Can you function with only a few hours sleep a night?
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I can but I don't like it. I've gotten as little as one hour of sleep and gotten up and gone about my daily routine, I felt like shit the whole day and no amount of coffee fixed it.
I like to get about 6-8 hours of sleep, then I can function normally during the day. For me that means not having anything with caffeine after about 3 in the afternoon too. I'm a tad bit sensitive to the stuff.
I like to get about 6-8 hours of sleep, then I can function normally during the day. For me that means not having anything with caffeine after about 3 in the afternoon too. I'm a tad bit sensitive to the stuff.
Being an engineering student, I'm already working on an occasional 5 hours of sleep or less. Granted I get distracted a lot of times when I should be sleeping (like me being here 
), but most of the time it's from homework and research projects.
But yeah, 5 hours is functional for me.
), but most of the time it's from homework and research projects.But yeah, 5 hours is functional for me.
Wow, suddenly I remember what it was like being an engineering student myself... I don't miss it whatsoever. Good luck!Nicarus said:Being an engineering student, I'm already working on an occasional 5 hours of sleep or less. Granted I get distracted a lot of times when I should be sleeping (like me being here
But yeah, 5 hours is functional for me.
I used to function on 1-3 hours sleep when I first went back to college. I was basically nocturnal at the time so I couldn't sleep at night, but I had to be up all day. Grabbed a pillow in the wee early and got up and moving when my alarm went off. Slept pretty much all weekend and repeated that for a few weeks until I was able to sleep at night.
I need 6 hours or none, if I go to sleep at night it MUST be for at least 6 hours. that is to say if I get to the deep sleep part, I can run for about two weeks off of an hour or two here or there in the day. These are more like mini naps though and less like actually sleep, since they are only about 20 minutes at a time, riding the bus home from school, lunch break, the fifteen minute break I get every 2 hours since I'm a minor.... Heh, I ran a job that works 8-12 hours a day everyday while in school...
Depends on your definition of function. I get about 5-6 hours average, but on weekends I get7-8 hours. I can function very well on this schedule, and I've been doing so for years.
My friend takes the prize though, he slept an entire day away once. He averages out to 11-14 hours of sleep and can't function properly.
My friend takes the prize though, he slept an entire day away once. He averages out to 11-14 hours of sleep and can't function properly.
I get 5 hours of sleep on average, and 3-4 hours if I go to sleep late. I can function enough for classes, but I crash afterwards for the next late night hours.
I get around 4 to 6 and a bit hours sleep a night.
I've lived my entire life with little sleep and I function perfectly fine.
I've lived my entire life with little sleep and I function perfectly fine.
I recently proved that lack of sleep is hardly a setback for me. I recenlty went 37 hours without sleep, and could've gone even more if my family told me I needed some sleep because I had a test the next day. Sure, I did feel a little lethargic, but that happens to me regardless of sleep pattern.
I'll vouch for this wise man's statement- the anxiety is ridiculous.Thundero13 said:
I get (at best) 5 hours on a weeknight, even less on weekends. Unless I am here or playing videogames, I can barely stand myself. I envy those who can readily go without...
Due to a sleep disorder I generally manage about 2-3 hours of sleep a night. There are periods of time where I go a few days without and still function very well. I believe the longest I've gone without sleep was 64 hours and I was alert as I would be with a full night. Full nights sleep actually give me a headache and make me feel like crap.
Complete utter bullshit. You'd start hallucinating relatively quickly and probably end up with microsleeps after a handfull of days, if not full on passing out. I've witnessed people trying to do this (and had to do it myself for several days). It does not work. In fact, NONE of the schedules that purport to allow you to get less sleep and function fine ever work in the long term. The science is pretty clear on this.Vault101 said:
I got about 2 hours of sleep last night, and I'm just now getting ready for bed. It's 2 AM Wednesday here, and I've been up since 6AM Tuesday, after being up from 1:00PM monday to about 4:00 AM Tuesday the night before. Ordinarily, an amount of sleep that small would be worse than no sleep at all, but I meditated before going to sleep, and I'm pretty sure my body never went past a light doze as a result; I certainly didn't hit REM sleep last night. That said, I usually get more sleep than that, anywhere from 6-12 hours of sleep a night, but with frequent all-nighters mixed in. Ah the joys of being a college student...
To answer the question in the OP, I can function on very little sleep in a 48 hour period, but it takes copious amounts of caffeine to get me to do anything productive past the 30 hour mark, or to get me up in the first place if I allow myself to go into a deep sleep for less than 4-6 hours minimum. A light doze can be a great pick me up, but a deep sleep is tough to wake up from unless you let the cycle complete.
To answer the question in the OP, I can function on very little sleep in a 48 hour period, but it takes copious amounts of caffeine to get me to do anything productive past the 30 hour mark, or to get me up in the first place if I allow myself to go into a deep sleep for less than 4-6 hours minimum. A light doze can be a great pick me up, but a deep sleep is tough to wake up from unless you let the cycle complete.