More Sleep Leads To More Productivity: How Many Hours of Sleep Do You Get Each Night?

by mrosen814 Posted 2012/07/12 21:00:00

Related Topics: Health, Depression, Sleep, Lifestyle, Diabetes, Obesity, Healthy, Skin, Sleep Deprivation, Productivity, Living, Night, Memory, Workers, Deprivation

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	Less than 5 hours	66 votes	14%
	5 - 6 hours	115 votes	24%
	6 - 7 hours	93 votes	19%
	7 - 8 hours	116 votes	24%
	More than 8 hours	88 votes	18%

How many hours of sleep do you get in each night? Getting sufficient sleep each night has lots of benefits like improved skin health, memory, and productivity, according to The Huffington Post. However, not getting enough ZZZs can have negative health consequences as well, including diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and depression.

HUFFINGTONPOST.COM reports:
Hard workers tend to deprive themselves of sleep in order to get more done, but sleep deprivation won't just leave you tired. It can lead to diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and depression.

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TasselLady 2012/07/14 20:14:34

7 - 8 hours

+4
I have to have at least that in order to function.
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Osk The Great Guru 2012/07/13 15:39:34

7 - 8 hours

And I sleep like a rock too

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India 2012/07/13 15:25:11

More than 8 hours

only in holidays but when i work or study between 6 and 7 hours not more

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Lanikai 2012/07/13 15:24:05

5 - 6 hours

Women tend to get less sleep because they have more to do in most homes.

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Sage 2012/07/13 15:18:45

Less than 5 hours

None.

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Willski 2012/07/13 15:05:50

Less than 5 hours

+1
and i function fine.

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Zach 2012/07/13 14:17:52

Less than 5 hours

Depends on what I have planned that day. I am not going to say I have insomnia, but it is very difficult for me to sleep. I stay up late and usually have to wake up relatively early, so it's never enough.

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Ben 2012/07/13 12:43:26

Less than 5 hours

+2
Discovering sodahead doesn't help...

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Lanikai to Ben 2012/07/13 15:24:33

+1
I limit Sodahead to work hours only for that reason.

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Ben to Lanikai 2012/07/13 15:31:06

Sadly as a teacher, I'm technically employed by the local council (and forced to use their network at work), who put a block on pretty much everything other than BBC news and Jamie Oliver's website... :(

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Arse-Whole to Lanikai 2012/07/13 15:31:18

+1
Lol. When do you work?

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Lanikai to Arse-Whole 2012/07/13 16:36:34

Mon-Fri 9AM to 5PM and Sat 830AM to 1PM

Our shop is open those hours.

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Lanikai to Lanikai 2012/07/13 16:36:56

And yes, I am bored silly at work cause business has been very slow in our market.

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Arse-Whole to Lanikai 2012/07/14 10:05:36

That's cool. I'm always on call so it's 5AM on Saturday morning right now and I'm replying to your reply just because I can't sleep. How amazing this iPhone technology is, huh.

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Lanikai to Arse-Whole 2012/07/14 14:16:19

Pretty amazing, but I use a PC. I still haven't figured out how to get a photo onto Facebook.

I am NOT a genius with the electronics here.

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Kigan 2012/07/13 12:30:58

7 - 8 hours

I have to get 7-8 hours, no choice really. Otherwise my health goes downhill fast.

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Arse-Whole 2012/07/13 11:46:43

Less than 5 hours

+1
Sadly. About 6 hours a night would be ideal but what are you gonna do? I don't know how anybody can sleep more than 8 hours in a day. Your life must be flying by.

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Raule Duke to Arse-Whole 2012/07/13 12:40:11

It depends on what you do during the day, if you sit and read the book all day long then maybe 4 hrs will be enough

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Arse-Whole to Raule Duke 2012/07/13 12:48:21

I've always lived an active lifestyle but now I probably burn between 4000 and 6000 calories a day just at work them come home to a 4 year old I have to entertain, bathe and put to bed with a book or 2. Ironically I was always a lot more tired when I sat behind a desk all day or watched football all day before parenthood.

