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- glc17, on 10/12/2007, -3/+106They did a sleep study at my high school, observing students and their sleep patterns. What did they find? Students don't sleep enough and school should start later. Are either likely to change? No.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+37In a school down here in NZ, they shifted the 6th and 7th forms school hours one period ahead because of the times that students wake up, so It's easier for them to work. They've been getting much better results since they changed it.
- chembro84, on 10/12/2007, -0/+30I sleep during my naps what do you do?
- calculusrunner, on 10/12/2007, -1/+28There's a runner named Yiannis Kouros that I've had the honor of meeting. He runs ultra-long distances. He once did 1000 miles in 10 days, 10 hours and averaged 1 hour of sleep a night. At one point in his life he averaged 2.5 hours of sleep a night for 5 years while he was building his own house in Greece and running marathon type distances to train.
Obviously this isn't the norm but it shows that some people really don't need much sleep to function well. - Silencer7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+26from Animaniacs:
"Early to rise, and early to bed, makes a man healthy,
but socially dead." - soogy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+24It would be nice if the regular day started later (10AM sounds good to me), but to be honest, people would just get used to that just like we've gotten used to 8AM, and then we'd end up with the same problem all over again.
I personally can't sleep early anymore. Sure, it's good for when I want to stay out clubbing late, but if I'm just at home on regular weekdays, going to bed at 5AM isn't great. Good thing I work for myself, otherwise I'd have lost my job by now. - EtherGnat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20A 73 hour erection could be interesting but the vomiting and diarrhea would kill the mood unless you're really, really kinky.
- rotten777, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18And of course side effects are projectile vomiting, diarhea, a 73 hour erection, and headache...
Why don't we all wait until the FDA has it's trials.
Not that I would buy it. I fight hard to live fast and die young. - Threnody, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18The idea of taking a drug to eliminate sleep seems alluring, but I fear it'd just be used as an excuse to bring in the 12-hour work day and leisure time would remain constant.
- JimXugle, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19Haha.
I'm a Freshan in High school... I sleep 2AM to 6AM (if I'm lucky) weekdays. I make up for it on the weekends though... I once went to bed at 5PM on a Friday, woke up at around 6PM Sunday.
And I love it how nobody came to see if I was dead... - ralcocer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17I go to bed at around 1am, get up at around 7 (against my will), and spend the whole day sleepy. On Saturdays I sleep around 12 hours, and I'm sleepy the rest of the weekend. I think I'll jump off a bridge and start life over again.
- pgm_01, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18From my experience in college, I need 3 hours to be barely functional, 6 hours to be completely functional and 10 hours to feel rested. I mostly got 3 hours. Sometimes those 3 hours were between classes in the Student Union.
- Cookieman123, on 10/12/2007, -4/+14I'm definitely an 11 hour type of person
- recursive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13If school started later, what would stop students from going to bed later too? Students know when they have to wake up, and it's their choice when to go to sleep. I've seen people sleep through classes that start at 1pm, so I doubt moving the school day back would have any effect on how much sleep anyone gets.
- alx1507, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13wow... 3-11 hours... what a risky claim...
- toby34a, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10I've found that it's not the amount of sleep you get, it's all about the cycles that you sleep in. I've found that if I have to be up insanely early (4 AM... stupid college marching band) and I went to sleep at 1, I was able to wake up much better. It's all on the sleep cycles. If you can get 3 hours of sleep, and that's your cycle, then it's better then getting 8 (which would be off cycle).
Then again, I drink a pot of coffee and a 2-liter of Coke a day. So maybe I'm not a good example. - eonblue, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12"*heart* C8H10N4O2 *heart*"
Thats caffine for those of you that don't know - briangig, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8i still havent figures out how much i need, and it really depends on how tired I am when I go to bed. I went for a few years getting 3-4 hours of sleep a night, and I was always tired in the afternoon, and falling asleep late in the afternoon...now I get more sleep, but it takes the slightest adjustment to throw me off..like last night, I went to be at 4, and got up at 10:45, and I was sleepy all afternoon.
IMO, nature meant for us to get 8-12 hours of sleep...but also to work our ass off during the day, not sit at a desk and type all day. - stukast1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7if these drugs ever do catch on and become the replacement for caffeine soon the ambitious people will be taking these pills and in order to keep up with those go getters everyone will need to take the pill
- disturbed, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10sleep is for the weak
- MOJIRA, on 05/17/2008, -6/+13I wonder if we're evolving to need sleep less and less.
- electromagnetic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6@ JimXugle
Well if you're anything like me when I do that they probably heard the snoring from a mile away. I've been told I sound like a motorbike when I snore, so if anyone just left me sleeping they'd either think I had a new hobby and insomnia (most likely true) or a disturbing new fetish, either way it'd be funny to see them after they'd been up all night.
I'm still recovering from last week, I went 48 hours without sleep and got a load of work done. For the last 2 hours I thought I was a pirate and I have discovered a new form of drunkenness without requiring alcohol or any intoxicant, then I woke up being throttled from passing out with my head hung over the headboard. It has to be one of the most uncomfortable positions I've ever slept in; thankfully there was no witnesses to me riding a dismantled shelf in my bathtub saying 'yar'. - drbroccoli, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Taking naps and skipping real sleep is called polyphasic sleep. And it's very bad for you. Bad for your brain, bad for your body. Your metabolism will go down, your stress will go up and then you will die.
