vi21maobk9vp comments on Rationality Drugs - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Swimmer963 01 October 2011 07:29:27PM 5 points [-]

I had a year when I thought I was losing my mind; in retrospect, it may have had something to do with getting no more than five hours of sleep a night.

Five hours of sleep a night for a whole year? I'm amazed you functioned! One five-hour night and I'm moderately functional, maybe a slightly shorter attention span and more mood swings than usual. Two nights in a row and I'm a zombie unless I drink a lot of coffee. Three nights and I'm a zombie anyway no matter how much coffee I drink. Unless I get 9+ hours of sleep every night, I will feel sleepy at various points during the day.

Comment author: vi21maobk9vp 02 October 2011 10:06:27AM 2 points [-]

It is highly personal.

9+ hours of sleep per night for a month will probably make me feel bad. Average of 6 hours per night may be slowly wearing myself out, but this rate seems to be sustainable indefinitely.

But then, if I do not do anything stressful, I can do with 4 hours per night for a month..