CrazyRedhead Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 (edited) This is sort of an informal poll...... I know some of us here suffer from various sleep problems, including me.......I have to take meds to sleep at all. With meds, I usually get about 6-6.5 hours, on average, although I really would prefer 7-8 hours, to feel really refreshed. So, if you feel comfortable sharing, I'd like to hear how much sleep others here are getting, and if they feel they are getting enough sleep?.....Does anyone feel like they sleep too much? All responses and thoughts welcome.......Thanks !! Edited January 11, 2022 by CrazyRedhead 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceberg Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 On 1/8/2022 at 10:13 AM, CrazyRedhead said: This is sort of an informal poll...... I know some of us here suffer from various sleep problems, including me.......I have to take meds to sleep at all. With meds, I usually get about 7 hours, on average, and I think that's usually enough to get me through the day, although I would prefer 8-9 hours, to feel really refreshed. So, if you feel comfortable sharing, I'd like to hear how much sleep others here are getting, and if they feel they are getting enough sleep?.....Does anyone feel like they sleep too much? All responses and thoughts welcome.......Thanks !! Just read this now CRH- I have this very annoying issue where no matter how long I sleep- could be 4 hours could be 10- I never feel rested when I first wake up. Never. I always just want to go back to sleep. Now if I get enough sleep, this feeling fades in about an hour- but I was always good at running on sleep deprivation (even before MI) so I can’t really tell if I’ve slept enough until I look at my day in retrospect 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogMan Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 I will track down some notes My understanding is that long term. Not enough damaged heart and makes you susceptible to dementia. Too much generates perfect cancer growing conditions, so any tumors etc really take hold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogMan Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 20th november Woke up 10pm Friday 19th Settling to sleep 8pm Saturday 20th 21st November Woke up 4am Settling to sleep 2:15am 22nd Woke 2pm Settling to sleep 11am 23rd Woke up 7.30pm Settling to sleep 12pm 24th November 24th/25th Woke 8pm 24th Settling to sleep 8:30pm 26th Woke 3am Woke 8am Settling to sleep 3:30am Woke on and off until 6:30pm. 27th Slept 4am-7pm Settling to sleep 12:45pm Woke up 9pm 20th november Woke up 10pm Friday 19th Settling to sleep 8pm Saturday 20th 21st November Woke up 4am Settling to sleep 2:15am 22nd Woke 2pm Settling to sleep 11am 23rd Woke up 7.30pm Settling to sleep 12pm 24th November 24th/25th Woke 8pm 24th Settling to sleep 8:30pm 26th Woke 3am Woke 8am Settling to sleep 3:30am Woke on and off until 6:30pm. 27th Slept 4am-7pm Settling to sleep 12:45pm Woke up 9pm Back to sleep 29th Woke 1am Settling to sleep 1.30am Tuesday 30th Woke on and off until 5am Wednesday 1st December Back to sleep 29th Woke 1am Settling to sleep 1.30am Tuesday 30th Woke on and off until 5am Wednesday 1st December 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyRedhead Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, DogMan said: My understanding is that long term. Not enough damaged heart and makes you susceptible to dementia. Too much generates perfect cancer growing conditions, so any tumors etc really take hold According to what I've found, 7-9 hours seems to be the optimal amount needed by most healthy adults ages 18-64. I also found some info indicating that sleeping more than 9 hours, on a regular basis, is too much (for adults) https://amerisleep.com/blog/oversleeping-the-health-effects/#:~:text=Too much is defined as,hypersomnolence%2C as well as depression. Edited January 11, 2022 by CrazyRedhead 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderful.Cheese Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 On 1/8/2022 at 9:13 AM, CrazyRedhead said: This is sort of an informal poll...... I know some of us here suffer from various sleep problems, including me.......I have to take meds to sleep at all. With meds, I usually get about 6-6.5 hours, on average, although I really would prefer 7-8 hours, to feel really refreshed. So, if you feel comfortable sharing, I'd like to hear how much sleep others here are getting, and if they feel they are getting enough sleep?.....Does anyone feel like they sleep too much? All responses and thoughts welcome.......Thanks !! I sleep 9-10.5 hours a night regularly. I do believe I get enough sleep. In fact, I believe I sleep too much. I rarely only sleep 9 hours. Usually I hit 10-10.5. I long to only sleep 6-8 hours. I would like that very much. But I get tired early and for some reason the evening is usually a more difficult time for me for some reason with voices etc. So I give in and go to bed early. I’d love to enjoy something like reading or crocheting more and stay up later. But I sleep a lot instead. I don’t take any sleep meds but I sleep very well and through the night. I don’t even get up at all during the