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Sup TL.net!
I wanted to try polyphasic sleep for a couple years now. Now I have not so many things to do over the next couple weeks and just want to try it out. I want to see how it feels. The weekend is coming up, I have no appointments in the near future (except a visit from my dear family next week). I'll stick to the classic Uberman shedule: 20 minutes every four hours. From what I read the first three to five days are going to push me near the sleep deprivation limit until my brain adapts.
My hours are going to be: 18:30, 22:30, 02:30, 06:30, 10:30, 14:30.
I will update as I begin my descend into madness.
+ Show Spoiler [September 3rd, 06:00] +My head and eyes feels so heavy and like being under high pressure the whole day. I can't concentrate, my mind seems to have slowed down to a snails pace. Also, the time between the 2:30 and 6:30 nap is really fucking with me. I need something exciting to do between those times else I am guaranteed to doze off.
+ Show Spoiler [September 2nd, 14:02] +I can hardly keep my eyes open. Much less follow the plot of the series or movies I watch. I really don't know if I will get up when I nap in about half an hour. I feel like shit.
+ Show Spoiler [ September 2nd, 05:21] +A little over an hour to go until the next nap, and I am fucking tired. Worst of all: No entertaining streams online.
+ Show Spoiler [September 2nd, 02:56] +I slept a little during the second nap in this experiment. Still feeling tired.
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Ah now this will be interesting. I'm not aware of any large scale studies about the practicality or possibility of polyphasic sleep, but I have read some anecdotal reports of people adjusting to it and using it for some time.
Good luck!
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Lol, I'd just fall asleep and wake up 10 hours later 
Glgl, don't die.
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good luck 
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I did summers during college on a poly sleep schedule and I'll try to give you a heads up on a couple things.
#1. It is extremely hard to get started with polyphasic sleep. Biphasic is way easier, because you can get started with a "nap," then just force yourself to get up even though you're tired. The first weekish is going to be hell. You won't want to get up, and you might have trouble staying awake.
#2. Once you're adjusted a poly schedule, you feel AMAZING. Not only do you sleep way less overall, but once you do finally adjust, you feel totally refreshed every time you wake up. Sleeping for 20 mins is hard at first, but seems almost more natural once you're on it.
#3. Give yourself at least 2-3 days when you need to "come out of it," and start by sleeping longer and longer as you can. I've also got out of it by just staying up a whole 24 hours, then crashing, but as your body is used to waking up after 20 minutes, it's harder to get a good night's sleep for a couple weeks.
I still do biphasic sleep Mon-Fri. I generally sleep from 630-10pm when I get home from work, then 5am-9am when I get up. I feel way better doing this than I do with a regular 8 or 9 hour, once a night sleep schedule. I would do poly still if I didn't have a 9-5 job, and highly recommend it as a discipline test, as well as to anyone who just needs more time in the day.
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if you dont like the 20min uberman, you should try a less extreme version ( longer sleep on longer intervals), the 20 min one is really hardcore and actually inconvenient because of the frequency of sleep
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This just sounds horrifying to me. Sleep is wonderful.
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I have tried something very similar before. The best advice I have is to keep busy and eat PLENTY of calories!!
gl hf
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I've been using biphasic sleep in a few months chunk of time over the last 3 years. By that I mean I sleep biphasically for 3 months, then sleep monophasically for a month. Then I repeat. I have never tried a polyphasic sleep cycle, so I'm interested how it works out for you. I've heard some rumors that polyphasic sleep can be dangerous if used for extended periods of time.
When I started sleeping biphasically I would only do so once every other day. That way the tiredness wouldn't be as bad at the beginning. This will take persistence however, as you may subconsciously attempt to course yourself into adapting back to a monophasic sleep cycle.
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My boyfriend in college tried this for about a month.
It was not fun for either of us, nor any of our flatmates.
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I have done this for about 3 months in my past, it was at a time which I could actually commit to it. I personally found I ate a lot more but didnt gain weight and also smoked a fuckload lol.
Also drinking will mess you up pretty hard or at least I found that it did the one or two times when I had been out with friends!
Good luck to you!
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Good luck man, seems like an intense sleep schedule. Right now I'm on pretty much the polar opposite - 20-30 hours of being awake followed by 12-16 hours of sleep. It's spectacular.
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United Kingdom10823 Posts
Please don't die. Otherwise, good luck, hope we hear back with good results
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Katowice25012 Posts
Best of luck, I have fun reading these.
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I wasnt able to find time to dedicate myself to that schedule so Im looking forward to your future posts! ^^
Gl hf
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I love sleeping and feeling awesome after a good nap. I don't think its worth it to do polyphasic, as most people's schedules in the modern world revolve around ordinary 8-10 hour sleeping. But I suppose it'll be an interesting adventure.
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I'm starting to get tired, about one hour left till the next nap.
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When you've finished metamorphosizing please post how you feel.
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Keep this going, I'm bookmarking this so I can see how it goes!
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