I have no idea what the answer to that question could be. I will say, as a person who does not sleep well at all, it sometimes feels like I only slept for 1.5 hrs.

I have very broken, interrupted sleep. In all honesty, I can say I haven't slept for 5 hours straight in over a decade. I wake up constantly, ever 1.5 to 2 hrs. I'd say. I fall back to sleep, but it's not deep, rejuvenating sleep.

I wake myself up just by rolling over. Then I lie there wide awake for another 45 minutes. Very frustrating.

It will be interesting to see what others have to say.

I'm lucky if I get 4 hours a night most nights. Like Katlan, that's not 4 hours straight, but a bit here, a bit there, interspersed with a lot of wakefulness. Once in a while, I'll sleep through a night and consider it a real luxory

However, 2 hours a night does sound a bit sparse. On the other hand, does she nap during the day? Perhaps she catches a few more hours that way?

I'm about 100% positive there are naps involved but she's not telling.

I'm up twice a night to potty, but fall back asleep fast.

Ditto katlan. It's been years since I had a good, full, nights sleep. Maybe 1.5 to 2 hours, toss and turn, potty, toss and turn some more, doze off, wake back up. Frustrating and exhausting!

Sleep can be difficult if you have some nagging pain. Sometimes it helps to address that -- thinking of katlan's statement about waking by turning over. Try taking a Tylenol (or Aspirin with a cracker) for a couple of nights to see if that helps.

Needing to urinate more than one or two times a night seems worth checking with your MD. Mine always inquires; both DH and I have been up once a night from age 60 to present early 70's. We each keep a penlight beside the bed; keeps you from waking up TOO much by turning on the bathroom light.

I have a prescription for the Ambien generic. If I lie awake for over an hour after going to bed at a reasonably late hour, and if taking Tylenol hasn't helped, I will take Ambien 5 mg. If I go to sleep unaided but wake later and can't fall back to sleep, I 'nibble' 2-3 mg. of Ambien -- provided I still have four or five hours until morning wake-up).

I was given DETROL LA. But overall I'm supposed to "train" my bladder so I don't have to potty much. I guess we're supposed to hold it until we can barely make it, then go potty. This will expand the bladder capacity? Didn't work.

I'm just not that dedicated. I'll pee when I have to. I don't take the DETROL LA either. I have a tiny bladder and that medicine didn't help.

I know I cannot exist with that little sleep.

I sleep straight through the night - 7.5 to 8.5 hours.
I do not nap and I drink plenty of fluids.

I don't know how anyone can function on sleeping two hours a night for a long time. I guess it also depends on age. When I was young, I could get by on very little sleep for a short time. Now I am a basket case if I don't get enough sleep. I go through stages where I can sleep like a log for nine hours with one bathroom trip. Lately I cannot sleep well, so once I've been lying sleepless for a couple hours, I pop 5 mg of Ambien, and I am out like a light.

My biggest problem is that my body feels so sore in bed at night. I ache from head to toe. Last night was particularly bad. I cannot figure this out. Once I am up and moving about, this pain goes away, although I am always stiff. Wish I could find an answer.

That subject was on Dr. Oz yesterday. Some of that is because of what we eat. No 1 -2 hrs a night is not good at all.
the link is below.

Here is a link that might be useful: sleep type ~ fix your sleep

My DH is a bad sleeper, he has Ambian 10mg~~he cuts them in half and starts out with the 5mg, then he is like Chisue he will nibble on the other half or take it all if he can not get back to sleep.

He is the worst sleeper but gets 4-5 hours of broken sleep, most nights he says it feels like no sleep. But, he will sleep on the couch in the evening off and on for 2 hours.

I have 'Monkey Brain' at night, my brain will not shut off so I take 0.25 Xanax every night and can sleep 8-10 hrs easy, with one bathroom break;)

You are not supposed to eat 4 hours before bed or drink much either. If you eat to heavy your body is not sleeping well, because it is busy digesting your food.

I also listen to about 10-15 mins of soft meditational music and just relax saying in my head 20 OM's~breath in on the 'O' out on the 'M' it helps me fall right off to sleep. It also helps me during the day if I feel I need to relax~~helps at the dentist, doctors or any stressful situation. Yesterday it helped me in my 2 hours of bumper to bumper traffic.

