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How much sleep do you get each night?
I'm lucky if I get any sleep - 5.9% - 1 votes
2-4 hrs - 11.8% - 2 votes
5-6 hrs - 52.9% - 9 votes
7-8 hrs - 11.8% - 2 votes
8 or more hrs (I'm a lucky duck!!) - 17.6% - 3 votes
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Posted 2/10/2011 8:36 PM (GMT 0)
Just wanted to get an idea of what others do for sleep requirements
Posted 2/10/2011 8:49 PM (GMT 0)
My sleep is sporadic...I have bouts of insomnia where some nights I get a few hours of sleep. Pain plays a big role in my sleep too... often, I am awakened by pain and might be up a few hours before I'm able to sleep again. I also get some days where I've slept 10-12 hours. I wish my sleep was more routine but it isn't. Thankfully, I no longer work outside my home!

I was sleeping more regular when I was excercising, walking up to 3 miles daily...health issues are preventing me to do so right now but I'm hopeful I will be able to do so in the future!

Hugs, Robin
Posted 2/10/2011 9:08 PM (GMT 0)
With the use of ambien, I am at the 8+ mark. Without it, more like 2-4 hours.

Just this week I tried a couple nights without ambien and it didn't go great at all -- VERY tough to fall asleep and the night is marked by constant interruptions in sleep patterns. Tossing and turning. Don't feel rested at all upon waking.

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I went to the doctor yesterday to get the results of my 24-hour urine hormone testing back and (not surprisingly) many of the numbers were out of whack. So three more meds are being added to my list to try to counteract things, and in addition I was told to increase protein by significant amounts, up my potassium intake, get exercise daily, and improve sleep hygiene, etc.... so with that said, I've decided to stay on the ambien after all.

Oh, and I'm supposed to reduce my stress level... haha. It's having a negative effect on my body. Oh really?

eyes tongue

Who'd a thunk it!?!?!?! idea
Posted 2/10/2011 10:02 PM (GMT 0)
I'm usually in bed by 10 PM and am up before 7 AM.  I do wake up several times a night but I usually manage to fall back to sleep fairly quickly.

 

Sherrine

Posted 2/10/2011 11:59 PM (GMT 0)
This is going to sound crazy. I work 2pm-8pm. I usually get home about 8:20. I watch tv until 11:00 then I either get on the computer and/or watch tv until i get so sleepy i will fall asleep. Or i will go to bed with dh and read till about 2:30. My alarm is set for 1:10 PM. Gives me just enough time to get up and get ready for work. I usually get up about 12:30 so I sleep the most 10 hrs. Sometimes I hurt so much and stay awake until jim leaves at 7 then I go to sleep. I guess I am lucky.
Posted 2/11/2011 12:10 AM (GMT 0)
My sleep is so different on different nights. Sometimes 3 - 5 hours and I am not worth much that day. My ultimate is sleep at 11:00pm and up around 9:00am but that doesn't usually happen.
Posted 2/11/2011 3:32 AM (GMT 0)
I aim for 8+ a night but I always wake up exactly 5 hours from when I fell asleep. Sometimes I can get back to sleep but often I can't. And can you imagine, I am on ambien and soma and there are plenty of nights I can't sleep at all??
Posted 2/11/2011 3:40 AM (GMT 0)
If I didn't work, I'd go to bed around 2 am and sleep until 9 or 10 am. I have to get up early for work so I go to bed anywhere from 10 pm to 1 am, depending on how I feel. Going to bed earlier makes no difference in how I feel the next day so I just wait until I am really sleepy.

I had a sleep study a few years ago and found out that I am not really sleeping even when I think I am.
Posted 2/11/2011 11:12 PM (GMT 0)
I go to bed at 8:30 to 9 at nite and have the alarm set for 3:30 in case I have to shovel
then leave for work at 4:30 in the morn

Nana Monster
Posted 2/12/2011 1:57 PM (GMT 0)
I go to bed around 10:30 and usually get up around 5:30.  I do wake up two to four times a night.
Posted 2/12/2011 5:57 PM (GMT 0)
Sun-Thurs I go to bed at 9pm and get up at 6:30am and Mon-Fri nap from 11:00am to 2:00pm. At 2pm I take 2 200 mg of caffeine I can stay awake with my son after school. Fri, & Sat I go to bed at 2:00am up at 9:00am but I don't get to nap on weekends so I take 400 mg of caffeine every 4 hours. As long as I haven't cycled and gone into a manic phase, my Ambien helps me sleep. I have cycled, then my days become 52 hrs instead of 24. I work very hard to maintain my sleep schedule as my son started school this passed fall.
Posted 2/13/2011 4:24 AM (GMT 0)
I usually go to bed between 11 and 12, and get up around 8, unless I'm subbing that day, then it's 6:00. I sleep pretty well because I take Klonopin. I used to worry about taking it, but after reading about others' problems I'm just glad I've found something that lets me sleep.

Debbie
Posted 2/14/2011 7:11 AM (GMT 0)
I go to bed most nights about 1 am sometimes 2 am and sleep until 10 a.m. But I don't sleep well, wake up two or three times and never feel rested in the morning.
Posted 2/14/2011 1:31 PM (GMT 0)
My sleep is different week to week.......lately I have been getting 9-10 hours (yes I'm that tired) now a couple weeks ago I went to bed around 11 and be wide awake at 2 am, ready to get up.  I go through cycles.
Posted 2/14/2011 7:50 PM (GMT 0)
 

I don't think I ever answered?

 

I always want to go to bed "early" but I usually end up going to sleep around 12:30-1:30. I wake up a few times and then I am up by 6:15 then I get up, take my meds, let my dog out and try to lay back down for 15-20 mins to let the meds kick in. Then I go take my shower, the nice hot water seems to help me with my stiffness. I make sure I bend over very well to shave my legs to that I am getting my stretching in!!

Posted 2/14/2011 9:14 PM (GMT 0)
I go to bed at about 1.30am, usually don't get to sleep until about 4am if i'm lucky, sometimes I can still be awake at 6am, then I'm usually up at about 10.30am.

I have tried exercising, but due to my health issues getting increasingly worse, exercise is out the window.
I have to have a quick nap in the afternoon, just to make it through the rest of the day, not napping during the day doesn't make any difference to my sleep at night.
Posted 2/14/2011 9:29 PM (GMT 0)
I take a pile of suppliments and clanapin at 9 pm, by 10 pm I am really drowsy and need to take advantage of it and be in bed so I can just go to sleep.  If I stay up, I lose the effect and can have trouble getting to sleep.  I sometimes wake during the night.  I have to get up at 6 weekdays, and let myself sleep to 7 on weekends.
Posted 2/15/2011 12:24 AM (GMT 0)
idea  My sleep is sporadic too.  I try to get at least 8 hours but some times I wake up at 1 in the morning and have to take another sleeping pill.  I try not to over do on the sleeping pills and I'm trying to find some holistic things I can take besides the pills that will help me sleep.  A friend at church told me to try 6 oz of tart cherry juice 2 hours before bed. Haven't tried it yt.
Posted 2/15/2011 1:16 AM (GMT 0)
I work 3-11pm, so when I finally get home and settle down its around 12-12:30 before I go to bed. I don't get up until 9-10:00. My hubby is so sweet and he understands I have to sleep in until at least 10 some days. I have always been a person who needs 9-10 hrs of sleep. I could never get up at 6 or 7! and stay awake all day. haha.

KL
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