Recharging

[Raistlin]

I've had to get up before 6:30 AM the past couple of days, and will have to do so again most of next week. I wasn't able to get to bed before 1 AM either night (one night close to 2), and after two days of that I am worn out. Several years ago, I used to be able to last a few days with only a few hours of sleep each, but now I'm tired after not getting enough sleep on any one night. After two days of that I start to lose function towards the end of the day.

How much sleep do you need on any given night to be able to feel like a human being the next day?

[fire_of_avalon]

A minimum of five, and I am a bitch for the first few hours after I get up on those nights. If I get less than five I wake up nicer and happier, but I wear out really easily.

Seven hours is best.

[Jinx]

12.

[Sephex]

Less than 4 is iffy, but if I am constantly stimulated while on stimulants, my brain can simulate that I had a decent nights rest.

I usually average 5 hours a night, maybe a little more, so I have practice in less sleep.

[Scotty_ffgamer]

Last semester I functioned on roughly 2 hours of sleep every night (except for weekends), and I would also have to pull at least one all nighter every week. I managed to somehow function every day, but the moment the semester ended, I got sick and no longer felt like a human being, as it were. I can function pretty well at about 4 hours of sleep if I have to. If I have nothing to wake up for though, I tend to sleep about ten hours.

[Aulayna]

4-5 to function. Preferrably 9-10 to feel refreshed.

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

10 hours is my default. I can work with less but I am a bitch to wake up.

[Shorty]

I'd say 7-9 to feel like a human being. Any less and I won't be comfortable - 4 is my absolute minimum under dire circumstances.

[DownDiagonalLeftA]

I like to get 8 a night. This rarely happens. I usually get around 4.

I can function fine during the day with anything above 2 hours, but it has 2 drawbacks. The first being, on evenings when I'm home (days off from work, etc) I ALWAYS fall asleep around 6pm for about 1-3 hours. I hate it. It's a battle I always lose. The other drawback is on the weekend when I don't have school and finally have a chance to sleep in, i'll sleep for like 12-13 hours straight.

[theundeadhero]

I generally get around five but I can function on a couple of hours every night after years of practice.

[Shlup]

I currently have a parasite sucking the life out of me, so if I don't get 10 hours of sleep I am absolutely dead. Last night I got nine hours and then today I took a three hour nap.

I normally consider myself functional with at least four hours, as long as it's only for one night. I can do six normally, but more sleep is always better. I both love and hate sleep.

[Futan]

I usually get 6-7 hours. I know I can work off 2-3 hours but the morning's painful. I prefer 7-8 on weekdays or 12 on weekends. >___>

[Wolf Kanno]

I need between 6-8 to feel pretty good, but I can function pretty well with about 4-5 as I've learned lately. Oddly enough, sleeping more than 8 hours, when I haven't worked my body into exhaustion, seriously screws me up and I function in a complete dream like daze for the rest of the day until I sleep again.

[chionos]

Less than five I feel irradiated, like my body's cells are vibrating like a million plucked strings that won't stop.

Like WK, anything over 7-8 makes me feel antsy, off somehow, and I think the feeling's worse than getting no sleep at all. The 1-3 hour range is the worst. If I know I'm only going to be getting that much sleep, I usually just don't sleep at all.

[Laddy]

I smurfing love sleep. Seriously, sleep and EoFF on constant rotation would be my perfect day.

Anyway, I can generally function with 5 hours, though I'm a bit delirious for most of the day. If I get too much sleep, I'll get up all night and communicate with misanthropes on the internet.