I recently caught the flu, so I'm going to have to start biphasic in a few days when I'm healthier. |
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I'm starting a biphasic sleep schedule today. I'm planning on a 4.5 hour core and a 90-minute nap (although technically the nap is a full sleep cycle, but I'll just refer to it as a nap). Ideally, the core will be from 1:30-6:00 and the nap will be from 18:00-19:30. If I adjust well to this, I might shorten the core to 3 hours later on. Probably quite a bit later, because I want to see how my body responds to this sleep schedule over the course of the next four or five months. I've read that in long term biphasic sleepers, the sleep cycles tend to get shorter. |
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"When you see the shadows falling,
When you hear that cold wind calling,
Hold on tight to your dream."
-ELO
I recently caught the flu, so I'm going to have to start biphasic in a few days when I'm healthier. |
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"When you see the shadows falling,
When you hear that cold wind calling,
Hold on tight to your dream."
-ELO
I have been attempting to shorten my biphasic sleep schedule . I am greek and I have learned to sleep with a 5 hour core and 90 minute nap in the afternoon . I am working steadily towards 3 hour core and maintain the nap at 90 . SO far |
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I can think of a couple possible solutions. One would be to start right in with a three hour core + 90 minute nap (your goal schedule). This would mean taking about a week to adjust, but after that, if all goes well, you should be alert during the day again. The average full sleep cycle is between 90-110 minutes long, from what I hear, so there is a bit of flexibility in how long the core is, but whatever the length of sleep cycles your body's using right now, it must not be lining up with a five hour core so you're waking up out a a phase of sleep that makes you feel groggy while awake. |
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"When you see the shadows falling,
When you hear that cold wind calling,
Hold on tight to your dream."
-ELO
I have managed to shorten the core to 3 hours and 30 minutes (afternoon nap still at 90). I have been energetic for 3 day now . Realy positive . Though I find myself falling asleep at school , during the "boring lesson" . |
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I think I have reached my maximum Biphasic sleep potential . I sleep 3 hours at night and 90 minutes in the afternoon . I feel realy good (alert , active, happy etc) . I also dont use alarm clocks anymore . My sleeping just falls into place on its own |
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How has this affected your LD's? |
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I've actually been having unusually frequent LDs lately (starting maybe a couple weeks after starting biphasic). I just seem to be questioning things more during dreams, even though I haven't invested a ton of thought towards reality checks in waking life. Some of these happen during my nap, but the dreams during my core sleep still tend to be clearer. |
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"When you see the shadows falling,
When you hear that cold wind calling,
Hold on tight to your dream."
-ELO
Keep checking in, highly interested. If you have more with a biphasic sleep sched, then I would totally look into it. Makes sense though, in any polyphasic sched you are trying to focus on REM naps as opposed to long deep sleep so. |
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Hey, Great info on all of the polyphasic cycles you have tried!! I will be reading all of it soon! I really want to try the "Everyman" but i cant afford to deprive myself of sleep in the beginning or I will get sick. Being on a college campus sucks because it is so easy to get sick, I usually do come finals time when im not sleeping a lot. I will def try over the summer, and if it works I hope to go into next year an an everyman! |
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The best way to adapt quickly is to jump right to the 3 hour core sleep and the 90 minute nap. It will take a week to "adapt" but after that it's smooth sailing. |
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Okay, I think it's time (*cough*, past time) I posted an update. I unfortunately haven't been collecting data points (blood pressure, reaction time, etc.) like I originally planned, but otherwise I seem to be fairly well adjusted. I often wake up ten or fifteen minutes before my alarm goes off at 6:00. |
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"When you see the shadows falling,
When you hear that cold wind calling,
Hold on tight to your dream."
-ELO
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