Comments on: You are getting very sleepy…. http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2003/04/17/you-are-getting-very-sleepy/ WordPress, web development, and world domination. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:29:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-alpha-19719 By: Mike http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2003/04/17/you-are-getting-very-sleepy/#comment-119 Mike Tue, 29 Apr 2003 22:45:33 +0000 //?p=#comment-119 Hmmm... I currently survive on somewhat less than 5 hours sleep a night. I generally go to bed around 2am (it's 1:45 now) and get up between 6:30 and 7am. I've been doing this for about the last four years. I do tend to have a couple of hours more on Saturday and Sunday mornings, but not always. I started requiring less sleep when I started cycling to work and improved my fitness (by probably an order of magnitude). Strangely, I no longer cycle to work (more than a year now), but still manage on so few hours. I don't know whether it is age related, I'll be 41 next month. Hmmm… I currently survive on somewhat less than 5 hours sleep a night. I generally go to bed around 2am (it’s 1:45 now) and get up between 6:30 and 7am.
I’ve been doing this for about the last four years. I do tend to have a couple of hours more on Saturday and Sunday mornings, but not always.
I started requiring less sleep when I started cycling to work and improved my fitness (by probably an order of magnitude).
Strangely, I no longer cycle to work (more than a year now), but still manage on so few hours.
I don’t know whether it is age related, I’ll be 41 next month.

]]> By: Dougal http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2003/04/17/you-are-getting-very-sleepy/#comment-118 Dougal Thu, 17 Apr 2003 18:32:08 +0000 //?p=#comment-118 <p> Back when I was in college, I could go for several days in a row with very little sleep (avg 4-5 hours a night) with no apparent ill effects. And I probably only averaged about 6-7 hours a night most of the time. But now that I'm in my mid-thirties, I find that I just can't do that any more. </p> <p>If I don't get <em>at least</em> 7 hours of sleep, I start to notice it. After just a couple of nights without sufficient sleep, I get irritable and short-tempered. I also find that in the mid-afternoon (usually between 12:30 - 2:30) I can become practically narcoleptic. </p> Back when I was in college, I could go for several days in a row with very little sleep (avg 4-5 hours a night) with no apparent ill effects. And I probably only averaged about 6-7 hours a night most of the time. But now that I’m in my mid-thirties, I find that I just can’t do that any more.

If I don’t get at least 7 hours of sleep, I start to notice it. After just a couple of nights without sufficient sleep, I get irritable and short-tempered. I also find that in the mid-afternoon (usually between 12:30 – 2:30) I can become practically narcoleptic.

]]> By: Matt http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2003/04/17/you-are-getting-very-sleepy/#comment-117 Matt Thu, 17 Apr 2003 18:20:33 +0000 //?p=#comment-117 Well, on a personal level I tend to disagree with the findings, simply because I haven't found that to be the case in my own behaviour. Of course I may just be too stupid and sleep deprived to tell :). If I can get time I'm going to write more about this. Well, on a personal level I tend to disagree with the findings, simply because I haven’t found that to be the case in my own behaviour. Of course I may just be too stupid and sleep deprived to tell :) . If I can get time I’m going to write more about this.

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