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Lanikai to Arse-Whole 2012/07/13 15:25:28

+1
Sitting at a desk here at work KILLS me.

I liked it better when I worked out back as a mount and balance tech. HATE being on the desk.

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Lady 2012/07/13 11:31:49

Less than 5 hours

I rarely get more than one hour lately and end up sleeping for maybe 45 minutes during the day

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Arse-Whole to Lady 2012/07/13 11:48:37

Meth head? ;p

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Lady to Arse-Whole 2012/07/13 11:50:36

no I just can't sleep right lately even though I really want to

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Arse-Whole to Lady 2012/07/13 11:56:23

I hear ya. I think everyone goes through that at some point. Excercisize helps out tremendously. It reloads all those little hormones that circulate and produce tryptophan.

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Lady to Arse-Whole 2012/07/13 11:57:59

yeah I notice that when I'm more active than normal,sleep comes easier

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Lady Katze 2012/07/13 11:07:57

Less than 5 hours

I think I'm more productive with less sleep. Tired, yeah, but I always get my best ideas circa 3 A.M.

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Elizabeth 2012/07/13 11:00:58

6 - 7 hours

Since its summer, I go to bed at 8:00 in the morning and wake up around 2:30 in the afternoon, yes, during the summer I like staying up all night and sleep all day, I'm a night person.

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lisa 2012/07/13 11:00:36

5 - 6 hours

I wish it were more but I can never seem to get more than 6 hours even on the weekend. Who wants to sleep their weekend away!

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BIG BAD JOHN R. 2012/07/13 10:59:50

Less than 5 hours

+2
Ok, now I don't fell that bad,tks everyone.

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Lanikai to Arse-Whole 2012/07/13 15:26:43

I have a kid to take care of, so, I have no choice but to be up early to see after her, then up late dealing with laundry and tidying and such.

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ErinSnowChristal 2012/07/13 10:32:15

More than 8 hours

I used to think i had to have at least 12 hours of sleep before I could do anything. Now I know I only sleep a lot because I'm depressed half the time, and sometimes I only sleep 3 or 4 hours if I'm manic. I can even go for days without sleep sometimes. But i find i generally sleep at least more than 8 hours- at the very least 9 or 10. I love to sleep, so when my head lets me, I sleep as long as I can. I screwed my normal schedule all up when I was doing a lot of drugs, too. These days I'm on a bit more normal schedule, but like I said, I do have manic depression (aka bi-polar disorder).

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BIG BAD... to ErinSno... 2012/07/13 11:03:03

+1
Your not alone, I have a friend like that, he can sometimes only get 5 or 10 min in a 24hr, cycle. Goes like that for days then he crashes and burns, best of luck.

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L1Z2 2012/07/13 09:41:50

Less than 5 hours

Not enough.....

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Merry 2012/07/13 09:27:26

5 - 6 hours

Whe i have exam less than 4 hours

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bryguy 2012/07/13 09:08:35

7 - 8 hours

My vote brings my home state of Michigan to a 4-way tie...I've never seen that on Sodahead before.

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Eyes See Wide North 2012/07/13 08:27:01

More than 8 hours

+2
Anything from 10-14 hours a night, I usually stay awake until about 5am and sleep until 4 or 5 pm the next day.
I work at night, which is lucky as I started leaning towards this sleeping pattern since I was 6 (always late for school)...

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LUFXIII 2012/07/13 08:10:25

7 - 8 hours

most of the times

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jerry.alan.carroll 2012/07/13 08:03:09

5 - 6 hours

+2
and it aint enough!

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beach bum 2012/07/13 07:29:37

Less than 5 hours

less than 5

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MadWorld 2012/07/13 07:23:42

7 - 8 hours

if i let myself sleeps it will reach to 10 hours at least
so i say thanx to the alarm ^_^

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