Posted by Janice on March 20, 2000, at 23:47:07
In reply to sleep- what's normal?, posted by judy on March 20, 2000, at 18:42:51
> How long do normal people sleep? Okay, maybe you aren't all normal (especially this duck person) but my pdoc seems to think I don't sleep enough but if you feel fine after a few hours who says you have to sleep 6 or 7 or 8 hours? Didn't Einstein or Eisenhower or somebody only sleep 3 or 4 hours a night? Somebody give me a scientific answer, please!
I'm telling you from research, not from any experience. I believe it's 8 1/2 is average. I've never gone to bed, slept normally, gotten up and felt rested all day. If I did Judy...if I could Judy...I don't think I'd be a rapid cycling bipolar person.
I just keep trying. If someone could get people like us to have a normal night sleep...we'd probably get better.
Maybe we should be in a sleep disordered clinic rather than at psychiatrist office's.
Yes, you are correct. It seems like so many extremely successful people in life have been very short sleepers. Not short sleepers because they were busy at the office and this is all they would allow themselves to sleep, but short sleepers because that's all they needed.
Sometimes I wonder if these people were mostly hypomanics (or whatever that term is).
What do you do, other than sing to psychiatrists, when you sleep so little? (he, he, he!) Janice
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