However, if that five hours is suffiecient for you and does not affect your
functioning and health, it may be normal in your case. I couldn't do it on
5 hours. I need at least 8 and then a hour to wake up. I'm on some heavy
duty meds though and they increase the need for sleep.
c

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Colleen. Would you please tell my husband that!!!! I think he is going to
frame that article. It really bothers him that I don't get the sleep he
feels I need. I do feel tired around 2:00 but I think I would regardless.
I get renewed in about an hour and then am ok. I will forward your response
so he gets it at work. I better frame it so it can reside along what he
will frame!! Thank you... Memory

Don't get me in trouble now!!!!

My sweetheart has a very erratic sleep schedule. He sleeps in spurts. He
wakes up a 4am, farts around on-line, goes back to bed for a few hours until
7 or so, goes to work, comes home, naps again, is up and usually asleep
again by 10. He functions well with this sleep schedule. That is the key.
If you are walking around like a zombie with only 5 hours sleep, then it is
a problem.
c



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14:28:06 Mon, 21 Jul 2003alt.support.diabetes
Memory at Memory <xxx@example.com> writes:
It varies from one person to another, of course, but if you feel sleepy
during the day, then by definition, you are not getting enough sleep.
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Martin Thompson <martin@tucana.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Absolutely untrue! You can get 12 hours of sleep per night (or more!) and
STILL have the afternoon drowsies, particularly after a meal. Dragging
yourself out of bed in the morning feeling just as tired as when you first
laid down the night before is just as indicative of having awakened at the
wrong part of your sleep cycle as it may relate to an inadequate amount of
sleep in general. Certainly most of us are sleep deprived, modern society
almost demands it of us.

100 years ago in small town America it was common for _everything_ to come
to a screeching halt for an hour or so after lunch as everyone from the
Postmaster to the train depot agent headed home for a nap, especially in the
summer months. Farmhands slept away the heat of mid-afternoon in the nearest
haystack.

The "Siesta" was de rigueur throughout the countries surrounding the Med. as
well as in India and Asia ("Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday
sun!"), and is still practiced in _many_ countries. Nor was it simply a
matter of escaping the oppressive noon-day heat in the days before air
conditioning, as the siesta was common in Scandinavian countries, the
Balkans, Russia (particularly in the Ukraine) and throught Mittel Europa.

The concept of 8 hours of sleep per night being sufficient for all and
sundry is a falsehood perpetrated by Henry Ford and his ilk (Pullman,
Schwab, etc.) at the beginning of the 20th century in order to keep
production lines running 24/7 and has no basis in medical fact.

Modern sleep studies have show again and again that the amount of sleep
required by individuals is _not_ a hard and fast rule. The studies also
indicate that the elderly get by with less sleep at night because they "cat
nap" during the day, often without their knowledge.

Those who need the _most_ sleep at night are those least likely to get it.
Teenagers have been shown to need a minimum of from 8 to 10 hours of
uninterrupted sleep.

Regards,

James the Elder

18:23:56 Wed, 23 Jul 2003alt.support.diabetes
JHEM at JHEM <James@ESAD_SPAMMERS.thinkpads.com> writes:
Yes, I suppose you are right; the post-lunch dip is well established.
People seem to need from 6-10 hours per day, with the elderly needing
less, in general.

The way to find out for yourself how much you need is to go to bed when
you feel like it, and wake up the same way (i.e., dispense with the
alarm clock - and your job if you're not careful!), for a month or two.
You will soon catch up on any missing sleep, and then will find out how
much you need. However, I will add that the post-lunch dip will be
pretty mild once you have caught up on all your sleep. If your
post-lunch dip is almost irresistible without some caffeine to tide you
through, the chances are that you are indeed short of sleep, IMO.
--
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