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First blog woo
The other day while reading TL, I can across this thread. While I thought the book seemed a little silly, there was a post by UbOs that had a link to someone tracking their progress to adjusting to a Dymaxion sleep schedule. I started researching the topic more and more and decided to try it myself.
The Dymaxion system is basically to take 4 naps per day, 30 minutes each, spaced 6 hours apart. So my schedule is to nap at 11am, 5pm, 11pm, and 5am. Total sleep per day: 2 hours. The first few days are the worst, because you're forcing your body through sleep deprivation until your brain adjusts to it.
I decided to devote a blog to it, and can be found here for anyone that might be interested in reading it. I might post a few smaller blogs on TL as well, but I feel like doing a daily thing on TL as well as my new blog is a lot of typing and it'd end up saying all the same stuff.
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I don't remember this being called the Dymaxion system the last time it came around. I remember doing some research on this and thinking it was a retarded thing to do. I bet you can find something better to do to post in blogs without punishing your body.
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Good luck!, I tried out the Everyman sleep schedule over the summer for a month and a half, it was great. ^^;
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This actually sounds really productive for very busy people. Also, if you somehow schedule yourself to wake up at the end of a sleep cycle, and the beginning of one, you won't feel tired, even though you only got 30 minutes of sleep.
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not gunna work ur gunna suffer great misery
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I've read that it's tough to adjust. And didn't the US military do a study about it and concluded that it wasn't a viable long term sleeping schedule or something?
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I tried something similar while i was grinding at Lineage II in high school. I quit after a month and slept for 36 hours.
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The terminology is correct.
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Keep us posted, I'm curious!
I remember that for weeks I lived (quite well) on about 4 hours of sleep every night. It was great; I had tons more time. Eventually, I noticed that while I was thinking/performing nearly as well as before, my brain just wasn't there 100%. I couldn't study the same amount of time and score high test scores as before; I didn't learn or remember lectures as clearly and wholly. It was like I was at 90%. With my PSAT coming up, I gave in and went back to a normal person again to prepare for it.
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the only sleep reduction technique that works is just waking up when you aren't in a REM cycle. polyphasic shit makes you tired constantly, i doubt that's a good thing.
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I read a lot on this, including people's diaries as to their progress. It doesn't work as far as I'm concerned. You start nodding out all the time even after 6 months of "adjusting". Plus cheating is rampant because you are so exhausted, so, just "a little 20 minute nap" turns into 2 hours. Good luck though if you wish to pursue it, I would do some more reading before labeling it as something valuable however.
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Oh I remember this. I devoted a lot of time to try and get on an Uberman sleep schedule and after a few attempts I got it working for a few weeks (best part is the lucid dreams oh god) but I had to give it up because it kept interfering with my social life. I'd have to literally find somewhere completely random to sleep in the middle of nowhere if I was outside.
The first week is hell.
...and the stories of losing creativity are true, my brain seemed to function a lot more mechanically than before.
Good experience though, I'd definitely do it again if I could fit it around my schedule.
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Washington, D.C9934 Posts
On October 04 2010 16:44 youngminii wrote:
Oh I remember this. I devoted a lot of time to try and get on an Uberman sleep schedule and after a few attempts I got it working for a few weeks (best part is the lucid dreams oh god) but I had to give it up because it kept interfering with my social life. I'd have to literally find somewhere completely random to sleep in the middle of nowhere if I was outside.
The first week is hell.
...and the stories of losing creativity are true, my brain seemed to function a lot more mechanically than before.
Good experience though, I'd definitely do it again if I could fit it around my schedule.
i have had exactly the same experience
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if i didn't have school 8 hours a day in a row, i would have tried this a long time ago. people writing this off without doing any research deserve a warn. maybe i'll try it next summer break.
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On October 04 2010 17:37 intrigue wrote:Show nested quote +On October 04 2010 16:44 youngminii wrote:
Oh I remember this. I devoted a lot of time to try and get on an Uberman sleep schedule and after a few attempts I got it working for a few weeks (best part is the lucid dreams oh god) but I had to give it up because it kept interfering with my social life. I'd have to literally find somewhere completely random to sleep in the middle of nowhere if I was outside.
The first week is hell.
...and the stories of losing creativity are true, my brain seemed to function a lot more mechanically than before.
Good experience though, I'd definitely do it again if I could fit it around my schedule. i have had exactly the same experience
yeah i had that too...
but for my part i will never do it again, it just makes life too complicated and you don't gain much after all...
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I'd suggest doing Uberman, which is 6 20 min naps. 30 min takes a long time to adapt to and very few have lasted on the dymaxion schedule. Best schedule is "SPAMAYL" uberman, awful name meaning "sleep polyphasically as much as you like." It's a schedule with no schedule, basically you nap for 20 min whenever you're tired, usually requiring more than 6 naps because they're not as efficient when they're not on a schedule or something. Apparently you can "save up" naps, doing a bunch them in row, spaced out a bit, and then stay awake 8 hrs for social events with minimal crash. Some practitioners claim it's the easiest to adapt to. Read about it on trypolyphasic.com.
First week actually wasn't that bad for me. I'm on Uberman and before I started, I practiced napping during the day for the day naps while sleeping "normally" and I think that really payed off for the adaptation period. It's been a month and half now and I will still randomly sleep through the night every couple days but other than that it's been pretty smooth. The oversleeps are usually caused by skipping naps, sacrificed for social gatherings. I was just lucky that I could build a college class schedule around my naps though. My schedule is kinda erratic, and will slowly become like "spamayl" the way it's been going. Extra naps is no big deal as long as you space them out by 40ish min.
Be sure to try to eat healthier, don't drink or smoke (I got drunk and nearly ruined it, some ppl can handle it though -- also weed stops REM sleep) or else it won't last. I started working out (I have time now...) which is probably a good idea too, just don't go too heavy at first.
The whole loss of creativity thing isn't confirmed. I am still bursting with new ideas for songs, game design, my novel, and can solve those annoying "curveball" math and physics problems on the fly. The main difference is that now... I have time to act on those ideas. It's so awesome ^_^
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