Originally Posted by Alchemist11

Yeah bro, I love how half of us are upset that we can't wake up early enough, and the other half are upset that they don't have enough time for sleep.

And waking up at 7:30? That's still not bad. My body winds down by 11:30pm, but I'm lucky if I get up before 9:45am.



When you "sleep less" are you talking about 6-8 hours? For a lot of people, that is their optimal sleep amount, and they function rather well. For most people 10 hours is too much. Sleeping that much can make you drowsy and groggy.

Try to find an optimal amount of sleep and stick to that. Maybe write down or keep in your head the times you go to sleep and wake up for a few days, and see which times felt good / when you woke up alert.

Of course, things like coffee and even when you ate your dinner/what you ate will affect how you feel so it won't be perfect but it may help you find your ideal sleep time/pattern.

yeah, I eat dinner pretty late. This could be a major factor.

Originally Posted by ZSimon

I've adopted a polyphasic sleep schedule. I sleep 2 times per day for 2 hours each time. 2 AM - 4 AM and 2 PM - 4 PM.

I'm in the process of adopting one. Maybe 3 x 2-hr naps. How do feel usually? Also do you work out regularly?

usually between 1-2am

for me, less than 6 hours gaurantees I won't be drowsy. I'll just feel like a reawakened zombie with a stiff jaw.
more than 6 hours but less than 8 hours, then I start to doze off.
more than 8 hours, and I have an extremely hard time getting up, but I'm good for the rest of the day.

I think everyone has this kind of range where you get not enough, just enough, and too much sleep.

Originally Posted by Faer

I consider that to be a bit moot when that sleep wasn't actually obtained during the night...but then, that's just me. xD

We'd actually have to do a whole study to really make sure.

lol, they already did studies. we learned about this in cognition, remember? (or was it animal behaviour?)

Originally Posted by Stefan H.

What i found is that i have slowly been getting less and less sleep, and am still able to function fine as long as its gradual. at the beginning of the year, if i got less then 8 hours id be dead, and now at 6.5 hours of sleep (going to bed at 1am ish) im wide awake for my 8:30 class

It wouldn't matter if I got 14+ hours of sleep. I'd still fall asleep in an 8:30 class. especially if it's in TSH 120 with the lights dimmed x|

Originally Posted by Afzal

I'm in the process of adopting one. Maybe 3 x 2-hr naps. How do feel usually? Also do you work out regularly?

I feel very with-it. I walk 12-14 kilometers per day.