- XStatic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Days just need to be about 4 hours longer.
I vote for 20 hours awake and then 8 hours of sleep. - envy860, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5An interesting note. My high school tried something new this year where instead of school starting at 7.30 on wednesdays, it started at 9. Although actual class time was cut down, they were much more productive and it was easier to work because of the extra rest.
- AKBryant54, on 10/12/2007, -13/+18Chuck Norris does not sleep, he waits.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Fascinating stuff. Thatcher famously needed about 3 a night, and some other famous uber-ambitious folk had likewise modest sleep patterns. Early morning routines are such death for some of us -- we can barely think a coherent thought. But damn, I want that drug they mention in the opening!!
- jayf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5There was another study on the average lifespans of people who sleep very little or too much and they determined that 7 hours was optimal for a long and healthy life. Any more or any less would significantly shorten your lifespan.
Wish I could find the URL to back this up. Maybe somebody knows more than me on the topic. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5@hyperion:
Early to bed and early to rise states nothing of the actual time he slept. You could go to bed at 6 pm and get up at 6am and still consider both 'early' while getting 12 hours of sleep.
The researcher is right when he said the time people need varies. Also I believe some people are hardwired to be night owls and others early risers. - Crisis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5average teenagers need an average 9 1/2 hrs of sleep a night.
- chembro84, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4My natural sleep cycle right now has me going to bed at 1-2 AM and getting up at 11-12 noon, about 10 hours is what my body likes, do i get it? Only on Saturday and Sunday morning :(.
But this sleep pill sounds like a way to turn the human race into zombies which work all day and night, blow off the family to get that new SUV!!! - unusualFall, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Well, maybe you need to spend less time on digg and more time in the Real World™ (and I do not mean the MTV show, the Metaverse-ish worlds, etc.).
just a thought. - cheshire76, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I can see the TV ad now:
"If you or a loved one have or are currently taking Nosleepatol and experienced any of the following symptoms, you may be rewarded a multi-million dollar settlement." - greenagain, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5It might also surprise you to find out that smoking doesn't always give you cancer and unprotected sex doesn't always give you AIDS.
- dhuck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3they already have. it's called adderall.
- s0l3x, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3For students, the idea of starting school later is a good one. Sure, they'll end up going to sleep later, but it's those extra night hours during which they work best. I don't have a source, but I remember reading it several times that youth especially are night people. I for one go to sleep late because I'm staying up working because thats the only time I can work. The amount of sleep isn't the only factor - it's also the time.
- cphuntington97, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I have the exact same natural schedule. My parents insist that it is bizarre and unnatural, but consider:
One of my college classes started at 1:10pm. At around 1:08pm the prof would come dashing in, hair still wet, glasses on (he usually wore contacts), and chugging a mountain dew (cases full in his office!) - obviously he just got up and rushed to class.
Then at night, you'd catch him in his office 1am, 2am... doing research.
I believe this kind of schedule is more common than my parents would like to admit.
"But you are 24 years old, why are you living with your parents," you ask? Because then I don't need to pay rent, which means I don't need to make as much money, which means I can go to bed at 2am and get up at 12pm, just how I like it. :-) - mdyoke, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Yeah. And you would end up having to take the drugs to remain competitive with everyone else.
- Tyrekicker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Yeah. Because taking drugs certainly doesn't happen in the corporate world now.
- colinmhayes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3the world shouldn't start until 1pm.
- Hyperion, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"To find out, he says, simply sleep until you wake naturally, without the aid of an alarm clock. Feel rested? That%u2019s your sleep need."nnLooks like you need some more rest.
- j0keR, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Without any noise to wake me up I have been known to sleep 20+ hours. Hmm, I wonder what can be done for those with sleep disorders?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3 You are one of the lucky ones too I see.
:-) - CaptanAwal, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3this is stupid because then you are expected to work those hours when you used to sleep. But its interesting to know that its possible digg
- Sirocco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+27 - 7.5 hours of sleep per night is perfect for me. 8 is too much (wake up groggy), and 6 is too little (tiring quickly around noon).
I've tried polyphasic sleep methods but they leave me extremely exhausted on the weekends when I'm not forced to fit into any particular schedule. - SeanMoney, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4They are called amphetamines.
- recursive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5> Any moron can walk or jog on no sleep.
I don't think you know what you're talking about. If you don't understand why this would be difficult, I invite you to try it. In fact, I doubt you'd even make it 100 miles in 1 day, which is the pace required. - sclozza, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I don't think I would want to take something that allows you be awake for 36 hours. I, unlike it seems many people here really like sleeping.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3 [gxcdesign]
"I JO"
Most trolls do.Both physically and mentally.They have pills for that now,too. - DeathfireD, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2what ever happened to the sleep cycles (IE. Rem sleep..) each cycle has its own amount of time so to say someone can get 3 hours of sleep and be productive seems to be a lie to me. Your body would at some point fail if you only got 3 hours of sleep till you where 40.
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