night. I sleep like a rock until my alarm goes off and I fall asleep usually quickly and usually easily. I hope you are getting refreshing sleep CRH! I’m sorry sleep is a battle for you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyRedhead Posted January 16, 2022 Author Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Wonderful.Cheese said: I sleep 9-10.5 hours a night regularly. I do believe I get enough sleep. In fact, I believe I sleep too much. I rarely only sleep 9 hours. Usually I hit 10-10.5. I long to only sleep 6-8 hours. I would like that very much. But I get tired early and for some reason the evening is usually a more difficult time for me for some reason with voices etc. So I give in and go to bed early. I’d love to enjoy something like reading or crocheting more and stay up later. But I sleep a lot instead. I don’t take any sleep meds but I sleep very well and through the night. I don’t even get up at all during the night. I sleep like a rock until my alarm goes off and I fall asleep usually quickly and usually easily. I hope you are getting refreshing sleep CRH! I’m sorry sleep is a battle for you. I think it's great that you're getting enough sleep...!! At the moment I'm struggling to get even 6 hours.....I'm not sure why this has happened.....My current pdoc has tapered me off Lexapro, because he doesn't want me on 2 SSRIs..................Before my taper off Lexapro, I was taking Lexapro and Trintellix, which he said was risky to take both at the same time because of "SEROTONIN SYNDROME". Anyway, since I've been off the Lexapro, my sleep has been totally screwed.....**SIGH**.....Don't know quite what to do.. Edited January 16, 2022 by CrazyRedhead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wookie Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 I am sleeping much better and have gotten past all the insomnia for now. between 7-9 hours a night and on 15 mg mirtazipine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyRedhead Posted January 16, 2022 Author Share Posted January 16, 2022 1 hour ago, wookie said: I am sleeping much better and have gotten past all the insomnia for now. between 7-9 hours a night and on 15 mg mirtazipine. Glad to hear you're sleeping better, @wookie.....I so wish I could take mirtazipine....**SIGH** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gearhead Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Well, my body clock has been even more jacked than usual since having Covid, so these days I’m falling asleep around 4:00 am and waking around 11:00. I think I’m getting enough sleep, I’m my body is so run down that I feel worn out all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coraline Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) I fall asleep around 10pm every night but get up every night to take Bailey out between the hours of midnight and 2 am..depending.. sometimes I can fall right asleep after our brief outting..other times I am awake until 4am or I never fall back to sleep. On good nights I fall back to sleep and get up between 7-9am I get pretty scattered sleep but oddly never feel tired. Edited January 17, 2022 by coraline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyRedhead Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 16 hours ago, Gearhead said: Well, my body clock has been even more jacked than usual since having Covid, so these days I’m falling asleep around 4:00 am and waking around 11:00. I think I’m getting enough sleep, I’m my body is so run down that I feel worn out all the time. Even though your body clock is somewhat off, sounds like you're getting 7 hours sleep anyway, so that's good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyRedhead Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 15 hours ago, coraline said: I fall asleep around 10pm every night but get up every night to take Bailey out between the hours of midnight and 2 am..depending.. sometimes I can fall right asleep after our brief outting..other times I am awake until 4am or I never fall back to sleep. On good nights I fall back to sleep and get up between 7-9am I get pretty scattered sleep but oddly never feel tired. That's good you don't feel tired from scattered sleep.....If you're having better nights that you get 7-9 hours sleep, that's a plus, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeschmee Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Personally I never get a regular amount of sleep. Could be 4 hours straight through, or 6 hours waking up 8-10x a night. Sometimes I feel energized with less sleep, other times I feel likely the walking dead. Currently I'm on a stretch of 6 nights of tossing and turning, racing heart and yawning. I feel like garbage. Belsomra and Dayvigo seem to make it worse. Clonazepam and 1/3 ambien seem to work. Hope you're sleeping better 😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
confused Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Usually not getting enough. Maybe 4 hours of fair sleep. Then, I get exhausted and sleep a day away. I have been cutting back on caffeine and slept about 6 hr last night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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