how many hours do you sleep ?

adi chicago · 09-25-2006, 09:20 AM

before my injury i slept 6 to 8 hours per night.i woke up fresh and ready to start a new day.after i became a quad i sleep 2 -3 hours.i used diffrent sleeping pils .no sleep just more tired the next day.only themazepam seems to help me a little.
how is your sleep and what is your advice on this matter?

cali · 09-25-2006, 02:54 PM

i hardly ever sleep the whole night. i usually sleep 2-3 hours at a time. i take a couple melatonin before bed and that seemed to help. but, since you were taking sleeping pills i doubt that will help you.

here's a link you might be interested in: http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/showthr...ight=melatonin

van damn · 09-25-2006, 03:06 PM

It depends on what I do in the day.If i get a really good workout i usually get 5-8 hours of sleep.If i don't do much i don't sleep as long.I guess working out takes more out of me.I don't take anything to make me sleep.

harley-lynn · 09-25-2006, 03:07 PM

I don't sleep through the night...I wake up about every three hours for some reason I haven't found out why yet...I just don't worry about it...There's been times where I have awaken out of a sound sleep due to pain which is only once in awhile...other than that I'm okay with my sleeping problem...

-scott- · 09-25-2006, 03:13 PM

typically between 5-9hrs w/ a few leg spasms that wake me up throughout the night - i just have to straighten things out & i'm back to sleep in < 1min.

no pills needed. tried tylenol pm once & it knocked me out for a good 10hrs - wasn't a good feeling when i woke up either.

Lizbv · 09-25-2006, 03:40 PM

12-530 AM during week
sleep in on wknds
out like a light, thanks Zanaflex.

Aly · 09-25-2006, 05:15 PM

Sleeping is not a problem for me it is the fact that I hate to get up, always have. I go to sleep as soon as I hit the bed and have to hit snooe several times to get up. My goal is to get no less than 5 hrs sleep, although would like to get 7-8 but my school and life schedule does not really allow for that to happen very often.

adi chicago · 09-25-2006, 05:24 PM

i wished i could be like you aly.
all the best to you

michaelm · 09-25-2006, 05:31 PM

11:30p-5:00a sometimes less.

lynnifer · 09-25-2006, 05:41 PM

Good Lord people how do you function?

I get 5 - 7 hours on days I'm working.

12(!!!) on my days off.

If I'm on vacation - I sleep the usual 8.

09-25-2006, 09:20 AM	#1
adi chicago Banned Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: near dracula castle Posts: 9,508	how many hours do you sleep ? before my injury i slept 6 to 8 hours per night.i woke up fresh and ready to start a new day.after i became a quad i sleep 2 -3 hours.i used diffrent sleeping pils .no sleep just more tired the next day.only themazepam seems to help me a little. how is your sleep and what is your advice on this matter? __________________ Dum spiro, spero. Translation: "As long as I breathe, I hope."

09-25-2006, 02:54 PM	#2
cali Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: where everyone knows your name Posts: 4,608	i hardly ever sleep the whole night. i usually sleep 2-3 hours at a time. i take a couple melatonin before bed and that seemed to help. but, since you were taking sleeping pills i doubt that will help you. here's a link you might be interested in: http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/showthr...ight=melatonin __________________ Never take life seriously, nobody gets out alive anyway Frank's blog: http://www.franktalk-scurry.blogspot.com My regular blog: http://www.ithinkithinktoomuchblog.blogspot.com

09-25-2006, 03:06 PM	#3
van damn Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: louisiana Posts: 6,383	It depends on what I do in the day.If i get a really good workout i usually get 5-8 hours of sleep.If i don't do much i don't sleep as long.I guess working out takes more out of me.I don't take anything to make me sleep. __________________ Be yourself!!! http://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/vandamnwcbb/ BMF Sports & LiftWithoutLimits Sponsored Athlete http://www.bmfsports.com/ATHLETES.php www.genegvd.com

09-25-2006, 05:15 PM	#7
Aly Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Radford, Va Posts: 2,112	Sleeping is not a problem for me it is the fact that I hate to get up, always have. I go to sleep as soon as I hit the bed and have to hit snooe several times to get up. My goal is to get no less than 5 hrs sleep, although would like to get 7-8 but my school and life schedule does not really allow for that to happen very often. __________________ www.cawvsports.org The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same. ~ Don Juan Matus We are Virginia Tech… We must laugh again… No one deserves a tragedy… We are strong, and brave, and innocent, and unafraid…We are better than we think and not quit what we want to be…We are the Hokies…We will prevail, we will prevail, we will prevail. We ARE Virginia Tech! ~ Nikki Giovanni

09-25-2006, 05:24 PM	#8
adi chicago Banned Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: near dracula castle Posts: 9,508	i wished i could be like you aly. all the best to you __________________ Dum spiro, spero. Translation: "As long as I breathe, I hope."

09-25-2006, 03:07 PM	#4
harley-lynn Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: CLEVELAND Posts: 996	I don't sleep through the night...I wake up about every three hours for some reason I haven't found out why yet...I just don't worry about it...There's been times where I have awaken out of a sound sleep due to pain which is only once in awhile...other than that I'm okay with my sleeping problem...

09-25-2006, 03:13 PM	#5
-scott- Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Harrisonburg, VA Posts: 9,542	typically between 5-9hrs w/ a few leg spasms that wake me up throughout the night - i just have to straighten things out & i'm back to sleep in < 1min. no pills needed. tried tylenol pm once & it knocked me out for a good 10hrs - wasn't a good feeling when i woke up either.

09-25-2006, 03:40 PM	#6
Lizbv Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,844	12-530 AM during week sleep in on wknds out like a light, thanks Zanaflex.

09-25-2006, 05:31 PM	#9
michaelm Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: montville nj usa Posts: 1,136	11:30p-5:00a sometimes less.

09-25-2006, 05:41 PM	#10
lynnifer Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Windsor ON Canada Posts: 15,313	Good Lord people how do you function? I get 5 - 7 hours on days I'm working. 12(!!!) on my days off. If I'm on vacation - I sleep the usual 8. __________________ I think over again my small adventures, My fears, Those small ones that seemed so big, For all the vital things I had to get and to reach; And yet there is only one great thing, The only thing, To live to see the great day that dawns And the light that fills the world. Anonymous (Inuit, 19th century) T-11 Flaccid Paraplegic due to TM July 1985 @ age 12

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