Re: LUG: polyphasic sleep - Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:51:05 -0400

Subject : Re: LUG: polyphasic sleep

From : Richard Carter <rwcarter@ncsu.[redacted]>

Date : Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:51:05 -0400

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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