Do You Really Need Seven Hours of Sleep?

Actually, some people need more sleep than that. Personally, if I do not get 12 hours of sleep a day... I am wiped. My doctor has been concerned about that lately, and had gotten me to write out a meal list (what I eat on a daily basis), what I am doing, etc.
He's run COUNTLESS tests, and cannot figure out why I need so much more sleep at the age of 28 than I did at the age of 8, because everything comes back normal.

Comment: It is just swapping time. Like if you only sleep 6 hours a night for 50 years you lose that time at the end, say you die at 72 instead of 79. But you are old then and cant use these hours as well so you are better of using the extra two hours now while your young!

Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea also affect your sleep. You'd be surprised at the co-morbidities that are assicated with the two problems--cardiovascular disease, hypertension, sexual dysfunction, diabetes, obesity, retardation of the fetus in pregnant women who snore, metabloic disorders, even AD'HD in kids. Oral appliances are a new treatment option--I'd suggest talking to your dentist or going to www.htldental.com--good info there. A few of my co workers have oral appliances and are very pleased.

Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea can be causes of sleep loss. You'd be surprised at the co-morbidities associated with these two problems--cardiovascular disease, sexual dysfunction, hormone imbalances, obesity, diabetes, fetal retardation in pregnant mothers who snore, and even AD'HD in children. Dentists are now able to help manage the problem with oral appliances. Ask your dentist or go to www.htldental.com. Some good info there.

I've seen articles on how to maintain energetic and sharp everyday while keeping your sleep hours at a minimum. The article advocates the cycle theory of sleeping, which regards 1.5 hours as a complete cycle of sleep. If you adjust the duration of your sleep to be integral multiples of 1.5 hours, for example 3 hours, there will be rejuvenating effects.

Yes too much sleep does make be groggy in the am.I had Sleep Apnes which is a condition that a lot of americans have. Find-RX.com definately helped me with it online.. Check it out!

Also, what helps me fall asleep is the music I listen to from naturesounds.mobi

What I always wonder about that these articles never address is how much sleep is too much sleep and what negative effects too much sleep can have. I guess it's because that's not very relevant to the majority of Americans. But I never feel rested unless I get 12-14 hours of sleep, which is pretty much impossible to do even half the time. I've talked to a couple doctors and they just seem to think I don't really need that much sleep but don't offer any real solutions.

Yes Sleep Apnes is a condition that a lot of americans have. Find-RX.com definately has some solutions. Check it out! Also, what helps me fall asleep is the music I listen to from naturesounds.mobi

Yes Sleep Apnes is a condition that a lot of americans have. Find-RX.com definately has some solutions. Check it out! Also, what helps me fall asleep is the music I listen to from naturesounds.mobi

I am in the same situation as Leprakawn. I typically get about 5 - 6 hours of "good" sleep a night and have for the past 20 or so years. Blame it on the military I guess, and 15 plus years of service in the submarine force. Anyway, I wake every morning wishing I had more sleep, however, I function fine throughout the day and never seem to lack energy. I think that 8 plus hours of sleep would put me in "super hero" mode and I am not ready to live up to that expectation.

Two years ago I started having sleeping problems. I'd wake at 1 or 3 in the morning, and nothing I would do could let me slip back into much needed rest. I had friends who did the sleep clinic and some took a prescription, but I wanted to try something cheap, so I started exercising. Though I've lost weight, but that wasn't my goal, I sleep well.

It does mean sacrificing personal puttering around time. I used to come home and putter, snack, and basically meander until nightfall. The type of exercise I'm talking about are one that last an hour and a half, an hour weights and half an hour cardio, three or four times a week. I mean the kind that make you peel your gym off in the laundry room and shower immediately afterward.

We lead such sedentary lives now. My grandmother rode horseback until she reached her 70s. She was up and about from dawn to nightfall, and she slept like a baby; but I don't go near that in my profession. I know most sleep deprived sufferers have heard about the effects of rigorous exercise and getting a better night of rest, but I ignored it, for years. I've finaly resolved my sleep problems in a cheap way, and I feel great.

For roughly 9 years I have gotten an average of 5.75 hours of sleep each night (assuming, but should be close), and I do not typically feel as if I have not slept for one - three days.

Personally, I would like to be tested though.

Yes Sleep Apnes is a condition that a lot of americans have. Find-RX.com definately has some solutions. Check it out!

I recently visited a Dr with a problem with severe headaches. As it so happens he is also an expert on sleep disorders. Since I also have problems sleeping he reccomended a Sleep Apnea test. He believes that it is my problem. What he failed to recognize, however, is that the reason I have trouble sleeping is due to a severe sinus problems that becomes more acute during the winter seaon. Sleep problems may not always be due to "Sleeplessness" but due to other circumstances that may keep you from getting enough sleep

I wish I could get at least 6 straight hours of sleep! I will go to bed really late like 1 am on a good night and then wake at 4 am, 5am, 6:30 am to get kids ready for school then I am usually up for the day. I have never been able to get myself to go to bed at a decent hour and even if I do I wake up a minimum of 4 times during the night. I have found that I tend to become ill easily, recently my doc found that I had 3 different infections bladder, kidney, and sinus all at once! I don't know if sleep had much to do with it, but I am sure lack of sleep didn't help! I am starting a prescription of sleeping pills to see if that helps, wish me luck!