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Comment on How to fall asleep quickly by Sean Michnowski

Sean Michnowski — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:56:41 +0000

Just to add my use of white noise in aiding falling asleep — sometimes a desktop fan works wonders. If the fan is of the oscillating type, it gives me the illusion of myself drifting to and from, much like that of rocking in a hammok, as mentioned above in this blog.

Comment on A Successful Year of Polyphasic Sleep by Really long post no. 1 « A Pioneer of Change

Really long post no. 1 « A Pioneer of Change — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:33:02 +0000

[...] I read. And if not, I’m gonna quit by the end of april. Learn more about polyphasic sleep at Oh God, The Chicken!’s blog. I’m trying out the 4.5-hours-core-sleep-2-naps schedule he [...]

Comment on Getting Started with Sleep Discipline by The Polyphasic Experiment « vorblog

The Polyphasic Experiment « vorblog — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:52:00 +0000

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Comment on A Successful Year of Polyphasic Sleep by Arsene Hodali

Arsene Hodali — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:48:40 +0000

Congrats. Glad someone else made it for a year, makes me hopeful for myelf –> I’m starting the “Dymaxion” sleep schedule for myself. Check it out: http://www.danceproof.com/2009/12/28/dymaxion-sleep-intro/

Comment on Getting Started with Sleep Discipline by Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:10:17 +0000

Hi Kerry,

The short of it is that I attain “rest” by the number of sleep cycles I go through, rather than the actual minutes slept. For me, the difference between a 30 minute nap and 20 minute nap is pretty negligible, however only taking 2 naps (regardless or length) as opposed to 3 is very significant (I would be cutting my total daily cycles down from 5 to 4).

Comment on Getting Started with Sleep Discipline by kerry morrison

kerry morrison — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:46:34 +0000

Hey curious as to why with a 3hr core sleep you couldn’t then take two 30 minute naps during the day instead of three 20 minute ones. Is your sleep cycle too different after 20mins?

Thanks beforehand for the info.

Comment on A Successful Year of Polyphasic Sleep by Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:36:34 +0000

Best of luck to you Niniel! Let us all know how it goes!

Comment on A Successful Year of Polyphasic Sleep by Niniel

Niniel — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:20:10 +0000

I’m am SO trying polyphasic sleep RIGHT NOW. (Don’t worry, I have been thinking about this for awhile. I’m in college, and my sleep schedules are so messed up this will probably make me feel LESS tired, not more.)

Comment on Everyman Sleep Schedule - Day 5 by dino

dino — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:14:54 +0000

very groggy because you missed a 20min nap, hmmm, and nothing to do with Drinking Jeopardy???

Comment on Getting Started with Sleep Discipline by Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:36:36 +0000

Hi Morten,

Thanks for reading.

The short of it is, the less naps you incorporate into your schedule, the more strict you will need to be to keep your body in rythm. If you’re doing a schedule with one or two naps in it, once adapted you should be able to be fairly flexible in spacing them out though the day. However if you’re doing Uberman, (from what I’ve researched - I’ve never done it) it is imperative to stick strictly to a schedule to avoid feeling tired and lethargic.

For a university schedule, I would recommend an Everyman schedule with two or three naps and attempt to have them fit in your schedule as regularly as possible - however with a light system such as this, it will not be too much to your detriment if naps are not exactly consistent.

Hope this helps - let me know if you have any other questions.