How much sleep do you need or have

7 hours, sometimes with a wakeful period sometime between 3 and 4 am.

I usually get my 7 hours sleep

Go to bed at 11. Go straight to sleep. Up an hour later for the loo ??. Usually back to sleep. Wake at 5ish and doze for an hour or so until dog barks. Up about 6.45. Often have a power nap about 3 in the afternoon. Only for 15 mins.

I go to bed around 9pm and watch TV for a while whilst drinking my hot chocolate turning off the light about 10ish.
Dropping off as soon as my head hits the pillow I will wake in the night for a visit to the loo.
I am wide awake about 7.30 so average a good 8hrs every night.
Sometimes I will have a nanny nap during the afternoon for an hour usually about 3pm if I am feeling weary.

9/10 hours at least 3 visits to loo.
I have over the last few months moved to caffeine free coffee and this has made the difference as before I was restless and slept a lot less, consequently always tired.
Now to solve the loo visits ....

Last night bed at just gone 10, read for a while, went off about 10:50, woke up at 6:20 for the loo, up at 6:45 with DH who’s gone to work. So about 7.5 hours.

I often dwell on things when I go to bed; if I'm not asleep within 45 minutes I get up again and read in the lounge ( not wanting to disturb OH who can sleep on a washing line in a force 9 gale ).

Although we do like to be in bed by 10pm and we are generally up by 7 so that gives us 8 to 9 hours as we both read before turning out the light.

I get 7/8 hrs I used to wake at 3 for a trip to the bathroom but I’ve managed to stop that so sleep through from 10ish to 6. Takes me 10 mins or so to drop off and I have the occasional wakeful night but that’s ok as I’ll read for a while then drop off again. I never nap by the way.

Do you take statins LadyBella as I’ve heard they can make you have vivid dreams?

9 hours sounds a lot, especially if you are still tired at getting up time.

I average 6-7 hours, I think, always get up at least once for the loo. But last night woke at 3.30, don’t think I went back to sleep, just wide awake. Will hopefully sleep well tonight.

Loads.

Sometimes I take an afternoon nap which usually lasts about an hour and a half. Then I'll go to bed at between nine and ten and wake up at or before five a.m. (which is fine for my work schedule).

Days when I don't have a nap I'm falling asleep by eight or soon after in the evening.

Actually, adding that up it isn't all that much after all! ?

I never get to sleep straight away. Usually because my mind works overtime. On average I get 8 hours and I need that.
If I have a troubled night's sleep e.g.4 hours in total, I feel terrible the next day. My days are usually busy and I find it really difficult to concentrate through lack of sleep. Sometimes feeling dizzy.

Watching or reading something is no good for me. Fills the sleepless hours or even lengthens them. Tried it and had to stop as because of the above.

What helps a little is a note book. I write down what is keeping me awake and how I can resolve what is on my mind.

About 7 hours. I'm off as soon as my head hits the pillow, usually get up to go to the loo once, but get straight back off. I've recently spent 6 long weeks sleeping upright in a chair downstairs (broken humerus) and now know that I can survive on two spells of two to three hours each with an hour wide awake in the middle catching up with Corrie or IACGMOOH. Though I'd really rather not.

I'm like you TrendyNannie6. My head hits the pillow and I'm asleep. Never get up in the night but struggle to get up in the morning. So I get about 9 hours sleep but I think it's probably too much. I do have vivid dreams though - very realistic ones which I often remember.

On good nights an average of 4-5 hours but rarely unbroken.