If you experience excessive daytimesleepiness, you may not be getting enough sleep.
How much sleep do adults need on an average night to feel rested?
Some people require more sleep and others get by on less.
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Increased or decreased physical activity, including exercise, may also impact sleep needs.
It is possible to determine the approximate amount of sleep you need by following a simple experiment.
It is recommended that adults beyond age 65 may need less sleep, averaging 7 to 8 hours instead.
If excess time is spent in bed, insomnia will result.
This normal distribution of sleep needs in a population is a bell-shaped curve.
Some individuals may only need 6 hours of sleep to wake feeling completely rested without adverse consequences.
Extended time spent in bed for these individuals would result in insomnia.
If you find yourself feeling sleepy during the day, you may not be getting enough sleep.
venture to keep a regular bedtime and a fixed wake time.
You may have sleep deprivation, which can result inphysicalas well aspsychologicaleffects.
If you are chronically sleep deprived, you may suffer from adverse health consequences like obesity.
In some cases, it is not solely the total hours that is important.
Sleep qualitycan be severely undermined by conditions likeobstructive sleep apneaandperiodic limb movements of sleep.
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