How much sleep do you need?

[tyred]

About 6 hours although I could probably use a little more. I am both a late evening and a morning person. It's the middle of the day that causes me problems.

 

[Andy in Sig]

If I do three 6 hour nights on the trot then I definitely need to recharge the batteries with a couple of 8 hour stints.

 

[darkstar]

Just woken up from 10 hours sleep, it all depends on when i have lectures the next day though. If it's a 9am start i wake up at 7, so get around 6 hours, I'm tired later on though.

 

[ChrisKH]

The answer to this question is "more than I'm getting" !

You don't realise how much you value your sleep until you have little influence over how much you get - it's not as simple as going to bed early, since there are other factors, some of which I would rather not discuss, preventing me from sleeping as long as I like. At the moment I have to survive on between five and six hours but would prefer to get 7-8 hours. Anything over 8 hours is a distant memory. Having said that, I can fall asleep at the drop of a hat and regularly do on the train home. Even if it's a 20 minute PowerNap, I find it helps.

I would be a brilliant case study for the effects of long term sleep deprivation.