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How much sleep do you get?

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GrannyIvy Fri 16-Aug-24 07:27:12

I go to bed at 9 to 9.30 pm and read. I tend to wake every 2 hours and usually one or two trips to loo and range from 6 to 7 hours sleep. Never sleep straight through. Always tired these days but never nap in the day!

Grandmabatty Fri 16-Aug-24 07:24:32

I go to bed early now because I like to lie and read for a while. I have no issues getting to sleep, but I wake twice or three times in the night for the loo. And then usually wake half five/six. It is annoying waking so frequently but I've got used to it

Marydoll Fri 16-Aug-24 07:22:27

I had about two hours sleep last night.
I rarely get a full night's sleep, due to chronic pain.

Nannee49 Fri 16-Aug-24 07:21:26

Another one here not getting nearly enough! Waking in the night and not being able to get back to sleep is so frustrating and really bad for health.

However, last night I tried a getting back to sleep hack - props to Dr Rajan Karan on YouTube - and it worked! Basically, you think of a word, say, bedtime and say all the words you can think of beginning with b until you tire of thinking b words then move on to e, then d & so on. Apparently, it breaks the neural cycles of overthinking which prevent falling asleep again quickly.

Admittedly, I only tried it for the first time last night & it might not work again tonight but anything's worth a go for those blissful extra few hours.

tanith Fri 16-Aug-24 07:16:41

Usually read till 10:30 and sleep till 6ish so 7/8 hours. Sometimes I visit the bathroom in the early hours but not every night. I don’t nap and manage well on 7/8 hrs.

Katyj Fri 16-Aug-24 07:03:41

I’m asleep by 9.30 pm. Very much a morning person. At the moment I'm very tired. DH is waking twice in the night for the toilet. The second time being about 3am and I can’t get back to sleep, so I’m getting 5.5 hours, not enough at all. I get up about 4.30.

LaCrepescule Fri 16-Aug-24 06:29:34

I’m 67 and get 6 hours if I’m lucky. Fall asleep but always always awake by 6am at the very latest! I think the call of nature wakes me up and then I can’t get back to sleep (or want to.)

I don’t put the light out until 11pm because I like to read in bed so am going to try to switch off by 10pm. I feel ok though and don’t nap during the day.

How much sleep do you get?