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Polyphasic Sleep

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-AP-
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Does anybody else do this?
I've worked myself to 4.5 hours of sleep with a 25 minute nap at 1 and 7 PM.
My friend has been doing uberman for a couple years with no problems.
For those who don't know heres a summary:
http://garry.posterous.com/six-optimal-options-for-sleep-schedule

I'm really excited about it because I'm starting to have lucid dreams and I fall asleep super easy now. Plus I'm more wide awake and productive then I was at the start.
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EricaMN.
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threads for when mr. insomnia decides to rightfully leave my body
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DopeDiecuts
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Insane. I would have a huge problem for the naps though, it would take me a solid half hour to fall asleep for a 20 minute nap. Then anytime I wake up I'm grumpy and totally out of it.
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Raz.
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5 hours at night, then 2 hours at around 2:30. every single day
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wynnyk
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I got into a sleep schedule where I would get 6 hours of sleep at night, then fall asleep at around 5 or 6 for 3 hours everyday. I pretty much couldn't fight falling asleep once 5 or 6 had come around. glad I'm finished that for now!
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Yea I've realized that it can be annoying but you can nap like a couple hours earlier or later which almost always would make it possible. Plus they're only 20 minute naps so its not really a big deal
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SkiThe603
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threads to see how this works out for you
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Get.Kronk
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If im reading this right 6 20 minute naps are supposed to be like 14 hours of deep sleep? Calling bullshit, you completely miss out on the 3rd and 4th levels of sleep, including REM, and your brain has very little chance to recover from the day.
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JamesR
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they say eventually you jump quickly into REM sleep. But it doesn't seem right to be rushing or skipping any stages of sleep.
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Yea it doesn't seem right but it doesn't really hurt to try. What's the worst that could happen, I get tired?
And not 14 hours its like getting 8.
This guy has a long like 2 year blog about it which was pretty interesting to read through:

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/10/polyphasic-sleep/
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timmi
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hmm I sleep like 10-12 hours a night and sometimes take naps.
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Will.T
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i sleep 6 hour a day without naps week and i sleep like 8-11h on weekend
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Zimmerman
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i have a terrible schedule. i get like 6 hours on weekdays and 12 on weekends.
I'd say i average about 53 hours a week, 30 being the 5 weekdays and 23 being the weekend.
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Get.Kronk
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tired, depressed, get sick, suck in school and sports.. all the stuff that happens when you don't get enough sleep.
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ohmythugaim
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You will be sleep deprived for a while when you start, but your body adapts and you jump right into REM sleep after a while... This means you don't have to spend as much time asleep as you would if you just slept for 1 8 hour block per day.
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cubber
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Oilfield jobs wipe you out, I average 3 hours of sleep at night and a couple hours of naps during the day, but after just a week of that it's hard to think
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prosnurfer
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im the master of sleep. i had a night job and it really changed up my sleep, i would work all nigbht come home sleep for 4 hours, wake and go skiing then come back home sleep 4 more and go back to work. did it for a long time. im able to sleep for 24 hours if i want sometimes. the longest iv stayed awake is for like 4 days.

now i work 12 hour shifts 7am -7pm and i lived with 4 slutty chicks so i would always stay up all night and party. it got to the point where i would get one or 2 hour nap, go to work and take another hour nap at my first break. it got kinda shitty tho i was using alot of uppers blo, molly ect. u gotta dfo what u can to please the leagion of sluts

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Yea I know my limits though I can switch back to regular sleep and get caught back up pretty quickly if any of that happens. I think its worth it so far, I haven't slept other than naps in 2 days and so far so good. I take a 25 minute nap every 4 hours. The worst part so far was at 5 am, I got pretty tired but now I feel wide awake. The most annoying part is that it takes me between 10 to 25 minutes just to fall asleep though so I'm constantly changing the alarm.
I do feel super refreshed after each nap though I can really concentrate and get work done. Last night I plowed through a week of microeconomics homework and readings from like 1 am to 4 am.
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So here's an update on the  whole thing. I tried the uberman schedule for about 3 days and although it was good at first (and I got great at falling asleep), it really caught up with me and I gave up for now. Back to sleeping 1:30-6 every night with two naps in the day. So far this has been a great schedule. I've been doing it for 1 week straight with no problems. It seriously is awesome.It has felxibility in the schedule to really make it work for anyone. I started to try to lucid dream and I have taught myself to ask whether I am awake and I can tell when I am dreaming at the start of a dream. Can't control it (yet) but I'm not giving up.
20-30 minute naps really are changing my life.
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squibble
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If I have any spare time this week I'll do some research on this, I feel like I remember learning that not getting a solid 7+ hours does long term damage to your body if it's sustained So, threads
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ThaLetterM.
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for awhile I did the "everyman" cycle, sleep from 3:30 to 6:30 AM and then 3-4 20 minute naps evenly dispersed throughout the day. It worked great, had way more free time than I did before, but had to stop because if I had to go to work and missed a nap I was falling-asleep-at-the-wheel tired.

But I think everyone should give it a shot, it's different. Plus after awhile every time you nap you can dream very vividly, and with practice, lucidly. Which is nuts.
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ThaLetterM.
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as for people that haven't tried it, yes, for the first week or so you are fucked up sleepy all the time. BUT if you start the cycle during a time when you don't have a ton of responsibility (winter break, summer etc.) and get past the first week, you go into REM sleep almost instantly. napping a few times a day is a TON more refreshing than sleeping for 8 hours straight.
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