# Sleep ah... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 3, 2004, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-ah/232227 "2004-03-03T02:57:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Willander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Willander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Willander)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-ah/232227/1 "2004-03-03T02:57:38Z")
I gotta get up in like, 3 hours or so… Is it worth going to bed? If I do that I’ll probably just get to tired to get up again, but if I don’t I just might fall asleep in class tomorrow… ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-ah/232227/2 "2004-03-03T03:01:05Z")
Heck no! If you’re lucky and can get to sleep quickly, and therefore would be able to sleep for most of the 3 hours, then go ahead. But if you’re anything like me it would just make things worse. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-ah/232227/3 "2004-03-03T03:02:17Z")
Are you allowed to drink water in class? If so, take a good supply with you. ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-ah/232227/4 "2004-03-03T03:16:16Z")
Of course get some sleep. I hear people all the time say “it is better to just stay awake” but I have found that it is better to sleep a little bit now and then when you get a few moments, take a nap or a couple if you can fit them in. You will be much less tired the next couple of days. deb – who can survive on just 2 hrs a nite for a month or more if she must but would rather get her 6 in – 2world ---
**Author:** ![LordVor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@LordVor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordVor)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-ah/232227/5 "2004-03-03T04:29:33Z")
Speaking as the father of a 7 month old, get any amount of sleep you can get, when you can get it. -lv (who hasn’t slept for three hours in a row in a week and a half) ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-ah/232227/6 "2004-03-03T05:37:56Z")
I stayed up all night last Friday, figuring only 2 or 3 hours wouldn’t be worth it. Boy was I wrong! I felt terrible. Even an hour of sleep would have been better than none at all. After doing what I had to do in the morning, I took a 2-hour nap and afterwards felt like million bucks. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-ah/232227/7 "2004-03-03T13:05:30Z")
I’m doing a surgical rotation (med student), so my working day starts at 7:30am and ends at 6:00pm, meaning 6:00am starts and getting home at 7:00pm. Which is perfectly acceptable, except irishfella is working the late shift (1:30pm-10:00pm) this week and is home about 11:00pm. Meaning that by the time we’ve had a chance to chat and cuddle it’s already after 1:00am. I’m knackered. Thank goodness he’s on the early shift next week.