How much sleep do you get.

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by Dyne

I was waiting for somebody to say this.

Did you know adolescents (ages 11-22) absolutely need 9 1/2 hours of sleep every single night? I'm talking us, the majority of this board. I used to believe I only needed 8, and I wondered why I was tired during the day, I sometimes had memory loss, and sometimes I'd seem a bit vacant. I didn't know I was actually missing a whole hour and a half of sleep I should've been getting.

If you get any less, on average as an adolescent, you'll never perform at maximum capacity. For example, your memory won't be up to par. Did you know that students who slept 40 minutes less got C's and D's in school, whereas students who got the extra 40 got A's and B's? On average.

Set a normal sleep pattern, because it makes a difference.

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Now back to your regularily scheduled topic.

P.S. Also, does anyone snore? And what position do you sleep in? I'm interested.

I don't think that's consistent for everyone. Different people have different needs.

I, for example, get 7 hours a sleep every night and I feel good during the day. I have great grades...All A's, actually.

And during the summer when I go to bed, I wake up after almost exactly 7 hours of sleep, and I can't go back to sleep. It's just how much sleep I'm naturally programmed to get.

[Teuthida]

They did an experiment with fruit flies and the amount of sleep they got. Apparently there were those that slept very little yet functioned just as well as those who got the normal fruit fly amount. The thing is...they had shorter life spans. So a person could sleep 3 hours a night and feel fine. Just might not live as long. Yeah, I'm screwed.

The article was on yahoo a few months ago I believe.

[Dyne]

Originally Posted by Vampyr

I don't think that's consistent for everyone. Different people have different needs.

I, for example, get 7 hours a sleep every night and I feel good during the day. I have great grades...All A's, actually.

And during the summer when I go to bed, I wake up after almost exactly 7 hours of sleep, and I can't go back to sleep. It's just how much sleep I'm naturally programmed to get.

Well of course it's not exactly 9 and a half hours. No study is perfect.

But of course you'll feel fine with 7 hours because you've gotten used to it. The point of the study was to let people know that the majority, if not all, teens should be getting about 9 hours of sleep a night on average for maximum performance.

Also, if you're not sleepy enough, you should be exercising more and rigorously and forcing yourself to sleep earlier. It's all relative in the end. Perhaps not needing to sleep so much tells you you're out of shape?

But I digress. Go ahead and stick with 7 hours if you're fine with it. Just know there might be a window of improvement for your body and you might not know it.

[Vampyr]

I dunno, I get a lot of excersize. Every day but Sunday, usually. However, I might try going to bed earlier just to see what happens. I mean, it's like when you are taking medication. You may still feel bad and think the medecine isn't working, but as soon as you stop the sickness gets a lot worse. I might feel great now, but feel awesome if I slept an extra two hours.

But just out of curiosity, how many hours are people older than 22 supposed to get?

[Dyne]

Originally Posted by Vampyr

I dunno, I get a lot of excersize. Every day but Sunday, usually. However, I might try going to bed earlier just to see what happens. I mean, it's like when you are taking medication. You may still feel bad and think the medecine isn't working, but as soon as you stop the sickness gets a lot worse. I might feel great now, but feel awesome if I slept an extra two hours.

But just out of curiosity, how many hours are people older than 22 supposed to get?

8 on average. That's what I originally thought I should have be getting.