He or she might start by checking your weight and height, as well as your blood pressure and maybe your temperature. 1  Blood pressure: This shows how hard your heart is pumping blood throughout your body. A cuff that gets tighter and tighter on your arm is used to measure this.
And people who sleep 8 hr. or more, or less than 6.5 hr., they don't live quite as long. There is just as much risk associated with sleeping too long as with sleeping too short. The big surprise is that long sleep seems to start at 8 hr. Sleeping 8.5 hr. might really be a little worse than sleeping 5 hr.
It is a 2 week self-experiment. 1. Guess how much sleep would be adequate-for most adults it would be 8 hours. 2. For a week (7 full days), set your alarm clock for the same time each day.3. Go to bed at an hour that would let you get the number of hours you think you need. 4. Record when you go to bed and when you wake up. 5.ow Much Sleep You Are Supposed to Get. As long as you are not tired, you are getting enough sleep! If you are tired, you may not be getting enough sleep! You might be suffering from sleep deprivation! That's the short answer.