You basically take 15-30 minute naps every 4-6 hours around the clock. Optionally, you can also sleep 2-3 hours once a day in addition to the naps. I've been doing this for a week and feel alert most of the time.. is it healthy to carry this out in the long run?
I seriously doubt it... Anyway, it says right in the wiki:
"However, researchers caution that levels of performance achieved using ultrashort sleep (short naps) to temporarily replace normal sleep, are always well below that achieved when fully rested."
When possible, I like to do it the other way around, and use a 30-40 hour cycle.
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Anonymous2008-04-08 22:38
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the other way around being 4 to 6 hour naps every 15-30 minutes?
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Anonymous2008-04-08 22:48
Do you not have a job or something?
As beneficial as it may be, I don't see how someone could carry out this method in today's society.
Maybe if we implemented siesta time like in Europe...
You probably get 2x 30 minute breaks during work. Just use them to take your naps.. as for lunch, bring your own and eat it at the desk (assuming you have a typical white collar desk job.)
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Anonymous2008-04-09 17:02
30 min nap? Does that include the time you take to fall asleep, then the time you take to get up (assuming you don't oversleep)? Sounds like it's not worth it.
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Anonymous2008-04-09 20:05
While the process of sleep and its benefits aren't fully understood, it's pretty clear by now that
1. It's pretty important, and
2. Whatever it does takes some time to set up.
While measures like these may stave of some of the more unpleasant side effects of sleep deprivation, like death, your mind and body will eventually become tired/fucked.
On the bright side, you will find every post in /b/ hilarious, if you can muster the focus to read entire sentences.
Having read several diaries of polyphasic sleepers, it appears that the brain compensates by allowing you to get to sleep almost instantly. Furthermore, studies have shown that "gamma" level sleep is entered almost straight away, allowing for just half an hour of sleep to be quite refreshing.