# Am I better off staying up or sleeping for an hour?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 13, 2007, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-better-off-staying-up-or-sleeping-for-an-hour/426232 "2007-11-13T12:56:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![tonedef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@tonedef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonedef)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-better-off-staying-up-or-sleeping-for-an-hour/426232/21 "2007-11-14T12:31:20Z")

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A few years ago i used to take a nap every after noon while i was at work. Then after doing this for along time i would have a early day and so i wouldn’t nap at work. And I would be completely buggered by the afternoon.  
But now that I dont nap anymore in the afternoon i feel much better all day.

Now i was just continue on and not nap, so i guess its different for each person for how they react to napping.

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-better-off-staying-up-or-sleeping-for-an-hour/426232/22 "2007-11-14T15:29:32Z")

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[QUOTE=treis]  
This is good advice if you are continually in a sleep deprived state. However, if it’s a one off thing with a decent amount of time to recover, I think the all-nighter is better.  
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It’s a matter for everyone to find out what’s best for them. I, personally, would say that a nap is better than an all-nighter.

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