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Question:
How much sleep do I really need?
Answer:
For some reason, our society seems to attach high value to sleeping as little as possible and to extending the waking period. Also wreaking havoc on sleep cycles is shift work at 24-hour, around-the-clock, operations including hospitals. Sleep deprivation is a major problem in America.
Exactly how much sleep an individual requires varies from one person to the next. Sleep needs tend to decrease with age. A one-year-old baby requires about fourteen hours of sleep a day, a five-year-old about twelve hours, and adults about seven to eight. In addition, women tend to require more sleep than men. As people age their sleep needs may decline, but so does their ability to sustain sleep, probably as a result of decreased levels of important brain chemicals such as serotonin and melatonin. The elderly tend to respond quite well to melatonin supplementation to improve sleep quality. The usual dosage is 3 mg thirty minutes before bedtime.
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