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Getting enough sleep
July 18, 2012 @ 6:17 pm
I found myself sitting in my OAT prep class, wiping away my tears, wondering why I was so sleepy. Then I realized, why wouldn't I be sleepy? I've racked up more sleep debt than I could ever pay back, and on top of that I don't sleep early enough to get at least eight hours of sleep.
I think there was a way to figure out how many hours of sleep will allow you to perform at your best. It was something along the lines of sleeping 6-8 hours at night and waking up at the same time every day. If you still feel tired, add another 30 minutes of sleep (by sleeping earlier) and repeat until you feel alert the next day. If you feel alert, then that's probably the right amount of hours.
Of course, some of us will find 6 hours too little, while others find 10 hours to be too many. I'm lucky to say that I've experienced too much sleep before, where sleeping too much made me feel even more tired. But of course, I've experienced way many more sleep deprived nights than I could ever count. 
Sleep debt can't be paid as easily as you think. Think of all the hours of sleep you missed out on in your life (oh goodness). You would think that you might be able to pay a lot of hours back on the weekends if you don't have any obligations, but even then you can't sleep for 10 extra hours straight. If you did somehow, you still end up ruining your sleeping schedule, which might lead to even more sleep debt! So, really, you can only get say…3 hours extra max. That would take a really long time to pay back all of your sleep debt, and that's if you don't accumulate more!
Our best bet would be to prevent any future sleep deprivation, and welcome the few extra hours of sleep whenever we can (by sleeping earlier, not later). I want to take care of my body! I am a night owl, and I love staying up late, so this is a huge obstacle for me…but I really feel like I will be able to overcome it and sleep like a "normal" personal…someday.
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I'm very nocturnal too. I feel like I'm most productive late at night, and even though I'm trying to go to bed earlier… it's hard D=
When I was in college, 6 hours was enough for me, but man, I can't do it anymore. I really need around 8 hours. I'm like you though. If I sleep too much, I feel tired the whole day. It also gives me a headache!
I hope you'll be able to get some more rest!
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July 18th, 2012 at 6:46 pm
i think sleep is a big problem with a lot of people. most people don't get enough. on busy days, maybe 4-5 hours? but i try to get least 7 hours to function well!
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July 22nd, 2012 at 12:38 pm
I heard about that trick, but I think it's by going to bed at the same time and getting up after 8 hours every day for 5 or 6 days. Then on the last day, you go to sleep at the same time, but you don't set an alarm, you just wake up naturally. After how many hours you've slept is how many you need a night. I don't think I'd be very successful at that, cause there are so many factors in being awake. My boyfriend getting up to go to work, the dog needing to be let out, etc. But I've probably NOT slept more than I have slept.
July 22nd, 2012 at 6:01 pm
I've heard about that trick too! It's a different kind of trick from the one I described. I think the one I talked about is much more realistic for me. If I wait till I wake up naturally, I would either wake up too early (4 hrs of sleep) or too late (12 hours of sleep!). Both have happened to me before, it's crazy
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July 22nd, 2012 at 8:47 pm
When I was younger, sleeping was somehow more of a task than a natural thing to do. I wanted to watch TV or read a book even though a lot pf people are asleep. Now, I'm still like that — only that, I sleep first before doing some of the things I want to do.
Some say that we cannot get the sleep that we lost. Debts are debts, that's what they say. I think that the trick there works for some but if there are lots of things to do, the trick will not work. I personally find sleeping during Fridays until the weekends better than the rest of the days of the week. Going to school with only 5 hours of sleep used to be ok but now that I'm a bit older, I think at least 6 hours of sleep will do.
Hope we get the right amount of hours we need for sleeping.
P.S. This post is some sort of a wake-up call for me. I should sleep in a bit myself. Thanks!
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July 23rd, 2012 at 5:36 am
Good luck with your OAT prep calss! Though- being sleepy is a common thing, especially when you're in class. Everyone works differently, but there should be a minimum/maximum amount of time for people to work at their best. For a fact, I wake up from 6~8am every day, so I feel fine there. It's the time that I go to sleep isn't
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That sounds like a logical plan in getting the right sleep to perform your best. I think 10 hours of sleep is just too many. By that time, you already slept for almost half of the day!
I still have to repay my debt for missing out on the sleep last week at camp. I was a zombie for the last half of the week XD. Sleeping earlier is harder for people, since there's that period between being in bed and actually sleeping that people take to think about life.
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July 24th, 2012 at 10:18 am
I think I learned in psych that sleep debt that you accumulate lasts for like two or three weeks o.O I think having good sleep habits is such a difficult battle haha I know very few people who actually have normal amounts of sleep regularly :P
Thanks for all the encouraging words about moving off to college! It really is comforting to know that other people have survived it haha. I'm sure you're right about how close friendships will stay, but it's still weird to think about being away from everyone (x
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July 24th, 2012 at 6:53 pm
Ah, the life of a student. It consists of very little sleep. I guess from a young age, I've had experience staying up late to play video games or read books. I definitely don't get enough sleep (as I'm writing this, it's 1:50AM haha) because I tend to stay up late and have to get up early the next day. I do find that I am most productive at night because there are fewer distractions at this time. I can function with as little as 3 hours of sleep for the entire day, but I do aim for 6 when I can.
Good luck on your OATs! I still have a couple of years to go though before I finish my degree but I do plan to write the MCAT next year. Just like you, I dislike physics greatly with a passion. lol
July 24th, 2012 at 10:55 pm
I'm a night owl as well. My sleep schedule is horrible at the moment and it is just so hard to fix and that sucks because my fall semester will be starting soon and I need to get back on schedule. Since I finished up with summer classes I usually stay up all night and don't wake up until 4 sometimes 5:30. They day is over and I've wasted it.
I'm hoping I fix it before classes start. Good luck on getting your debt settled. :3
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July 26th, 2012 at 3:47 pm
i love sleeping. i'm this person who thinks sleeping is the best part of a busy day. and if I sleep, I really sleep. I don't let anyone bother me or wake me up. I sometimes yell at people when they do that. lol and 6 hours will never be enough to me too. it gives me headaches and throw bad moods on people. (meannn).
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July 27th, 2012 at 1:46 am
6-8 hours huh. Lol, during holidays.. I will always find my way to get my beautiful 12 hours sleep. I'm very nocturnal that I think I might be an owl sometimes :)) Insomnia's eating me like mad and I can't get my eyes closed before the clock goes 1am. It's crazy, really. And then I'll wake up regretting why I didn't sleep earlier haha the cycle will always repeat~
As much as I wanna try to get my sleeping pattern right, it really is hard for nocturnal people like us :)) then again, I really need to learn how to sleep before midnight, especially since my college will be busy and I know I'm going to value each sleep I can get. sigh.
July 27th, 2012 at 9:44 am