How much sleep do you get a night?

United States
March 1, 2008 10:19am CST
I have not been sleeping well. I bet I only get about 4 hours of sleep a night. I know it is from stress. My 15 year old daughter is going in for her second knee surgery in less than one year. First she tore her ACL and meniscus playing basketball. Then she dislocated her knee. She is going in to have a chip removed and exploratory surgery to make sure that everything else is ok. I know it is not a major surgery but when it is one of your kids it is hard. I hope when this is all over I will be able to sleep better! How may hours do you sleep?
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@zenmachado (1617)
• United States
1 Mar 08
I now feel a bit bad saying it but I get about seven to eight hours of sleep a night.
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• Philippines
2 Mar 08
I am sorry to hear about what happened to your daughter..I do hope she gets better soon.. Anyways, I don't sleep complete as well... I work at nights and sleep on days..I usually get 5 to 6 hours of sleep sometimes I wake in between because I have 5 kids and I tend to wake up at noises.After my work at nights I go online and stay in front of the pc to work again...Really hard but I got used to it.
• China
2 Mar 08
Usually I sleep 8 hours evey night, if work is busy, perhaps 5-6 hours. Sometims presures and unhappy things make me sleepless. Though stuffs make sleep not an easy job. But anyhow, even I didn't sleep very well, after drink a coffee in the morning, I always tell myself,'just enjoy life, that's all.'
@nangel78 (1454)
• United States
2 Mar 08
I try to sleep when I can. Sometime I get 2-4 hours at a time and I am up for a little bit. Some nights I get around 8-10 hours. I am also on chemo right now so that has a lot to do with it. I prefer getting a full night's sleep. It makes the day a lot easier to get through.
@ayou82 (3450)
• Philippines
2 Mar 08
I dont get too much of that sleep because i think too much.
• Philippines
2 Mar 08
I sleep around 5-6 hours everyday because of school. I usually sleep around 12 midnight and wake up 5 am in the morning because of preparations to go to school like taking a bath, brush, breakfast etc. Not to mention the traffic and distance between out home and school. My eye bags seems to be getting bigger each day haha...
• United States
2 Mar 08
To be honest, I wish I knew. I have a very irregular sleep pattern based on my many activities and writing. Sometimes I get a couple of 3 hour sessions (sometimes more and sometimes less) during a day and at other times I burn out and sleep about 11 hours in a row. I hope to regularize this someday, especially when I go through a phase of normal 7-8 hours a night, but I am beginning to believe that this is only wishful thinking. StayHomeMom, you hang in there with your daughter. I had a small bit of cartilage removed from my right knee a couple of years ago. Recovery was a pain, but now I am as good as new. I suspect a similar irritating but full recovery will happen to her.
• China
2 Mar 08
sorry to hear that you're suffering that problem . better make time . to be happy for happy sake .
• India
2 Mar 08
about 10 hours non stop sleep
• United States
2 Mar 08
Normally six hours max. Its alot better then when I was in High School, I went on 48 hour no sleep sprints and somehow still functioned! I cant ever sleep because i think about things non stop lol.
• Indonesia
2 Mar 08
usually I sleep around 4 till 6 hours daily, but usually this happens on workdays when the tension just comes everyday and I have gotten difficulties to get away from not thinking how the work would turn out if I did it this way or that way, etc. but during holidays, I can sleep around 7-9 hours a day. LOL. well, since there is nothing to bother when it comes to holidays.
@bobet17 (158)
• Philippines
2 Mar 08
During weekdays I sleep 7 to 8hrs a day,and if weekends I sleep morethan 10hours,because Im happy that I dont have work,all I want to do is to sleep whole day,but when I wake up I feel so tired maybe because of a long slee.
• Singapore
2 Mar 08
i always believe that sleeping and drinking alot of water does miracles... Hence i always try to sleep from 10-6 giving myself at least 8 hours of sleep each day... i know it may seem like a luxury for most people to sleep that long, but when youre awake you feel much more refreshed and energized! and your productivity increases!
@kel1131 (39)
• United States
1 Mar 08
I'm sorry you're having trouble sleeping lately. :-( I hope your daughter's surgery goes well. I usually sleep 8-9 hours each night.
1 Mar 08
I get maybe 6 hours at the most a night. I have a 2 and 3 year old that keep me on my toes constantly! No naps either. And they never fall asleep until around 11 most nights.. so im wired to stay up until like 1 or 2 am and get back up at 7! no naps for them mean no naps for mommy!
@vipulchawla (2220)
• India
1 Mar 08
Well.. my hours of sleep are variabl.. They does not depend upon any consequences because i m still single and free of tensions.. However since the last 4 months i had been thougha tough training in my company.. That was an entry-level training so had to clear it.. But tell u seriously it was really very tough.. I had to study for hours and the day i would have my test would result in hardly a 3 hour sleep last nyt.. It has happened with me many a times that i would sleep for only 3 hours when there would be an exam next day even in my school days.. Infact i have even had sleepless nights during my college.. But anyway i m in a job now and i think i have an average of 7hours sleep during the weekdays and about 9-10 hrs of sleep during the weekend.. Oh by the way i hope your daughter gets well soon and u get to have proper rest..
@kykidd (6812)
• United States
1 Mar 08
Sorry to hear you are going through so much right now. I think when I am really stressed out I get less sleep also. Right now I am averaging about 6 1/2 hours a night. That's pretty good for me.
@Lightlord (378)
• Greece
1 Mar 08
I get about 6-7 hours sleep at night. That's because when I usually go out with friends I get home very late (after 1 am) and I have to get up early in the morning so I don't get much sleep, at least not as much as I would like. And sometimes when I have exams I don't sleep at all. I just study all night to make sure I do ok.
• United States
1 Mar 08
On average I get about 5 to 6 hours a sleep a night. I have to get up early for work (4:30 am) and useless don't go to bed until about 10:00 pm. Usually takes me about a hour before I can fall asleep. I hope your daughters surgery goes okay. I wish you all the best of luc,. Thank You.
• India
1 Mar 08
i love to sleep as much as i can may it be day or night.i say its my hobby to sleep in my cozy stuffy bed but i must say indeed in case of our loved ones nothing is more important neither our sleep. Anything for our people...but whenever have free time alwaz take rest:-)
• India
1 Mar 08
i am also not able to get enough sleep from past 4 months only sleeping 3-4 hrs per night it may be a sign stress i am facing with my new job or the pressure to do well