Can you function with only a few hours sleep a night?

[Brandon237]

Not well. I have tried and when I get too sleep deprived, My body does not take it well. At all.
Also, getting up fast screws with me a little. I went to go brush my teeth this morning, as I'm standing up my vision get blurry, I can only see straight forward, I get really dizzy and the back of my head tingles. And this happens damn often

Are you tall?

I have the same problem, but it happens whenever I've been lying down and I get up quickly.

I am tallish, 178cm and 16 years old (tomorrow anyway). And yes, whenever I get up fast it does happen. or even if I lean my head back sometimes.

 

[CommanderKirov]

I once conducted an experiment when I slept only 1.5 hour per 24 hour period.

After the third day i began to have something that I could only percieve as halucinations.


Was fun though. Was fun.

 

[LightningBanks]

Considering I never felt better on a day where 2 hours sleep was my only energy tank, I think I can function

 

[Dieter Meyer]

I can function with 3 hours of sleep for periods of time.

I try to get 5-6 hours on weekdays and 6-10 in weekends regularly though

 

[Toaster Hunter]

I can function, just not very well and It takes a long time for me to become fully alert on anything less than 7 hours

 

[DragonBorn96]

I only really get a few hours, darn you Escapist for making me forgot to sleep and do other things us squishy organics need to stay alive,aaaanyway I function normally but sometimes I just get really stupid and fall asleep standing up sometimes xD. So no, I can't usually...

 

[darthotaku]

I once stayed up till 1 and got up again at 5 to go to work.
granted I dipped my hand in acid that day but still, I can function good on 4 hours of sleep

 

[Rofl-Mayo]

I sleep roughly three hours a night and I operate fine, probably because I've been doing this since I was seven so I'm used to getting very little sleep by this point.

 

[standokan]

Barely, the whole day I´ll be in the state of sleepdrunk.

 

[Dogstile]

I aim for 6 a night. Normally get about 5. I have a habit of sleeping for 10 on weekends

 

[Amberella]

I have before so it's really not a big deal.

I mainly get about 3-5 hours of sleep a night anyway.

 

[RRkQG3qXwv8cJcD]

5 hours sleep, 12 hours of work, lather, rinse, repeat. i crash into a 10 hour sleep on friday and im set for the following week. yay for modern slavery \o/

 

[icame]

Generally I get about 5 hours. Sometimes 3 and I can still function fine.

Hell, I got 3 hours of sleep before my exams and I still 80%+ on all of them.

 

[BlackWidower]

Now a days I function on eight hours, but that's after staying up to watch Conan and waking up at 10. I'm unemployed. Which reminds me, I have to write up a job application.

Once I tried operating on a few hours but the second morning I woke up at 11 o'clock and my boss fired my ass. For the record, I was staying up late working on stories.

 

[FalloutJack]

I can, I do, and I will some more...have nights of low sleep, by choice. I can't say how much or whatnot though. Not actually sure.

 

[Ljs1121]

I've always been able to function with a few hours. Normally four or five is enough for me.

In fact, I get really tired and disoriented if I get any more than six hours.

 

[The Afrodactyl]

I tend to get around 4 hours on a week day and around 6 at the weekend.

I get on fine, but once a month I just crash and get about 18 hours or so in a single stint.

 

[JochemDude]

I'm a sound engineer so my work times are pretty much like, 3 times a week like getting to work and build/rig the place up from 3PM to 9PM and then the concert/performance etc to about 1AM and then packing everything up and rolling cables and stuff till 3-4PM and then I get home again. But I for the rest of the week I got nothing so that's always nice. To answer your question, yes if I get enough sleep before it I can do a decent time before I can't 'function' anymore. Last time that happened was at a weekend long festival and I couldn't get a moment of peace through the whole damn thing. (thursday till monday) I slept 2 days in a row after that. So... Yeah I manage.

 

[MordinSolus]

Game character response: Salarians only need 1 hour of sleep. Fast metabolism, and short life span.
My response: Can't function well w/out like 9 hours of sleep.

 

[Sarge034]

I can go three days straight and crash, or sleep two hours every day for about seven days.