How much sleep do you require at night to be productive the next day?

[Godhumor]

During the week I shoot for 5 hours a night, thrilled if I get 6, and lose most coherency with less than 3.

[bigwillq]

1. My sleep patterns are all out of whack

I get about 4-5 hours of sleep per night. I work second shift and I have such issues falling asleep. I usually get up between 8-9 a.m. but then I have a 2-3 hour nap in the mid-afternoon before I get up and ready for work.

I get my best sleep when I am napping. Without the naps, I don't think I could make it.

[KitchenWitch]

2. Way more than I actually get.

Insomnia is a nightmare.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. No amount of sleep could possibly make me productive.

But if I get 7 hours I might not be utterly useless.

[SOteric]

4. I need at least 4 hours to be coherent,

but I have immune defficiencies that cause me to aim regularly for 7 hours. Sleep is important to far more of our physiology than just alertness.

[bicentennial_baby]

5. 6 minimum...

7-8 is much better.

[NJmaverick]

6. Hard to tell

1 day a week (when I am on duty with the FA squad) I get anywhere between 2-6 hours. That sort of messes me up for the rest of the week. If I were to guess 7-8 hours

[TZ]

7. Less than 6 and I'm pretty useless

7-8 works well for me.

[Midlodemocrat]

8. Obviously way more than I'm getting judging by the fog in my brain.

[harmonicon]

9. 7 -8 hours

with less, I'm pretty frickin' useless. The only exception is if I went to bed early without having a full day of crap, then I can only sleep for 5 hours and be fine.

[flvegan]

10. 4 is good, 5 or 6 is best.

If I get 8 or 9, I'm dragging the next day. Yeah, weird.

[NaturalHigh]

11. I really need 7 or 8 hours.

I can get by with less for a night or two, but it catches up to me pretty quickly.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

12. 9 to 11 hours.

Who ever said eight hours was the RULE was a complete jerkwad.

Eight hours is not enough for me.

And I sleep like the dead, once I'm out cold.

[momto3]

13. I can survive on 4-5.

But, I need a good 7-8 hours to be productive.

[DarkTirade]

14. As much as possible.

Any less than 5 or 6 hours and I just can't function at ALL.

[CreekDog]

15. 14 hours

approximately.

[Miss Carly]

16. 8 "good" hours, no waking up, deep sleeping

I love to wake up with no aches and pains, that means I slept well the night before.
Carly

[Rabrrrrrr]

17. About 12 million out of every 90 million years

Sadly I haven't slept in a while, and am quite overdue.

[tigereye]

20. I knew you were from another galaxy or somethin....

;)

[tigereye]

18. 7 is best - I can get by on 6

I used to need more before I had a kid. :rofl:

[MonkeyFunk]

19. 25 hours

really messes up my schedule.