This article was co-authored by Alex Dimitriu, MD . Alex Dimitriu, MD is the Owner of Menlo Park Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine, a clinic based in the San Francisco Bay Area with expertise in psychiatry, sleep, and transformational therapy. Alex earned his Doctor of Medicine from Stony Brook University in 2005 and graduated from the Stanford University School of Medicine's Sleep Medicine Residency Program in 2010. Professionally, Alex has dual board certification in psychiatry and sleep medicine. This article has been viewed 1,346,787 times.

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To perform a sleep test and determine how much sleep you need, start by allowing yourself to sleep until you wake up naturally. Continue doing this for a several days in a row while maintaining a consistent bedtime. After a few days, you should be waking up around the same time each day without having to set an alarm. Once this happens, simply add the number of hours between your bedtime and wake time to discover how many hours of sleep you need every night! Read on for more tips from our Medical reviewer, including how to pay back sleep debt and control your sleep habits!