Catching Up On Sleep

Also when you try to catch up for the lost hours it takes additional time for the body to repair.

Catching up on sleep. This content was created by the National Sleep Foundation. Can you catch up on sleep before life gets busy. A new study says that sleeping in on weekends can cut some of the health risks associated with sleep deprivation.

It side steps my clumsy tackles. Here are 5 ways to implement better sleep habits and get the rest you need. The thought that catching up on sleep is going to solve your sleep problems is not a good way to view this topic.

Think about your strategy for catching up on sleep. Instead of sleeping in on the weekend you should try to go to bed earlier and make up for your missed sleep there. Research has shown that it can take up to four days to recover from one hour of lost sleep and up to nine days to eliminate sleep debt.

Catching up on sleep isnt just a matter of sleeping in on the weekend. If you sleep 6 hours per night Sunday-Thursday then catch up on the weekends by sleeping 11 hours per night youre still coming up 4 hours short every weekthats 200 hours of sleep debt every year. And it adds up.

Its common that people deprive themselves of sleep during the week and then try to make it up on the weekends. You stay up late to finish a project you have young children you are a shift-worker or you just cant stop binge-watching your favourite TV show. Skimp on sleep however and adenosine builds up in your bloodstream making you more and more desperate to snooze.

I go to bed early to catch up on my sleep but my sleep is a slippery customer it bobs and weaves and leaves me exhausted. That way you can jumpstart the catchup but still wake up at a decent time in. Psychiatric Times Vol 30 No 8 Volume 30 Issue 8.