on a day off for 8-9 hours I drag like heck.

Let me tell you when I have a day off and can sleep during the night I can only sleep for about 4 to 5 hours and it sucks. But when I am working a shift I want to sleep at least 8 to 10 hours. I have my body screwed up so bad with sleep that it has a mind of it own. I am always feeling tired on a continous basis. Tricia

Pathetic!!!! What is sleep, anyways? I think I'll take a nap while you're watching the RAMS take on the cowboys... Love you

I would kill for 6 hours sleep. I wake up at 5am every day, including weekends, even if I don't have to. I would consider anything over 5 hours a good day.

I sleep great.. my head hits the pillow and I'm out.. I typically go to sleep around 11 and up at 5:30 during the week.. and 7/8 on the weekend. I don't get sleepy until around 2ish at work.. but if I'm shopping.. I'm good to go all day.

varies from night to night. lately, I mostly need some assistance to catch some zzz's though....which I hate.