How many hours of sleep do you need to be "functional" for the day?

[m0nkey]

For me, I need at least 7.  I can do 6 maybe once a week, but if I get any less then I feel unproductive the entire day

[hk47]

I prefer 8, but that never happens. 

 

I can be fine on 5.

[HaloCory22]

I usually get around 7 and I'm fine. Kick in a 10 hour sleep session on the weekends.

[Stradling]

Four sometimes less.

[Amazing Larry]

I average around 6-6.5 hours. My fitbit lets me know.

[TeemuTrout]

12

[HaloCory22]

Four sometimes less.

No wonder you like the Freese trade. You're delusional from lack of sleep.

 

 

(Honestly I don't remember you if you like it or not, but that was a perfect line drop for it.)

Edited November 26, 2013 by Cory

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

3-5

[Ray McKigney]

6 MINIMUM. Prefer 8 to 9. 

[arch stanton]

7 and I'm great. 5 or 6 and I'm functional. Less than 5 and I'm unbearable.

[Redondo]

7 and I'm great. 5 or 6 and I'm functional. Less than 5 and I'm unbearable.

 

This about sums it up for me also.

 

I like to get 8+ on one of my off days.

[wopphil]

Depends on the number of consecutive days for which I have been sleep deprived. If I have slept 8 hours one night, I can get by with 6 the next. But after two or three days of only 6-7 hours per night, I get pretty tired.

[St1ck]

At least 5. I usually get 6-7. 

[Adam]

5-10

[Blarg]

I used to book too many clients a week and would work from 8am to 2 am with only about four hours sleep between gigs when you add in drive time. It wasn't intentional, I just had too many clients with multiple shows, promos, and various other projects and they were all on the same seasonal cycle.

It got to the point I packed suitcases and left them in the car for either a hotel stop or just crashing on a couch. One of those Friday nights ended up with a visit from the Burbank PD. I worked till 3am and had a golf game in the morning so I set an alarm clock, got 3 hours of sleep, changed, walked out the edit bay door to a motion sensor alarm.

I tried calling everyone on my contact list for the alarm code, for some reason only the 2nd floor I was on in this three story building had the alarm set. So I had to wait for the Burbank PD to show up to fill o uta false alarm then rushed to the course to tee off without any practice swing.

After the game I went back to work and didn't get home until Sunday at about 7 pm.

[TobiasFunke]

7 to be functional

[Tank]

I can get by on five but feel best when I have about seven.

[Glen]

6-7 works best for me.  Any more than that and I'm groggy.

[tdawg87]

16

[Taylor]

8-9. I'm jealous of those who can function on 5 hours of sleep.

[xboom28x]

I average about 5.5 during the week. About 7-8 on weekends

[nate]

I always try to get 8.  I usually get about 6-7 hours.  Anything less than 5 and it is a bad day.  Less than 6 is questionable.

 

I almost never sleep more than 7 hours.  More than 8 is a once a year occurrence.

[mp170.6]

7-10 but I have a sleep disorder so those are not quality hours.  It sucks falling into REM sleep within five minutes. 

[deepdrive]

I can go 6 for a couple nights and be ok. Less than 6 any night and it affects me.

 

7 and I am fine for a couple days or functionable for the four nights of a workweek.

 

7 1/2 - 8 is ideal.

 

At some point (weekend) I sleep 9-10 to catchup.

[Docwaukee]

6-7 for optimum functionality.  I can do 5 for a few days in a row but then I need a make up day of at least nine.  If I get less than 5, I am better off getting none for that day but them I'm OOC for the next day.  If I'm left alone, I can sleep 10 hours easy.