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Zulu · 11-11-2006, 02:21 AM

Has anyone done this (and used a sleep log to document it)?

I've gone about two months sleeping 7.75h a night, but many of those nights I used modafinil.

Now that I've stopped using it, I sleep about 8.75h on average. Admittedly, maybe 1h of that is laziness.

I see sleep as a lot like food. We probably get 20% too much for optimal health/time management... but your body will always fight to keep you in homeostasis. Everytime I think I've managed to sleep less than 8h a night, I always end up catching up that sleep.

So what are your experiences?

11-11-2006, 02:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
Zulu Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada Posts: 62	Anyone successfully reduced sleep hours per night? Has anyone done this (and used a sleep log to document it)? I've gone about two months sleeping 7.75h a night, but many of those nights I used modafinil. Now that I've stopped using it, I sleep about 8.75h on average. Admittedly, maybe 1h of that is laziness. I see sleep as a lot like food. We probably get 20% too much for optimal health/time management... but your body will always fight to keep you in homeostasis. Everytime I think I've managed to sleep less than 8h a night, I always end up catching up that sleep. So what are your experiences?