More Than 8 Hours Sleep Too Much of a Good Thing, No it isn't, yes it is, no it isn't, yes it is...
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although the dangers of too little sleep are widely known, new research suggests that people who sleep too much may also suffer the consequences.
Specifically, investigators at the University of California in San Diego found that people who clock up 9 or 10 hours each weeknight appear to have more trouble falling and staying asleep, as well as a host of other sleep problems, than people who sleep 8 hours a night.
People who slept only 7 hours each night also said they had more trouble falling asleep and feeling refreshed after a night's sleep than 8-hour sleepers.
These findings, reported in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, demonstrate that people who want to get a good night's rest may not need to set aside more than 8 hours a night, study author Dr. Daniel Kripke told Reuters Health.
He added that "it might be a good idea" for people who sleep more than 8 or 8 1/2 hours each night to consider reducing the amount of time they spend in bed, but cautioned that more research is needed to confirm this.
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Posted by Muddy at April 15, 2004 06:29 PM | TrackBackIndecision and the Medical Community are meant for each other. Today it's good for you, tomorrow it's bad. Whatever. Just eat healthy and go to bed, wake up when you body is done sleeping.
Posted by: muddy at April 15, 2004 06:31 PMI see what these people are saying but yet I am convinced that these people also must not have children nor do they suffer from any disorders that would sometimes require a person to have more than 8 hours some nights. So I do agree w/you, muddy, wake up when your body is done sleeping....or whenever the kiddo screams from their crib for you to come and get them at 4 in the morning. Btw....anyone know how I can break a kid of that? :-/ hehehe.
Posted by: mrs. muddy at April 15, 2004 07:28 PMMRs. Muddy: my mom's solution:
Run the vacuum while we napped as small children, get us on a strict schedule early.
Thanks sweetie. :-) I was half joking, though. The vacuum actually scares the crap out of this kid.... as does the mail truck and the garbage truck. Shakes from head to toe and cries. No lie. I usually have the t.v on when nap time comes. Same mentality, I guess - just different object.
Actually, to tell you the truth (I'm sure you don't care this much but I'll tell you anyway :-P), things were working beautifully up until about a week and a half ago. I wake up to this child screaming a couple of nights out of the week at about about 3, 4 or 5 in the morning. This kid points down to the kitchen then eats a cerial bar and goes back to sleep....then gets *back* up at 7 and eats a full breakfast. I think we've hit a "growth spurt" so *hopefully* it won't last long (please God). But thank "mama skywalker" for me anyway. It's good to be reminded of good habits from someone who's been down this road before. :-)
Posted by: mrs. muddy at April 15, 2004 11:03 PMWell, it scared us at first too. But eventually sleepiness gets the best of you and after awhile all of us kids ignored it and just went to sleep. Also scheduling helps. Remember, my mom has raised 3 kids, the youngest of us is now 14. That's not counting the countless foster children we had.
Due to my being hte oldest at some point I've had a heavy hand in raising some of them. In fact my little brother will usually respond quicker to my telling him what to do than my dad. Probably because my brother has been around me for the majority of the time for most of his life. My dad on the other hand works 12+ hrs a day for most of our lives. Hmm go figure.
Posted by: skywalker at April 16, 2004 12:08 AM"That's not counting the countless foster children we had."
Your parents must be very special people. I don't think I could handle anymore than who I have already. Not that they're bad kids...quite the opposite but as *every* parent (and to some extent - older sibling) can testify...raising children is NOT an eaisy task by far! Muddy and I *are* indeed DONE. :-)
"In fact my little brother will usually respond quicker to my telling him what to do than my dad."
That's funny - well, in a way. My sister is only (to be exact) 21 months and 11 days older than me and I was more afraid of her (didn't necessarily *listen* more to her but...) than I was of my own parents. Of course my mom raised us pretty much single handedly (my sister and I *tried* raising our dad) and she worked full time too. Also, my sister sounded more "threatening" to me (and could easily bring me much physical pain) as my mom was more like one of our best friends and rarely showed much of an "angry" side towards us....but thaaaatttt's an entirely different story by far.
Posted by: mrs. muddy at April 16, 2004 01:09 AMI have a friend who sleeps 14-15 hours regularly. e-mail back to me on wei66@starpower.net.
Posted by: Laurie Wei at June 5, 2004 12:34 PM"e-mail back to me on wei66@starpower.net."
With all due respect...Why? What are *we* suppossed to do about it.:-)
Posted by: mrs. muddy at June 5, 2004 01:32 PM