Originally Posted by ThreeCat
Sageous, I also remember you saying you are currently on a siesta-style sleep schedule, which seems realistic to me. Would love to hear about that as well, and how that has affected your daily tiredness levels and your LD practice.
Damn. Good memory!
Yes, for one or two months each year I practice a schedule that varies but amounts to one 3-4 hr "nighttime" sleep period (usually starting at 3 or 4am) and one or two 2hr naps during the day, where, theoretically, LD's are to be had. So, since my day can have a total of 8hrs of sleep (though I think 5 total hours was the average), I'm not sure I can speak as a true polyphasic representative. In all honesty, I'm not sure why an LD'er would want to sleep for just two hours a day, as that seems to limit dream-time. Anyway...
Because I do these programs with LD'ing in mind, and do them after preparing and looking forward to them for months, I'm not sure that, given my high levels of focus and overall dreaming-centric activity, my particular tiredness levels would be representative of your average polyphasic sleeper, just as my resultant LD's (some of my best work happens during these months) might not reflect the LD's another polyphaser might enjoy simply as a result of shifting their sleep pattern.
That said, I generally feel reasonably well-rested at all times, though I must admit that I also always tend to feel a bit "closer" to sleep, meaning that my body seems more interested in relaxing and going to sleep than it normally does (I usually take an hour or more to go to sleep). Beyond that, I've been doing this for about a decade now, and have never experienced any sleep or health related problems. Of course, by the same token, I've never experienced any substantial enough benefits that would tempt me to extend this practice to the full year.
I hope that (albeit briefly) answered your question; if not, then let me know and I'll try again.
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