I usually get 4-6 hours, but prefer 7 to 7.5 hours. With what I do, if I don't get a lot of sleep, staying awake during the day is practically an impossibility. I sit and doze all day or drink a ton of coffee which keeps me up all night.

 

An occasional Ambien can be your friend.

i require much more than I actually get and it's been that way for going on 25 years now.

Once again Cat taking a thread in the wrong direction.

I've been on PTO for the last couple weeks and have gotten more than 8 several times. The rest of the time, I get a lot less.

I feel sorry for folks with sleeping issues. I can sleep at any time, anywhere, on nearly anything if I so choose. I typically sleep 7 hours per night. Takes me all of 30 seconds to fall asleep.

When I was younger, 5-6 hours was ample. Now in "middle-age" 7-8 hours is the new norm!

6-7 hours most of the time.

I feel sorry for folks with sleeping issues. I can sleep at any time, anywhere, on nearly anything if I so choose. I typically sleep 7 hours per night. Takes me all of 30 seconds to fall asleep.

 

I would consider giving up a limb for this...

Once again Cat taking a thread in the wrong direction.

 

Why did I know that you would go down this path....

I would consider giving up a limb for this...

I get that. Seriously, it's hard for me to relate. I'm thankful.

I'd say five days of the week I get 5 - 6 hours and that's plenty. Then there is usually two times a week where I struggle to go to sleep and dip down to 3.5 - 4. That's really tough without a nap.

 

Speaking of naps, I can go much lower with a good nap every afternoon.

Falling asleep hasn't really ever been my issue. Mine is more that I have the awful ability of waking up at certain noises. If it's a massive thunderstorm outside, I'll sleep right through everything, including tornado sirens, etc.

 

However, if my dog jumps off the bed, I wake up. If my wife gets out of bed to use the bathroom, I wake up at the sound of the light switch going on. It's super annoying and causes me to wake up a good 5-6 times nightly on average.

 

I typically go to bed around 9 during the week, and am up at 5 am. But I'm probably up about 1-2 hours on average between there as well.

 

Weekends I go to bed later, and (at least I used to) get up quite a bit later.

I feel sorry for folks with sleeping issues. I can sleep at any time, anywhere, on nearly anything if I so choose. I typically sleep 7 hours per night. Takes me all of 30 seconds to fall asleep.

 

 

Same here. My wife gets so mad at times. She has to be in bed, totally dark with two pillows. I just woke up from a 15-20er before lunch, sitting in my lazy boy while the ten year old grandson is watching Bill & Ted's Journey. Better than Ambien BTW.

Why did I know that you would go down this path....

 

Because I know her husband?

I'm lucky if I stay asleep 4-5 hours. What's even crazier is I hardly ever feel tired at work and very rarely nap. I'm a light sleeper with tinnitis so I need noise to mask the ringing in order to get any sort of sleep. I've tried many over the counter sleep aids and none of them work. Don't know how long the old carcass can keep this up.

However, if my dog jumps off the bed, I wake up. If my wife gets out of bed to use the bathroom, I wake up at the sound of the light switch going on. It's super annoying and causes me to wake up a good 5-6 times nightly on average.

 

You think the above is bad, wait until the old prostate enlarges. :irked: