Enough Sleep?

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Hello, Im 14 and I was wondering if I was getting enough sleep so I can grow taller? I usually sleep about 8 hours everyday. Is this enough 4 my age? And do you only grow when you sleep? Thank you

That's a myth. There is no fixed period day or night in which you grow. Being well rested helps your overall health but I doubt it has a major influence on your growth.

In reply to:that teenagers should get around 8-10 hours of sleepOops...

eat correctly. thats all that can help you besides 'the rack'

from everyone here they say its a myth...that means its yer parents tryin to get you into bed earlier

I was feeling really ill yesterday, so I went to bed at 8. I woke up at 8.30 this morning - really was the best sleep I've had for years, mmm

well it seems i dont get enough sleep... :frowning:

same. during the school year i get about 5 hours of sleep but i'm not as tired as some of the other kids, that get 8hours of sleep, in the morning. i think this is a good skill to get a habit of (sleeping less but less tired) but i guess its not good for your overall health and appearence ( bags or darkness under eyes).

i have the same problem i am at college right an art school of photography not easy lots of work to do but could the stress be keeping my brain aroused (not that kind of aroused) but there is a term i think that is used in psycology or biology of the brain that it is ment for neron stimulents (i have a high intrest in science nad asrtonomy and physics but i couldnt emageing what the work load in a college like that would be) i have the tried feeling the 'tird pain' in my eyes but i will just stare up at the celling for hours and i only get about 1 hur max of REM sleep. could the strees form the scooll i am going at be casusing this or some other reason or both or you dont know and i need to work on finding a Doc that can find thet prob?

It could be stress. When we're stressed we have a lot of adrenaline in our system that does keep us awake. You can try relaxation therapy or self-hypnosis, though sometimes when you're worked into a very stressed state it needs sleeping pills for a few nights to break the cycle. (You don't want to take them for too long, though.)

i have been taking Ambian for a few months to help me sleep when i am at home during the break i still dont sleep well and take the pills everynight they are of 10mg not sure if that is alot but sometimes they make me kind of hystarical after taking i am in bead listing to music or reading books but then it kcks in to the point where i cnat really consitrate on the book so i put it awy and turn of the lighs then i laugh like crazy someitms and i guss you can say i hulacente from them seeing odd things on the celling. that could just be bcause of hte foregin chemicla substance in my body and the brain donst know what to do really. if any of your take ambian have you exprecince something like this.

10 mg is the standard dose, but to take Ambien for so long is rare and usually not recommended, and those side-effects are not typical. I think you should go back to your doctor and have your medication re-evaluated.

What would the concquenc es be if i took another half of a pill so it is a pill anda half.

If it's making you hysterical and hallucinating you don't want a higher dose, you want a different medication, I think.

i jsut called the Doc and not sure what he will say suposally he is one of the best sleep study docs in the region.

i read somewhere that sleeping 8+ hours brings your death age closer =/

Thats probably just a my--falls to the floor deadAnyway, that is probably just a myth. By the way I get around 5 hours of sleep.