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Does anyone else consistently get 6 to 7 hours of sleep no matter what? It doesn't feel optimal and I feel great on the rare days I get 8 hours, but I can function just fine on less. Also cannot easily fall back asleep if woken up which is really frustrating.

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This used to be a problem for me until I stopped drinking alcohol.

I used to think it was related to caffeine or work stress but cutting out drinking seems to have fixed all my sleep issues.

On my days off, I can sleep 12 hours if I don't set an alarm. And I could easily do more, if I didn't force myself out of bed.

Amazing! Without Advil PM I can’t sleep more than 7. Really goes to show how diverse sleep habits/requirements are from person to person.

Hah, I blame my job. Different shift every few days, always tired.

I'd love to try a fixed sleep schedule, but sometimes I don't get home until 2am, other times I have to get up at 7:30am.

> Does anyone else consistently get 6 to 7 hours of sleep no matter what

6 hours is too little IMO. If I sleep 6 hours for more than a few days in a row, I feel like shit and need caffeine to wake up properly. Then I end up sleeping 10-12 hours on my days off to compensate (and to take a break from caffeine). It doesn't feel healthy.

So, I try to get at least 8 hours consistently. That way, I don't need caffeine at all and function just about fine.

I usually get 6 hours dead on. Rarely 7 or more. I'm asleep less than a minute after going to bed, and have such a regular sleep duration that I never have to set an alarm. In fact, I haven't used an alarm clock at all in 20+ years. Well perhaps, less than a dozen times.

I am fully awake and ready to go a few minutes after waking up, too. No coffee needed.

I do occasionally take an hour nap here and there, but that is also rare.

I'm this 100%. Waking up at 5am on a Saturday is such a pain because my brain just won't let me go back to sleep.

I'm a zombie if I have less than 8 hours, that's the absolute minimum. I drank a lot of coffee for years even though that had diminishing returns, until I realized it just concealed my exhaustion instead of helping, so I stopped.

Of course, spending 12-14 hours a day facing brights screens do not help.

Same, let me know if you find a solution. My brain just runs wild if I ever wake up leading me to not fall back asleep

I've found that 7 is about ideal for me as a 35 year old male. Anything more or less seems to cause more issues

I feel like shit any time I get less than 8 hours of sleep. Usually I get 9 or 10. However a day nap of 45-60 min does help a lot when I’m at a deficit.

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