Uberman Sleep Cycle / Polyphasic Sleep

iaccidentallytwink

iaccidentallytwink

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I'm currently trying the Uberman Sleep Cycle. I'm on day 3 at the moment.

Taking 20 minute naps ever 4 hours to supplement all the REM sleep required in an 8 hour period and then 30 minutes extra.

I gain 6 hours of free time.

At the moment this free time is being used trying to NOT fall asleep, I am upstate with nothing to do but play my DSi and climb rocks.

I feel like complete garbage, and I will be feeling this way for another 4 - 7 days. I've only actually gotten to sleep twice (both times today, felt normal for an hour after each), so at least the sleep deprivation is finally kicking in, maybe it'll get easier.



Anyone else have any experiences with Polyphasic sleep?



Day 1 - Didn't fall asleep, got interrupted each time for at least 2 minutes. Overslept 4 hours at night [2AM - 6AM] (gigantic fail).

Day 2 - Was nearing sleep, got to rest during each nap but no sleep. Stayed up all night, the two naps at 4AM and 8AM I did not sleep. Feels bad man, played Mario Kart DS for almost 8 hours straight. Did 32 races an hour ago against Hard CPU and got 1st place on every map. FML.

Day 3 - First successful attempt at staying awake 22 hours. Fell asleep two naps in a row, but only for 10 minutes, felt fine after the sleep. Nap at 8PM coming up. Still sane, for the most part, naps definitely helped.
 
I don't understand what you are trying to say so I'll give you what you want: wtf are you talking about?

also how does extra eye movement help you accomplish what you want?
 
Quelfep said:
I don't understand what you are trying to say so I'll give you what you want: wtf are you talking about?

also how does extra eye movement help you accomplish what you want?
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He's basically getting the minimum amount of sleep needed to survive by taking small naps throughout the day. This nets him 6 extra hours.



My opinion: Unless you are going into the army/navy and need the extra hours to do something productive, then this is a complete waste of time and doesn't yield any positive benefits. 6 extra hours to do what? Watch more TV? Play a video game? Go out partying? Yeah ... Very productive. Even if you told me you used that time to make a video game or code a program, I am SURE you could have done that without having to be on this ridiculous, pointless sleeping schedule.



~Zuty
 
I could use the extra 6 hours during the night for a lot of programming projects that I've been putting off or working on too slowly, like my server, a database GUI, and a few other things.



I never got enough sleep to begin with, the main incentive here is that it is supposed to make you feel great an a lot healthier after a month.



Even without anything to do during the extra 6 hours, there are no cons once the cycle is established aside from time-keeping, only pros (extra time), so why not?
 
iaccidentallytwink said:
I could use the extra 6 hours during the night for a lot of programming projects that I've been putting off or working on too slowly, like my server, a database GUI, and a few other things.



I never got enough sleep to begin with, the main incentive here is that it is supposed to make you feel great an a lot healthier after a month.



Even without anything to do during the extra 6 hours, there are no cons once the cycle is established aside from time-keeping, only pros (extra time), so why not?
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I was a nocturne over the summer
 
Quelfep said:
I was a nocturne over the summer
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OMG! TWILIGHT! I love that movie! Whenever I look into Edwards eyes .... I just melt .... He's had 100 years to learn how to love and I want him!



~Zuty
 
Zuty said:
OMG! TWILIGHT! I love that movie! Whenever I look into Edwards eyes .... I just melt .... He's had 100 years to learn how to love and I want him!



~Zuty
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I was trying to use it in the sense of one that is nocturnal, like an owl. hahah hooters
 
I tried this last year. Its nice for a few weeks, but eventually you start feeling like a zombie (I did anyway).



Also, I hope you enjoy being bored. With all the extra time I first started studying, then studying and playing video games. Then studying and sitting there blankly, trying to find something to do at 3am on a tuesday night.
 
If you were feeling like a zombie after more than two weeks you were doing something wrong.
Subpar said:
I tried this last year. Its nice for a few weeks, but eventually you start feeling like a zombie (I did anyway).



Also, I hope you enjoy being bored. With all the extra time I first started studying, then studying and playing video games. Then studying and sitting there blankly, trying to find something to do at 3am on a tuesday night.
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this is pointless and definitely not healthy. but hey, have fun...i mean if you dont go crazy from the deprivation or just plain pass out via micronaps you will have gained nothing except the epeen.
 
Falkor said:
this is pointless and definitely not healthy. but hey, have fun...i mean if you dont go crazy from the deprivation or just plain pass out via micronaps you will have gained nothing except the epeen.
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It's perfectly healthy if done correctly, in which case you get enough sleep, so no, by definition and practice it is healthy, the entire point is to not be sleep deprived, which is why there's an actual method instead of HURR DURR STAY UP FOREVARR.
 
sleep deprivation and then 20min power naps every 4 hrs are not healthy. just b/c a website says it is does not make it true, remember atkins diet?

so no...it really isnt healthy. but hey, i stayed up 35 hours easily to write a paper for school, then give a speech. but then after that i got back on my normal sleep schedule.



i mean christ if you lack common sense or didnt take/pass psych 101 then at least refer to the wiki page to see it isnt natural/healthy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphasic_sleep
 
tweedledum said:
did that atkins shit for a week and I felt sick the whole time, god damn that sucked
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cuz it isnt healthy ; )

but most people nowadays apparently didnt pay attention in bio/psych/health and do a lot of things that people claim are healthy. especially in the diet world.....oh well, i guess darwinism is a good thing, heck we could use more of it!
 
iaccidentallytwink said:
If you were feeling like a zombie after more than two weeks you were doing something wrong.
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no, I most definitely did it right. The zombie-ness comes from a completely fucked up internal clock, too much empty free time, and too much studying/useless shit.



Go ahead and have fun with it, youll have more time to code or whatever the fuck. You may not feel tired, but you wont feel good. Maybe if you power through the week or 2 of completely fucked up internal functions youll be fine, but have fun syncing it with school/work/any sort of social life. Theres a reason even armed forces dont resort to this very often (and theyre the only ones that can really justify sleeping like this)



*edit* also not to be creepy but havnt you said in the past youre like 14 or some shit? have fun with school, i doubt theyll give you nap time
 
Falkor said:
sleep deprivation and then 20min power naps every 4 hrs are not healthy. just b/c a website says it is does not make it true, remember atkins diet?

so no...it really isnt healthy. but hey, i stayed up 35 hours easily to write a paper for school, then give a speech. but then after that i got back on my normal sleep schedule.



i mean christ if you lack common sense or didnt take/pass psych 101 then at least refer to the wiki page to see it isnt natural/healthy: Polyphasic sleep - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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I agree. The people that do research in this area are so fascinated by how far you can go that they've made whole other standards for what is healthy and what is not. These aren't the kind of things I recommend you do 'for the extra time'. It could only be useful for perhaps astronauts as is said on Wikipedia as it is hard to maintain a normal sleeping pattern in space. Or perhaps for people with extreme sleeping disorders with no other way out. My point is - a human being has never had benefit from something that is different than what their instinct tells them. The ability to think only made us less efficient.
 
It is not a good idea to screw up your bio-rythm (spelling?), especially as a normal person. It is also a very important social pattern to maintain. Besides when you are pushing it to the limits (minimal amount of sleep), as you intend to do, you might suddenly go over your limit and crash. Take note that different persons also have different sleeping needs.



Why would you want to skip sleep anyways? Lying nice and warm in a bed, completely relaxed, waking up in the morning ... easy going. I sometimes lie more than 10 + hours in my bed hehe.



Anyways: sleep > programming/GUI databases.
 
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