I believe I 'learned' not to sleep deeply when DS was a baby. He was probably the easiest baby ever, but I was New Mom to the Nth Degree.

Things that help are: No caffeine after mid-afternoon; no alcohol near bedtime; no more than one 20-minute nap during the day; no heavy food within two hours of bedtime (although a cracker and cheese ARE good an hour before bed); no bright lights an hour before bed; no use of the bed for *anything* but sleep (and sex); bedroom temperature 68F or below; not turning on lights if you rise during the night; not becoming anxious over your sleeplessness.

I really like YogaLady's deep breathing exercise, and I've just read about putting pressure under the balls of the feet to aid in relaxing the brain.

I would like to get eight hours, no more no less. So I've started going to bed an hour earlier since I've been getting more like six hours recently. I drink a huge cup of coffee at dinner but then I always have, and it's not decaffeinated. I try NOT to fall asleep watching TV even for a few minutes because that wrecks havoc on my sleep. I take a Advil PM and if I toss around, a benedryl. I have never taken a sleeping pill. Sleep is super important to one's health.

Is your friend worried about losing out on a lot of her beauty sleep?

Sometimes I get about 4 hours in bed ... but then tend to nod off in the next afternoon or evening.

Sometimes it seems that I've spent quite long time on the computer, without getting much done ...

... and the clock seems to have moved ahead unusually fast ...

... plus - I've been known to fall off of my chair while doing so.

Some years ago, when I worked in a hotel bar in Alberta and slept and ate there, a couple of times when I'd be sitting on a stool in the restaurant after breeakfast, reading the newspaper on the long counter ... I fell asleep and fell off of the stool.

It took me a while before I heard the end of that one.

ole joyful

another nonsleeper here
my dr doesn't like to prescribe "sleeping pills" so i've been taking benadryl 3 or more times a week the other nights i
"sleep" on the sofa, tuned in to weather channel
i manage to get 4 or so hours a night with many interruptions
the more exercise and outdoor activity i get, the better i do
and i also try to eat an early dinner and coffee, tea, or cola
after 5 pm
i'm also a worrier if i don't have anything to worry about personally, i will watch the news and find something
now i never used to do that and it drives me crazy.......
dh sleeps like a log......
when my kids were in high school i could never stay awake til they came in now look at me

For those of you who take benedryl to sleep, don't they give you wild dreams? Every time I tried them, I had such crazy dreams I didn't feel rested at all. In fact, I was glad to get away from the bed in the morning to escape those dreams. With Ambien, I don't dream at all. However, I find I start feeling a bit depressed if I take Ambien too many nights in a row.

Last night I slept in the guest room. The mattress in there is newer and much more firm than mine, which I plan to replace soon. I had fewer aches and pains and slept well without a pill. That mattress is really firm! I don't know what I was thinking when I bought it. It barely bounces.

I sleep at least 6 hours a night, plus several cat naps during the day. I tend to get up early, busy all day, then go to bed right after dinner. I watch TV in bed, I am rarely awake after 9 pm, I miss all those late-night TV shows. I truly believe you need at least 5 hours sleep in 24 hours, I never need sleeping pills.Just my two cents.

Be careful with the benedryl. It is the sleep aid within Tylenol PM, so I'd assume it's in all the OTC "PM" products. Benedryl IS a sleep aid, as well as a nasal decongestant.

I believe, when your brain is tired, you will sleep - whether you want to or not. I've read that lots of successful people don't sleep much at one time, but rather take 'cat naps' and eat very healthy foods. Martha Stewart is one, Leonardo DiVinci was one, President Obama is another. Donald Trump, on a talk show, said he sleeps only 3-4 hours a day. and not all at once - the reason - if he rests, the competition will get ahead in the money game!

DH sleeps great with the CPap machine. Maybe that is the reason some people don't sleep much. When they tested him, they found out that he stopped breathing so many times in a span of minutes. The Dr. said that is the cause of many people not getting a good nights sleep so you might try to get a sleep apnea test just to check it out. He also cannot take anything but Lunesta, which is very very expensive. All the other meds give him real bad dreams, and I mean BAD!
I just take one tylenol and sleep pretty good, especially since we got our new mattresses from Sleep Number. Also I do not eat any sugary products after supper.