Still Tired After a Good Sleep

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There are times I find it difficult to get to sleep - and to stay asleep. I am often at the mercy of my bladder, getting up at least a couple of times during the night. One of those times is around 4am. This week, it was about an hour later after a good 5 hour sleep. Today, I woke up after a full 9 hours - I got up about to go to the bathroom about 3 minutes before my work alarm went off! I did struggle to get to sleep so it probably wasn't quite 9 hours but I definitely needed whatever I got! Telling someone about it today, I was told not to make people jealous of the amount of sleep I'd had I don't think they'd have been jealous of the previous nights and the way I ended up having to sleep that much. They'd certainly not be jealous to know I'm still tired after it! My husband had a good sleep as well. He said he woke up feeling good and refreshed this morning - he has chronic health conditions including Chronic Fatigue/M.E. so these good days are rare. As for me, I'm permanently tired. I think it's between minor health conditions and not having chance to stop when I need a rest! I didn't do much last night - made dinner and watched TV (first episode of Star Trek: Picard, which we enjoyed). I even had chance to get in the bath for the first time since the weekend! Thanks to my husband - he wasn't able to prepare dinner but he did run my bath. I'm certainly feeling better than I was yesterday (I was completely exhausted from various things). But I still feel like I could have a nap in the corner. If only I could get a regular unbroken 8 or 9 hours every night (instead of my usual broken 4 or 5), I might eventually stop being tired! How much sleep do you need? Could you do with more or do you wake up refreshed every day? How mc