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Steve Pavlina and his website (stevepavlina.com) talk a fair bit of his 5 month stint as a polyphasic sleeper. His is the method I follow, the 15 min nap every 4th hours (4, 8 & 12, repeat). The first few days are rough, but it gets better from there, *if* you stick to the schedual. If you crash, and oversleep, you nearly have to re-start.
Other forms include having a 'core' sleep over one of the periods, usually something like 12am-4am, that's also the hardest period to stay awake, as there is very little to do, if you don't plan it right. You can also sleep in different patterns as well, such as 30 min every 6 hours, 10 min every 2 hours, etc, etc. Whichever works, is what works.
Missing a nap however, is basically like staying up for an entire night while monophasic. There's no point in sleeping 30 min late, or early, as you will either not be able to nap, or oversleep. If you push through to the next nap, and regain the schedual, you ger back to normal, and it's all good.
I can basically sleep nearly anywhere now, and it is always refreshing. I hardly ever need to use my alarms to wake up, and I'm never drowsy after sleeping. It also helps that I have a job that can accomidate my schedual. Sure, I have to get to work half an hour early and late, but I gain over 6 hours of off-time work. That more than makes up for it.
It's not for everyone. If you are to much of a socialite, you'll never pull it off, as you need to be fairly anal about the schedual. There is no give and take, unless you like feeling like a zombie. It also helps to have supportting/uncaring, friends, familiy, etc, as if you end up arguing with people who are trying to *save you from yourself*, they will likely succeed, either through sabatoge of your naps, or they will take up so much of your time with arguing and fighting, that you will have gained no time at all, and the emotional toll will be large. (One of my friends is going through this righr now, everyone is thinking he is pushing himself to hard, when in reality, it's almost too easy to stick to it)
I doubt I will voluntairliy switch back to monophasic sleep; I doubt I could sleep for 6 hours if I tried. Plus, the world looks a lot different at night as opposed to the day. If you ever want to see what would happen if your town turned into a ghost town, go for a run around 2-4.
Other forms include having a 'core' sleep over one of the periods, usually something like 12am-4am, that's also the hardest period to stay awake, as there is very little to do, if you don't plan it right. You can also sleep in different patterns as well, such as 30 min every 6 hours, 10 min every 2 hours, etc, etc. Whichever works, is what works.
Missing a nap however, is basically like staying up for an entire night while monophasic. There's no point in sleeping 30 min late, or early, as you will either not be able to nap, or oversleep. If you push through to the next nap, and regain the schedual, you ger back to normal, and it's all good.
I can basically sleep nearly anywhere now, and it is always refreshing. I hardly ever need to use my alarms to wake up, and I'm never drowsy after sleeping. It also helps that I have a job that can accomidate my schedual. Sure, I have to get to work half an hour early and late, but I gain over 6 hours of off-time work. That more than makes up for it.
It's not for everyone. If you are to much of a socialite, you'll never pull it off, as you need to be fairly anal about the schedual. There is no give and take, unless you like feeling like a zombie. It also helps to have supportting/uncaring, friends, familiy, etc, as if you end up arguing with people who are trying to *save you from yourself*, they will likely succeed, either through sabatoge of your naps, or they will take up so much of your time with arguing and fighting, that you will have gained no time at all, and the emotional toll will be large. (One of my friends is going through this righr now, everyone is thinking he is pushing himself to hard, when in reality, it's almost too easy to stick to it)
I doubt I will voluntairliy switch back to monophasic sleep; I doubt I could sleep for 6 hours if I tried. Plus, the world looks a lot different at night as opposed to the day. If you ever want to see what would happen if your town turned into a ghost town, go for a run around 2-4.
