Re: LUG: polyphasic sleep - Sat, 15 Aug 2009 08:47:16 -0400

Subject : Re: LUG: polyphasic sleep

From : Jonathan Vogel <jonathan@friedpancakes.[redacted]>

Date : Sat, 15 Aug 2009 08:47:16 -0400

Good to hear your feedback. The thing with polyphasic sleep is you take
a systematic approach to sleeping and and after adapting, you don't ever
suffer from sleep deprivation; even missing one nap won't cause sleep dep.

I want to really tell the skeptics out there that this does truly work
and I don't feel tired at all. I just moved back in the dorms and had
trouble with my two day time naps (I didn't think I fell asleep for one)
because my mind was probably just getting a feel for a new sleeping
environment (i.e. noises) and I feel pretty good.

@Ed and Alex: Good luck, keep me posted

Jonathan

Richard Carter wrote:
> I would personally feel pretty nervous about this. I went through my
> last year of high school with pretty bad sleep deprivation; going to
> sleep at 1-2am, waking up at 5-5:30 every day. I was locked into that
> wakeup time since back in middle school so my body had no problem
> jumping awake at the alarm, no matter how little sleep I had - so I
> took advantage of that to not bother getting much sleep, since waking
> up in time for school wasn't a problem. But I did notice that I would
> crash during the day and usually find any excuse to sleep during
> class. And my memory suffered. I already have a bad enough memory, but
> I cannot recall much from that year.
>
> Obviously this is supposed to be different from sleep deprivation
> because of the naps. It still seems too good to be true. After that
> high school year (and a rough summer afterwards), I learned my lesson.
> Last year (my freshman year) I took sleep seriously, as did my
> roommate, and we got 8 hours of sleep almost every night. I felt
> great, and realized that it was having a positive effect, even if I
> was still reluctant to go to bed at or before midnight. This summer
> I've slipped a lot, and I have really noticed the results now; and as
> I'm traveling back up to State today, I plan to get back to 8 hours a
> night again.
>
> I know, I was doing it wrong; the big part of polyphasic sleep is,
> well, polyphasic, and I was just plain sleep deprived. I didn't
> [intentionally] nap. But I don't think I'll try this unless there's
> some real need to have more hours in the day. Maybe later on down the
> road when I'm swamped with schoolwork and just can't get it all done.
> For now, I like how I feel after 8 contiguous hours of sleep.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 7:58 AM, Debbie
> Carraway<debbie_carraway@ncsu.[redacted]> wrote:
>
>> This article "debunks" polyphasic sleep. I personally make no argument, just
>> thought it was interesting to see another side of the discussion.
>>
>> http://www.supermemo.com/articles/polyphasic.htm
>>
>> Debbie
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:12:17 -0400, Jonathan Vogel
>> <jonathan@friedpancakes.[redacted]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> After adaptation you are pretty much 100% most of the time unless you
>>> stretch your naps out too far or mess your schedule up. You may feel
>>> slightly tired approaching your nap, but nothing substantial. As soon as
>>> you hit the bed you will be out cold and wake up feeling very refreshed.
>>>
>>> Looks like a lot of people are interested in giving it a shot. I'll
>>> announce my current schedule here that I've been on for 3 months now to see
>>> if it helps anyone:
>>> 3 - 6 AM Core Sleep, 20 minute naps at 11 AM, 4 PM, and 11 PM.
>>>
>>> I will be in IRC a lot to answer any questions and also I'm living on
>>> campus if you want to talk face to face just let me know. via email/irc.
>>>
>>> Make sure *you do your research* and let me emphasis two points: Do not
>>> drink alcohol during adaptation (honestly wouldn't recommend it at all while
>>> doing polyphonic sleep, but social drinking is OK after adaptation). Watch
>>> caffeine intake; I never had caffeine during adaptation, but now I do have
>>> it occasionally directly after naps (I like coffee!).
>>>
>>> Jonathan
>>>
>>> Ed Anderson wrote:
>>>
>>>> To those with experience with this, After adjusting, do you still feel
>>>> drained or tired at all during the day or near your nap times? Or are you
>>>> typically always well rested and energetic the same as if you'd had a full
>>>> night's rest?
>>>>
>>>> Ed
>>>>
>> --
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>>
>>
>
>

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