Poll: How much sleep do you get per night? • Hacker News Board

Re: Poll: How much sleep do you get per night?

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Post by AlexV » Wed, Jan 18, 2012, 1:49 PM UTC

bane wrote: post #3

I do about 6-7 on weekdays, then crash on weekends and sleep 12-13 hours. If I don't get my weekend crash and roll into the next week, I'm practically brain dead by the end of that week. I have some respiratory problems that make the sleep quality not that great either and 6-7 often more like 3-5 depending. I'm chronically sleep deprived. It's not healthy. I'm also a supreme night owl, doing my best work around 6-9pm…

I tell a very similar story. I sleep 5-6 hours. No respiratory problems. Supreme night owl.

Now I feel tired...

Re: Poll: How much sleep do you get per night?

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Post by Wab » Wed, Jan 18, 2012, 1:51 PM UTC

More than 12, but no per night. Usually I stay awake working for 2 to 3 days straight without any sleep, surviving on constant coffee and energy drinks. After those 2 or 3 days I usually crash for 12-14 hours. It's not healthy so I do not recommend doing so. It seems that no matter how many times I get my cycle in order, it will still get out of order. Heck, I don't even bother anymore, guess it's just supposed to be this way.

Re: Poll: How much sleep do you get per night?

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Post by robin_reala » Wed, Jan 18, 2012, 1:52 PM UTC

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man not me. I try to be in bed by midnight, and my alarm is set to 7:15am.

Re: Poll: How much sleep do you get per night?

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Post by fredley » Wed, Jan 18, 2012, 1:53 PM UTC

I usually go to bed 8 hours before my alarm goes off, though I'm aware that it takes me an hour or more to drop off (so I've voted 7 hours). At weekends I'll usually sleep 8-10 hours (no alarm).

I've always been a terrible sleeper, unable to get to sleep, and unable to get out of bed in the morning. I've got my night-time rituals, dark, quiet room, reading before bed, regular wake-up time, but none of that seems to help, some nights I'll hear my room mate getting up at 5 before I fall asleep.

Re: Poll: How much sleep do you get per night?

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Post by kahawe » Wed, Jan 18, 2012, 1:55 PM UTC

Those with 10 and more hours each night on average: how do you do that, don't you miss those hours for doing stuff and do you just like it or would less hours actually make you feel tired and sleep-deprived?

Re: Poll: How much sleep do you get per night?

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Post by acuozzo » Wed, Jan 18, 2012, 1:56 PM UTC

I experience headaches if I sleep for more than 6 hours continuously. (No, I don't have sleep apnea.)

Re: Poll: How much sleep do you get per night?

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Post by silverlight » Wed, Jan 18, 2012, 1:57 PM UTC

imalolz wrote: post #10

I get at most 6 hours on weekdays, and even that's not continuous (I have a baby). On the weekends I do 7-8, if I'm lucky - babies don't know what day it is :) I've been used to getting very little sleep since I was a kid, so I don't feel like it's affecting my work. I typically work-out before work, so that definitely helps starting my day off on a positive note.

We also have a baby in the house, so I voted 6 even though I go to bed about 8 hours before my alarm goes off :-)

Re: Poll: How much sleep do you get per night?

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Post by MichaelApproved » Wed, Jan 18, 2012, 2:00 PM UTC

My sleep level varies with the amount I workout. When I exercise regularly, I sleep 5-6 hours most days with a quick 20 minute power nap in the afternoon. When I don't, I sleep a few hours more.

Both figures are how much sleep I get without an alarm. When I don't exercise regularly, I set the alarm for ~7 hours later and wake up groggy for 30 minutes or so.

Re: Poll: How much sleep do you get per night?

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Post by randallsquared » Wed, Jan 18, 2012, 2:00 PM UTC

I sleep anywhere from 5-9 hours, though usually on the low side. I usually set my alarm for 7-8 hours from when I go to sleep, but I hardly ever sleep all the way to the alarm, so I can't be sleep-deprived, on the whole.

Re: Poll: How much sleep do you get per night?

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Post by tbrownaw » Wed, Jan 18, 2012, 2:01 PM UTC

bane wrote: post #3

I do about 6-7 on weekdays, then crash on weekends and sleep 12-13 hours. If I don't get my weekend crash and roll into the next week, I'm practically brain dead by the end of that week. I have some respiratory problems that make the sleep quality not that great either and 6-7 often more like 3-5 depending. I'm chronically sleep deprived. It's not healthy. I'm also a supreme night owl, doing my best work around 6-9pm…

I do something similar, around 4-6 hours weeknights and 8-12 on weekends.

But, if I make an effort to go to bed earlier during the week (and get 6-8 hours) I tend to completely miss a night towards the end of the week. Not quite sure what that means, since I certainly don't feel like I'm getting enough sleep on weeknights.