How many hours of sleep to you get?

[KYHokiemom]

I am woefully tired these days and I'm trying to figure out if I'm just in need of more sleep as I get older ;) or if it's something else! I am in bed around 11pm and up around 7am. I would like to get up more like 5:30, but can't imagine getting to bed right after 9. How do you early risers do it? Thanks.

[KS_]

I generally go to bed at 10pm and during the week, dh and I get up at about 6am - so about 8 hours of sleep.

[Quiver0f10]

I am in bed @ 10 and get up @ 6.

[Jenny in Atl]

The nights when I don't have to get up to test Fi, 12-7. The nights I do get up to test, I sleep 12-2 (test at 2am) then 2-7. I don't get enough sleep. :tongue_smilie:

[Andie]

figuring that out would require math (adding up all those little groups of minutes) that I'm too SLEEP DEPRIVED TO DO RIGHT NOW!

 

*whimper*

 

Probably 4-6 lately. Not in a solid block.

 

When ds wasn't having sleep troubles, I went to bed around 11-12 and got up between 6-7. My goal is to be in bed at 11 and up at 5:45. Just as soon as he starts sleeping again...

[JFSinIL]

sleep, then something may be preventing it from being restful, like sleep apnea.

Or - maybe you are low in iron.

 

Or - maybe you are just getting old :D

 

I suspect it is one of the former, actually.

 

JFS - about 7 hours but not solid sleep. I crash between 9 - 10ish and, after waking at least twice during the night, am up at 5:50.

[JudoMom]

I go to sleep between 9:30 & 10, and am up at 5.

[5kidsforME]

I am woefully tired these days and I'm trying to figure out if I'm just in need of more sleep as I get older ;) or if it's something else! I am in bed around 11pm and up around 7am. I would like to get up more like 5:30, but can't imagine getting to bed right after 9. How do you early risers do it? Thanks.

 

 

Of course it could be that you need more sleep but I would ask your Dr. to have the lab run a TSH, just to check your thyroid. It's better to find out right away then let it get away from you. :001_smile:

[RoughCollie]

Barring complications from insomnia, I try to be in bed asleep by 10, so I can get up at 6 or 6:30 without being tired still.

 

I am woefully tired these days and I'm trying to figure out if I'm just in need of more sleep as I get older ;) or if it's something else! I am in bed around 11pm and up around 7am. I would like to get up more like 5:30, but can't imagine getting to bed right after 9. How do you early risers do it? Thanks.

[Jennifer in MI]

The last two months I've been going to bed at 10:30 and getting up between 6 and 6:30 to work out.

 

Have you had blood work done to check for thyroid issues? I'm going next week because I've been tired too!

[Antonia]

Are you exercising? I know for me exercising leads to better, more refreshing sleep. I am not exercising regularly right now, and even though I am getting my usual 8-9 hours, I am not waking refreshed as I did when I was exercising. I believe we actually need *less* sleep as we age.

[Peela]

Sleep around 10, up between 5 and 6am.

Nap in the afternoon.

Love my sleep. Love getting up early.

[Love2Smile]

I get to sleep by 10, and im up by 5 or 6 and take a 30 minute cat nap at 1PM daily! If I don't get my cat nap...watch out! LOL

[KYHokiemom]

I just had a physical 6 mo. ago and thyroid was fine then, but I will be back in 6 mo. to check it. My guess is that the sleep is not restful. I do exercise - 3 times a week plus walks/ bikes with children. I think I might just be stressed out! There is always more to do than I can seem to get done. I used to be able to stay up really late (like 4am) and get caught up. That is impossible now - I just don't recover easily from that.

 

Thanks for your responses, though. It is helpful to see that most of you get 7-8 hours of sleep.

[Alenee]

not normal for me. I was at a hs meeting which always means it takes me a while to wind down afterward and I didn't leave until 11:30pm so it took until 1am to be ready for sleep. I'm usually in bed by 11pm if I'm not in a good book. I'm up everyday by 7:30am. I've always needed about 9 hours to feel rested but have made a pact with myself that regardless of how late I go to bed, I'm up at 7:30am. It gets easier the more I do it.

[nmoira]

About 7 -7.5. Any less and I get cranky with the kids.

[Donna]

I go to bed around 10:30-11pm and am up by 7am (except the days I work which is twice a week and I have to be up at 5:45am). I do tend to wake a lot at night for no good reason except that I am a very light sleeper and often have difficulty falling back to sleep. I try to exercise during the day and it helps if I do.

[pixelroper]

I am woefully tired these days and I'm trying to figure out if I'm just in need of more sleep as I get older ;) or if it's something else! I am in bed around 11pm and up around 7am. I would like to get up more like 5:30, but can't imagine getting to bed right after 9. How do you early risers do it? Thanks.

 

Do you live in a northern climate? Is it cloudy often? Are you also dark complexioned? I was recently experiencing low energy, dragging my behind, very drowsy, etc. At my annual exam, I brought it up to MD, fully expecting to hear something dreadful OR the just eat, exercise & sleep better routine. Instead she tested me for vit D! Apparently in my area (northern) this is very common (MD claimed 75% of her patients were low or dangerously low since she started testing) during the winter, especially if you do not drink much milk. When I got my lab report back there was a prescription w/it for vit D in a mega dose dosage. I called to ask about it and she explained I was running on fumes. Since the first pill, literally, I feel 10x better.

 

I've always needed & have been able to sleep a straight 8 hours, with few exceptions, I prefer to get up early too but had trouble this winter.

 

Hope this helps (which it won't if you live somewhere sunny yr)... it sucks to not have energy--