Sleep

[clayton86]

What’s “normal” sleep for everyone? 
 

a coworker and I been talking bout sleep schedules. He says my lack of sleep makes him tired haha. I usually don’t go to bed till 1130 midnight on work nights and get up every day at 330 to go to the gym before work.

 

weekends in the fall/winter months I coyote hunt all night usually start around 1130 midnight when fiancé gets home and I’ll hunt till sun up lay down sleep for 3 hours or so and start my day. 
 

I always say plenty of sleep when dead. Used to drink like 3-4 energy drinks a day but since started going to the gym every morning I’ve cut down to 2-3 a week maybe. I don’t feel tired or slow and I get very minimal sleep. 
 

he thinks I’m not producing what ever makes ya sleep or something idk neither of us are doctors we just deliver money to banks haha. 
 

anyone else skimp on the sleep 

[PourMyOwn]

I think age plays a big part in this. At 47, I sleep far less than I did at 27, but that may be work related anxiety...

 

I get about 6 hours a night, which is probably not nearly enough.

[Scott F]

At 68, I sleep around 7 hours a night.  Seldom much longer than that. I’m  retired so I go to bed when I’m sleepy and get up when I’m not. Typically asleep by 10:30-11, and awake between 5:30 and 6. Once in a while, I’ll take a nap for an hour or two in the afternoon.

[A-Jay]

Sleep is such an important and wildly beneficial deal - that so many folks simply refuse to acknowledge.  When we miss sleep in order to keep up with our 24/7 world, we pay a price with our ability to learn, our health and safety, and our quality of life.

It may seem obvious that sleep is beneficial.

Even without fully grasping what sleep does for us,

we know that going without sleep for too long makes us feel terrible,

and that getting a good night's sleep can make us feel ready to take on the world. 

Scientists have gone to great lengths to fully understand sleep's benefits.

Studies have proven that sufficient sleep plays a critical role in immune function, metabolism, memory, learning, and other vital functions.  

 

Is there really a valid excuse for not to getting enough sleep ?

You're in charge of your own life - so why not help yourself be the best The Version of you?

 You'll be so much better off, short term and long term.

Shoot for 7-8 hours a night.

Nothing else matters and you can do whatever TOMORROW !

 

Finally a good night's rest is just one aspect of a healthy life style.

If much of the rest of ones existence is self destructive, the sleep might seems less beneficial.

A-Jay

[TnRiver46]

I’m always falling asleep as soon as I get inside and get my belly full, and I’m dead to the world until the sun comes back up 😂 

 

my wife makes her own work hours so she sleeps even longer than I do which is not easy to do

 

neither of us can compare to this particular family member that sleeps about 22-23 hours a day. He takes it very seriously 

 

 

[Mobasser]

I'm 66 and get about 6hrs per night. I go to bed early enough, but after so many years of getting up at 5:00 I'm awake at that time.I may try to go back to sleep for an hour, but usually can't. So, up by 5:30 to make coffee.

[12poundbass]

I average 7.5 hours of sleep. Some nights are a little less. Saturdays I try my hardest to take a nap mid day. 

[Bird]

63 here and in bed by 10 and up at 6 consistently.

 

[A-Jay]

12 minutes ago, Bird said:

63 here and in bed by 10 and up at 6 consistently.

 

I've managed one more trip around the sun

but this is pretty much my deal as well.

Our alarm clocks are super consistent

and come equipped with face lickers. 

A-Jay

 

[gim]

13 minutes ago, Bird said:

63 here and in bed by 10 and up at 6 consistently.

 

This is similar to my sleep habits as well. It can vary some based on time of year but I figure if I am in bed most nights by 10 and can stay there most of the night until 6, mission accomplished.

 

Anything less than 6-8 hours of sleep per night is very unhealthy and has been proven by science. It’s eventually going to catch up to you.

[OmegaDPW]

I spent like 12 years on night shift and then had to swap to days. That was at least 10 years ago and I still struggle to sleep through the night. In those days, my plan would be to get off at 0800 and sleep until noon or so. Get up and do my running around town stuff and then go back to bed around 1800 until it was time for work. My body adapted to that and now I go to bed early, wake up in the middle of the night for a few hours and then go back to bed before work. 

 

 Like others, I try and make it a priority to catch a good nap on one of the weekend days. That's usually the best sleep I get all week, even if it's for just two hours or so.

