How much sleep is too much?

[Amy10223]

I'bve been napping and I normally don't. It's becoming a habit if I dont stop myself. I normally get 5 hours of sleep and then some more early morning. Maybe it's the darkness that comes sooner, or that my cat wakes me up too soon. I'm seeing a sleep doctor for it.

Updates

1 y

What I meant to say in my explantion, is that I sleep for about 4-5 hours and almost always, i wake uo after that. I try to flalll back asleep, sometimes i can and other times I can't. I wish I was able to put the cat awat somewhere else. ut I only have 2 bedrooms, and if I put him in the other room, my neighbor hears him meowing loudly, at all hours of the night.

[mstbooblover]

When getting older, humans tend to naturally sleep less. When I was young I needed about 10h. Now, at 68 years, 6-7 hours is more than enough. Nevertheless, digestion takes more energy in older people than in young ones, which leads to taking somewhere in the afternoon a nap. When I take that kind op nap, it's about 2 hours.

My doctor said that thus the real number of hours of sleep that need to be taken into account is the sum of the night hours of sleep plus the few ones taking a nap... Ultimately that means less sleep during the night, and more during the day, which is by the way, according scientists, an atavism dating back to the dinosaurs... ;0)

By the way and only for the record, birds, the direct descendents of dinosaurs, nearly always take a nap after having eaten...

[NathanDavis]

more than seven hours is too much for me... it gives me headaches, and I woke up feeling all wonky, lol

[Amy10223]

I get a headache too if I oversleep in the morning, which is rare.

[NathanDavis]

yes, same

[LoneleeGirll]

I don't think you have really anything to worry about. Doctors recommend a least 8 hours of sleep a night but since your sleep is being broken, I would say taking naps is just your bodies way of needing a bit more sleep. Maybe try and stop your cat from waking you up when they do, or if you can try and go to be an hour earlier.

[misogynistic_pig]

12 hours for adults, 14 hours for teenagers.

[krin_m]

I'm not sure there is such a thing as too much sleep. I always do what my body and mind requires. Rages anywhere between 6 hours to 10 hours.

[LoneleeGirll]

I do believe there is such a thing as over sleeping which is where someone sleeps too much. The average sleep time that is recommended for adults to get is 8 hours of sleep

[krin_m]

@LoneleeGirll Yeah. I mean you can sleep too much if you are sick or suffering from depression.

[EaterPeter]

More than 8 hours a day or night

[EaterPeter]

Thanks for like!

[EaterPeter]

Is your cat 🐈 sleeps in same bed with you? What she wakes you up for? She he can use some training.

[Amy10223]

No, I can't sleep with pets because of asthma. I was told to keep one room pet-free, where I sleep. My cat Oreo meows all day , and then all night. He is 21 and senile, and is always hungry. His vet told me that because he is senil , he forgets when he last ate. His health is not poor for a 21 yr old cat, but not great either. He's also deaf or at least hard of hearing.

[Jerre]

7-8 hours of sleep is about the avg

[Jerre]

Thank you for the Like

[Anonymous]

Probably more than 8 hours.