[kirklancaster]

I average 3 to 4 hours per night. The time I actually fall asleep varies but without exception, the earlier I do go to sleep the earlier in the 'wee small hours' do I awake, and once my eyes are opened I just HAVE to get up.

I have been like this all my life, but very strangely, I have always had an ability to close my eyes during the day - even for 10 minutes - and 'power nap', then open them and feel as if I'd just had 8 hours sleep.

In addition, it is in the early hours when everyone else is asleep that I am at my optimum - which is when I like to do my writing.

Weird - but wonderful.