Re: how much I have to sleep every day?

[Guest guest]

I have CMT 2 also. I need to sleep 8 to 8 1/2 hours. I can exist on 6 hours for

about only 2 days before I start feeling out of sync.

[Guest guest]

I need 8 hours.

[Guest guest]

Hi Orania,

I have noticed that I need more sleep than for example my partner (not a CMTer,

but I am). I need 8-9 hours. If I don't, I usually get more sleep the day after.

6 hours seem to little, but it depends how you feel. All rested and everything

ok - then it is enough.

Beata

[Guest guest]

Orania,

Depends... are you tired all the time?

[Guest guest]

My amount of sleep really depends on my activity level. Right now I am 4 months

pregnant and I have a 2 1/2 and a 5 1/2 year old. They both have CMT as well so

I am very busy homeschooling, taking my 5 yr old to her co-op classes, taking

them to Physical therapy, and just taking care of our daily needs. I sleep about

12 hour per night right now!!!

I am busy all day long taking care of the kids and running around to all their

appts and such. Then there is cooking, cleaning, laundry ect. to do at home. If

I am not too tired by 5 I make dinner and then hubby gets home. He takes over

from there and I hit the couch. I usually fall asleep before the kids are even

in bed LOL.

I know I am over doing it but I really feel that there is no other choice for me

right now. I have to take care of my kids. I think the fact that they have CMT

makes it even harder for me because they need more help than " normal " kids plus

all the extra doctors appts and physical therapy appt.s. A couple times I have

had to cancel their physical therapy appts and spend the day on the couch

because my body just could not keep going.

So, long story short I think the amount of sleep you need really depends on how

much you are taxing your body. The amount of activity would be different for

each one of us because of our unique situations and how far we have progressed.

I say listen to your body. Talk to your doctor. Is anything making you wake up,

or making it hard for you to fall asleep?

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