Index

Subject : Re: LUG: polyphasic sleep

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

Date : Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:19:28 -0500

Parent

I've been on everyman3 since late May if you have any questions. I plan
on attempting to uberman after this semester.

I have been much better this semseter than I was my entire freshman year
(monophasic) and I sleep less. It's great, even if it takes a lot of
motivation to maintain.

Jonathan

Richard Carter wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> Sorry to necromance but I kinda wanted to check back on those of you
> that were trying this. Are you still doing polyphasic sleep? How is it
> going? If not, why did you stop? I found it really interesting,
> through I doubt there'll ever be a time when I can actually try it,
> and I'd really like to know how the last 3 months went if anyone is
> still doing it.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Richard Carter
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 7:47 AM, Jonathan Vogel
> <jonathan@friedpancakes.[redacted]> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Debbie Carraway
>>>> Systems & Hosted Services
>>>> Office of Information Technology, NC State University
>>>> Voice: XXX.515.5498 AIM: DeborahCarraway
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>
>

Replies :