Do you feel that you get enough sleep?

Answer 1

I have not had enough sleep for just under five years. I have an almost-five year old daughter with special needs who frequently wakes in the night, wanting to "sleep in mummy's bed" which actually means her tossing and turning and not sleeping at all (therefore no sleep for me) if I let her, and a three year old son who likes to wake up at around 5.30 in the morning. Bliss!
Before kids I looked really young for my age. I doubt it now...

Answer 2

Depending on how one defines sleep, there are several people who can claim the record for having gone the longest without sleep.
Thai Ngoc, born 1942, has been awake for 33 years or 11,700 nights, according to Vietnamese news organization Thanh Nien. It was said that Ngoc acquired the ability to go without sleep after a bout of fever in 1973,
but other reports indicate he stopped sleeping in 1976 with no known trigger.
At the time of the Thanh Nien report, Ngoc suffered from no apparent ill effect (other than a minor decline in liver function), was mentally sound and could carry 100 kg of pig feed down a 4 km road,
but another report indicates that he was healthy before the sleepless episode but that now he was not feeling well because of the lack of sleep.
Randy Gardner holds the Guinness World Record for intentionally having gone the longest without sleep. In 1965, Gardner, then 18, stayed awake for 264 hours (about 11 days) for a high school science project.
He experienced significant deficits in concentration, motivation, perception and other higher mental processes during his sleep deprivation. However, he recovered normal cognitive functions after a few nights' sleep.
On May 25, 2007 the BBC reported that Tony Wright beat the Guinness World Record by staying awake for 11 days and nights.
The Guinness Book of Records has, however, withdrawn its backing of a sleep deprivation class because of the associated health risks.
People born with the rare genetic disorder Morvan’s fibrillary chorea or Morvan's syndrome can go without sleep for several months at a time. Michel Jouvet and his colleagues in Lyon, France, studied a 27-year-old man and found he had virtually no sleep over a period of several months. During that time he did not feel sleepy or tired and did not show any disorders of mood, memory, or anxiety. Nevertheless, nearly every night between 9:00 and 11:00 p.m., he experienced a 20 to 60-minute period of auditory, visual, olfactory, and somesthetic (sense of touch) hallucinations, as well as pain and vasoconstriction in his fingers and toes.
In recent investigations, Morvan's syndrome has been attributed to serum antibodies directed against specific potassium (K+) channels in cell and nerve membranes.

Answer 3

As a rule, I probably get adequate sleep for my personal needs. Sometimes this can be 6 hours a night and at other times it might be 8 hours. Each person has their own requirements depending on many factors. For me, most of the time, my hours of sleep are adequate to keep me feeling well and allow me to continue being active.

Answer 4

No, I don't. I am an insomniac who spends hours tossing and turning in bed every night. My sleeping pattern is terrible! Fits of waking then sleeping then waking again. I can't seem to get a few hours of uninterrupted sleep which makes me feel tired and cranky most of the time.

Answer 5

I think I get enough sleep for the guidelines, 7-8 hours, but I am usually fatigued so perhaps not.

Answer 6

i havent gotten enough sleep in...13 years or so. Ive suffered from severe insomnia, been on almost every sleep med out there, and still sleep like crap. Its lovely. Unfortunately insurance companies dont cover sleep studies.

Answer 7

well i probably get about 10hrs of sleep, that is probably too much. I have trouble sleeping during the night, so by the time I finally get to sleep it is after midnight and when i wake up I am still exhausted.

Answer 8

I could do with a couple more hours. I have to get up for work at 7am 5 days a week. But weekends I naturally get up at about 9 am.

Answer 9

Sadly no, besides being an insomniac, when I manage to sleep I'm still thinking...Do you get enough sleep AA? Cheers!

Answer 10

yer i get enough sleep. but my problem is waking up on time.
i wake up at 3 and can't back to sleep till about 5, then i have to get up at six and i sleep through my alarm clock