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Redisbest · 05-28-2007, 05:26 PM

My situation:
1. currently-restricted schedule
2. dream of being polyphasic for the 2007/2008 school year (I'm a uni student)
3. I am seriously concerned about the first few weeks of adaptation and how that would affect my grades if I started when school started (see quotes from the beginning of Steve's sleep log)

Concentrating is difficult, even just to type this update. I felt very zombie-like this morning, and it was all downhill from there.

At one time I spent about 90 minutes lying on the couch staring off into space as various family members drifted by. Some of them tried to engage me, but I can’t recall much of what happened.
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What about starting a few weeks before with this method (see bold below)? I would then switch to the proper-uberman sleep schedule when school started and hopefully have a mentally-easier adjustment than diving right in and perhaps adversely affecting my grades.

*Nap at lunch
*nap right after work
*Nap a whole bunch of times during the non-work hours but making sure to get up and move around between naps, thus ensuring that your brain still never has a chance to get to REM?

Is this realistic? I've never attempted it before and would appreciate any input.

05-28-2007, 05:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
Redisbest Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 19	Polyphasic Sleeping: New Method? My situation: 1. currently-restricted schedule 2. dream of being polyphasic for the 2007/2008 school year (I'm a uni student) 3. I am seriously concerned about the first few weeks of adaptation and how that would affect my grades if I started when school started (see quotes from the beginning of Steve's sleep log) Concentrating is difficult, even just to type this update. I felt very zombie-like this morning, and it was all downhill from there. At one time I spent about 90 minutes lying on the couch staring off into space as various family members drifted by. Some of them tried to engage me, but I can’t recall much of what happened. ---- What about starting a few weeks before with this method (see bold below)? I would then switch to the proper-uberman sleep schedule when school started and hopefully have a mentally-easier adjustment than diving right in and perhaps adversely affecting my grades. Nap at lunch nap right after work *Nap a whole bunch of times during the non-work hours but making sure to get up and move around between naps, thus ensuring that your brain still never has a chance to get to REM? Is this realistic? I've never attempted it before and would appreciate any input.