Why do NTs need so much sleep?

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That sounds pretty normal.

Doctors aren't sure the exact cause of her sleep patterns, as she has many self inflicted problems for caring about herself so little (and she does not have executive dysfunction, and she ios NT) She has low iron for one thing, which can cause drowsiness, she probably has other deficiencies, as she either eats way to much junk in one day, or next to nothing. She can get her work done for school and can go to work, but when she is not doing that, she is either with her friends and sleeping or just sleeping. 16 was probably an over exaggeration. She also will often stay awake until she is nearing the point of collapse.

I get that too... And I hate it, when I want to sleep, it has to do with when I want to start the next day, not when I feel like sleeping, but if I am not tired enough it is iimpossible to even nap a bit.

hmmm... I didn't really think how many responses I would get of people on the spectrum getting excess sleep...

Also, I think the question should have been "why do people oversleep so much?" and "why do people value sleep so much?"...

Some people I know who used to love sleeping in recently kicked the sleeping in habit and now get a maximum of 8 hours a day. They said they actually feel better about their day going on less (but now normal) sleep. They are in bed by 11, and up no later than 7, and said they feel better about getting up and can get more done in a shorter period of time and feel less groggy when waking up.

I need loads more sleep than anyone else I know. Anything less than nine hours and I'm like a zombie the next day.

I have horrible sleep problems. Actually, I should say, I have horrible staying awake problems. It doesn't matter if I sleep 3-4 hours or 11-12 hours, I am tired ALL the time to the point that I fall asleep while driving, at work, reading, watching tv - everything. I have severe sleep apnea, and I use a CPAP machine at night, and it either doesn't help, or there's something else wrong with me. I'm the most tired person I've ever met.

On days that I work, I generally get 3-6 hours of sleep, but on days I don't work, if no one wakes me up, I can go to bed at 1am and sleep until 3pm or later the next day. I hate it and I feel like I am missing out on a lot of time.

It's very difficult for me to wake up. I set 8-10 alarms on my iPhone to go off at intervals, and I fall back asleep between every one, and often I set more because I just can't wake up.

I hate it.

left to my own devices, 12 hours isn't unusual. But that could just be diabetes...

I'm Diabetic, too - are you type I or II? I'm type I. You shouldn't be tired because of Diabetes unless your blood sugar is high or you have complications from it.

Im an aspie and i sleep a lot averaging about 10 hours of sleep.

I'm not sure that it's an NT thing, as I often find myself wondering how other people survive on so little sleep. My neighbor, for instance, goes out to work at 8.15 AM - therefore, as she also has a small child to see to in the mornings, must get up around 7 AM at the absolute latest, yet I've regularly, if I've happened to wake up briefly, seen/heard her still up at 1 - 2 AM.

I need a minimum of eight hours sleep, or I'm exhausted. Nine or ten is better. I once slept for thirteen hours without waking up once.

i need 10.5 hours, not just nts

All I need is few hrs of sleep I go to bed at 5am and i wake up at 8am.

Being NT is more physically taxing.


They generally are more active and just do more than we do.

My sleeping pattern is finally normal. My sleeping pattern until 2004:

Autumn - 10-12 hours
Winter - 8 hours
Spring - 6 hours
Summer - 3 hours.

No real rhyme or reason to the pattern. I have been getting 7-8 hours a night year round since 2004.

I think that is an overgeneralization...