9 to 10 hours on a good night, waking up 3 or 4 times, and naps of 45 mins to 2 hours in the day. Apparently women need more sleep than men. Rarely asleep before midnight though.

Sleep deprivation has been a long term problem for me.Last night I had 7hrs and woke up 3 times.That was a good night for me.Sometimes I only have 4 to 5 hrs.If I take sleeping tablets I am sometimes knocked out for 8 or 9 hrs.However I am avoiding them as I suffer side effects.I can never sleep during the day, not ever.I know for sure that lack of sleep is continually contributing to my adrenal fatigue. I am presently taking ashwaghanda powder from an ayurvedic doctor and I can see it is helping.Hope your sleep quality improves. 10 to 11hrs sounds just heavenly to me. Hugs.

I want to sleep, but it doesn't work out for me very often. I go to bed at 10:00, but rarely get to sleep before 11:30. I have to wake up at 6:30 to get the kids off to school. I wake up several times a night to go to the bathroom and often can't fall right back to sleep. So, as you can see, I'm not doing well. I see you deal with that same issue. It's hard because we aren't getting quality sleep. Ideally, I'd like to be getting 8-9 hours a night and a nap if I need one. Well, a girl can dream, can't she? Maybe a sleep study would be good. You could find out if there is anything else going on. Many blessings.

I can't function at all unless I have at least 9 hrs. Sleeping is so hard for me because I have insomnia and have to take a sleeping pill, even with that I can't get to sleep before about 1am. Many nights I'm still awake when my neighbor leaves for work at 3am.

I also have a lot of pain and that wakes me frequently during the night. I have a very difficult time in the morning and so don't try to nap because I only want to go through the morning phase once a day.

Any sleep I do get doesn't seem to be restful sleep. I have nightmares and have to move around because of pain.

My cat sleeps all day long and I'm so jealous...

I need 9 - 10 hours or I don't cope. I had a sleep study done a few years ago and discovered I have sleep apnoea. I got a cpap machine and although it took me months to get used to it, I really notice the difference now if I have a blocked nose and can't use it. I only nap during the day if I'm so bad I can't help it, because otherwise it means that I have trouble getting to sleep at night. Every so often I go through a period of insomnia as it is.

I usually sleep about seven hours, then wake up spontaneously. But during periods of insomnia it's much less...then I build up a sleep debt that has to be paid eventually.

I do take short naps during the day. Today I laid down for a short rest and woke up three hours later...LOL. That's not my usual thing.

After that long nap, I felt like I belonged in intensive care. It took me several hours to recover from it.

I need 10-11 hours to function normally during the day, but I can rarely afford it. So most of the time, I feel fatigue and brain fog. I also wake up a lot during the night. I have a three year old son and he needs less sleep than me. So I go to bed in the evening the same time he does and he always wakes up in the morning before me. He is full of energy and I can barely open my eyes.

I do okay if I get about 8-9 hours, though I need about an hour just to convince myself that I'm awake most of the time. Unfortunately, most nights I get about 5.5-6.5 hours. No matter how early I go to bed, I can't fall asleep before midnight (I've tried.) I was recently diagnosed with sleep apnea and now use a cpap, but this hasn't changed the amount of sleep I get or need. I frequently wake at night, too, which leaves me drifting somewhere between waking and sleeping and having no idea how much sleep I got.

7-8 hours, more if I can get it. Naps on the weekend. Most nights, I get up once or twice. When I do, it disrupts my REM sleep, I think, which leaves me groggy and fuzzy-headed.

I like Richie's comment about sleep debt that needs to be paid. I've had three bad nights in a row, and I'm paying today. :0/

When I can, I sleep about 11 hours. I used to see my kid off to school, but now my husband kindly does as he leaves for work at the same time. I've noticed my best time for sleep is between 6-10 am, and if I don't get it, I can feel pretty tired (like this morning!)

Some days I cannot stay awake and doze all day. Most days I may not take a nap at all.

My sleep is all over the place...I've had insomnia forever! Mostly onset problems...but I do wake up a number of times per night.

Does everyone here wake up during the night? Maybe that's normal.

I was sleeping about 9 hrs a night and about 2 hour naps during the day for a long time.But I have really bad back pain right now that is causing me to wake constantly and toss and turn.Thats causing insomnia..so I'm lucky if I sleep 3 hours a night with all this pain.i'm really feeling the effects of no sleep due to pain.So out of it and dizzy spells.

Sleep is crucial for us, and really, for all people. It's what coalaces are memory, putting things in our brain in the right place. It's a housekeeping brain, the unconscious. Crucial.

I went to a sleep specialist about 9 years ago. He started me on xyrem (sodium oxybate) and it knocks me totally out. I go to bed around 11 pm every night and wake between 7 and 9 am. It's quite enough as it's got all the stages of sleep. I also ude a vpap machine for obstructive and central sleep apnea. Big help for deep sleep.

Please, find a specialist. Now I see a neurologist who has a sleep clinic. It could save your life, I know it does, mine!

I generally sleep from 9pm to 5am, then get up with hubby to get him out the door to work on time and sometimes I can sleep another couple hours. If not then, I will usually nap from about 3-4 in the afternoon. My sleep cycle is better these days than it was for a couple years, when I was awake every morning from 1:30 til 4.
Taking benadryl each night at 8 seems to help me sleep through the night. Also, we have changed out sleeping arrangement so that we each have our own top covers but sleep on the same king bed. He was yanking my covers during the night (he has restless leg syndrome) and it was waking me. With each our own covers it works out well. I sleep much more soundly.

Oh my God... I would KILL for 8 hours of sleep. I average about 5-6 hours a night (sometimes less if something is on my mind) and it's been that way now for 30 years. And I don't sleep during the day. It just doesn't happen. I've tried sleep medications but I get too many side effects. The natural stuff even gives me side effects. The only thing I take is melatonin and without it I wouldn't even get 5-6 hours. UGH!!