[dave]

I am in bed from say 930 to 5.   If it weren't for Mr. Bladder, it could possibly be straight but, it's been years since that has happened...

[DogBone_384]

5 hours ago, clayton86 said:

What’s “normal” sleep for everyone? 

 

Sleep !?!?!?!  

 

I've always worked more than one job and am a Firefighter ... I'll sleep when I'm dead....

4 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Our alarm clocks are super consistent

One of my cats wakes me up @ 0430 every morning .... unless I'm already up.

[FishTank]

I get about 7-8 hours but not on days when I am fishing. I am usually up around 4am and get maybe 4 or 5 hours. 

 

When my kids were little, I was lucky to get 6 hours. I was working nights, 12 hours a day and worked out 2 hours 6 days a week. I would stay up on my days off. It stunk. 

[padlin]

67, I’m in bed 9:30-10 ish, get up somewhere between 4 and 6:30 depending if I’m going fishing. If my  CPAP is right, I sleep around 6 or 7 hours, many bathroom trips thru the night so never get more then 2 hrs at a shot.

 

Worked swing shift for 30 or so, got around 5 hours a night

[FryDog62]

I cherish sleep but it became tougher in recent years when BPH would get me up in the middle of the night.. couldn't get back to sleep. Start taking 2 Charlotte's Web sleep Gummies and now I get right back to sleep. Best rest I've had in years. Most nights 7 hours of sleep, sometime 8.  All good ~ 

https://www.charlottesweb.com/cbd-melatonin-sleep-gummy

 

[Jar11591]

I’m lucky that I’m a good sleeper. I can fall asleep on a concrete slab at a Metallica concert. When I lay down I am asleep within seconds. I can function on 4 hours, but I try for at least 7. If I have 8+ hours of sleep there is nothing I can’t do lol 

[throttleplate]

why are so many of us gettin up to pee? i also have to get up to pee and sometimes just pee in an empty water bottle saving the walk.

[Columbia Craw]

I worked the worst possible shift schedule you ca work for my final 18 years.  It is brutal.  I’ve always needed ample sleep since I was a small child. My sleep rhythm is still messed up.

[Susky River Rat]

I’d say I’m between 2-6 hours per night really depends on the night. It sucks but it’s life. 

[FryDog62]

7 hours ago, throttleplate said:

why are so many of us gettin up to pee? i also have to get up to pee and sometimes just pee in an empty water bottle saving the walk.

I started on Alfuzosin a few months back - used to get up 3-4 times a night to pee... now down to 0-1 per night.  Between that and the sleep gummies above, best rest I've had in years ~

5 hours ago, Columbia Craw said:

I worked the worst possible shift schedule you ca work for my final 18 years.  It is brutal.  I’ve always needed ample sleep since I was a small child. My sleep rhythm is still messed up.

Try the sleep gummies above... straightened out my messed up sleep pattern when nothing else worked. 

[gim]

8 hours ago, throttleplate said:

sometimes just pee in an empty water bottle saving the walk.

Come on.  The men's room can't be more than 15 feet from your bed and you're peeing in a bedside bottle?  I don't buy that.

 

I'd hate to get thirsty during the night and take a swig of the wrong bottle...

[FryDog62]

9 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Come on.  The men's room can't be more than 15 feet from your bed and you're peeing in a bedside bottle?  I don't buy that.

 

I'd hate to get thirsty during the night and take a swig of the wrong bottle...

Friend of mine who lives in rural MN, actually had a hose that went out his bedroom window and off the back porch. Propped his bed up just high enough, and rolled over to one side to pee and let gravity do its trick. He said he never had to get out of bed, and the urine scent kept the coyotes off his deck so that they could let the dogs out early morning without concern. Now that's killing 2 birds with one stone !

[ike8120]

I am 75 usually in bed between 9 and 10 wake up anywhere from 7-8. Wake up depends on what I have going on that day. Its a good day  just to wake up LOL

[jpike16]

My job makes it almost impossible to have a consistent sleep schedule. I woke up yesterday morning at 6:30 and I’m just now getting to bed for the night at 9:05am the next day. Throw kids into the equation and I’m lucky to find time to sleep at all! Im 41 now, and can pull it off with a red Bull or 2 each day, but I’m sure it will catch up with me somewhere down the line!