How much sleep do you get?

7 hours, I went up at 8 and did some gentle sewing for an hour. Then my sleep preps, slathered myself with black gram booster booster oil, put loose linen hand made pyjamas on and was in bed by 9.30. Listened to lbc on low, with a timer, for 30 minutes. I was asleep by 10

I have masses of energy, go cycling up hills etc but always before noon. After noon is wind down and I try to watch born and bred at 3. I eat my last light meal by 4. I need to stay awake, napping does me no good at all. If I feel dozy, I go and tidy the kitchen or do some sewing

I wake every couple of hrs during the night for a pit stop but then I nap in the afternoon, it’s really my best sleep I love doing jigsaws on my beloved I Pad every opportunity I get..

I had very little sleep, due to pain. Even when I dozed of, my sleep was disturbed.

All the sleep prep in the world makes no difference, because of the root cause.
I would give anything for a decent night's sleep.

I’m 85, and was only sleeping for 2-3 hours, until 10 years ago when my GP told me about an experimental online programme called Sleepio. It’s available free on the NHS in limited areas, but otherwise you will have to pay for it. It’s really hard to do, but worked for me. Hope this helps you.

I don't get enough sleep, partly my own fault I think. I've been having problems for years. If I get five hours I think I've done well. There are some nights when I don't actually go to sleep until about 3am and then wake up at 5am and struggle to go back to sleep. Whilst I was still working I used to be struggling to keep my eyes open by 4pm. I do sometimes read, or social media until about midnight but then I can lay there counting sheep or listening to "white" noise and still can't drop off, so end up playing silly games on my iPad. One goo d thing about being retired now and on my own, is I can and often do have a nap around 2pm if I need to.

All my friends and family struggle with a good nights sleep. Having lived in Spain for about 20 years I got in the habit of a one hour nap. This enables me at 73, staying up until after midnight. Works for me. I’m on a ladies forum of 80 oldies and I’m the only one who naps. Must be a Spanish thing. They all struggle to sleep more than five hours. After my nap I usually manage an other seven hours after midnight. I realise it’s not popular here, even with doctors but without it I can’t envisage a really long life. If you are up for it, give it a go.

I know this will sound a bit daft, but I'm quite thrilled to hear that I'm not the only person full of the joys of spring at 3a.m.

When you're alone and it's dark and quiet, and you can't see any other lights on, it's easy to think you're the only person in the world who can't sleep.

So I'm just going to finish my cuppa, check my emails and Fb and put some washing on.

Hopefully may grab another hour or so later on.