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Some people feel refreshed when they have 8 hours of sleep but other people do not. why is that?

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Dr. John Van der Werff answered

Specializes in Dentistry

Many possibilities: It could be the quality of sleep or it could be some other systemic imbalance of hormones... Or other systemic problem. I would suggest seeing a physician that is familiar with sleep problems for an evaluation.

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Answered 3/18/2015

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