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How much sleep does a person need to get "back to normal" after being up a long time?

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ssmacd | 2 years, 11 months ago
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According to Scientific American, you can tack an extra hour or two on each night, but if you're extremely sleep deprived it might take months to get back to normal.

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captemo | 2 years, 11 months ago
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Its more about returning to your normal sleep schedule than about catching up. This is due to the body's circadian rhythm which corresponds to your sleep schedule.

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robbrown | 2 years, 11 months ago Report

lol @ this question btw.

From my experience with a few "interesting" events I think that this is correct. Basically, sleep is about normalization.

Start getting to bed at the same time, every night (weekends included) and importantly wake up at the same time.

Personally, I go to bed at 11:30pm and wake up at 5:00am.

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galaxybrowser | 2 years, 11 months ago
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About 8 hours.

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dannyjohnson | 2 years, 11 months ago
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So you work for Mahalo and you've been doing the update. Thank you!
OR you've been up late wondering about your Mahalo points and dollars..
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Personal experience gives me the answer to this one, but mostly it depends on your age. I remember back in college I didn't sleep for 4 days straight, then recovered after a 12 hour sleep session..

I'd say 2-3 hours sleep for every 8 hours sleep you missed.. Also if you can take a multivitamin, an energy drink like Red Bull or a supplement with Vitamin B in it you will recover faster after your sleep session..

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michaelpaul | 2 years, 11 months ago
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I wonder if the question is not "how much sleep" but rather "how high a quality sleep are you getting?" that gets you back to normal. I've had days where I slept for 4-5 hours but I slept like a log and I had a productive day afterward. Then there were (are) times where I sleep for 10 hours and am still exhausted when I wake up and have a sluggish day.

So my best answer: it's all about quality, not quantity.
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sarabond | 2 years, 11 months ago
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When i was in college, i experimented with staying up for as long as i could. i got to 94 hours. The next four days were sleep for a few hours, get up, use the bathroom, eat, sleep for a few hours. i was delirious and kept repeating that same cycle.

good luck!

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dancroak | 2 years, 11 months ago
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If you've been up long enough, you'll never get back to normal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_deprivation

If you've only been up for 24-48 hours, 8 hours will do you fine.

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fazworld | 2 years, 11 months ago
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Usually the answer you get to this question is 7-8 hours is recommended and you need at least 6 hours of sleep to operate optimally. Personally, I've had situations where I stayed up for almost 36 hours and you really start losing it. Hearing things, seeing things - you're literally in this fog like world. Of course, there are artificial ways (read drugs) to stay up for far longer than you would naturally need. There's a growing indication that these types of medications will make sleep less and less important.

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