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      Polyphasic Sleep

      Hi.

      To cut a long story short, I suffer from a mild insomnia (not constant, but still there), and I am restricted by school, but would polyphasic sleep work if it was for periods of 4 hours sleep followed by 9 hours awake, followed by 4 hours sleep and then by 7 hours awake?

      I know it is irregular, but I have a rather irregular sleep pattern anyway for above mentioned reasons. I am just wondering if this system would be as beneficial as a regular polyphasic sleep schedule, or even beneficial at all?

      Thanks.

      Edit: Just been on google, and I figure that my "Mild insomnia" is most probably DSPS (delayed sleep phase syndrome), if that helps.

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      hmm...sorry, but i can't help ya there. O'nus might be able to answer your question or howetzer or seeker. One of them might know this stuff. I'll bump this back up to the top, but if no one else answers you, you should contact those 3 people and ask if you want.

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      Re: Polyphasic Sleep

      Originally posted by cynical_bob
      To cut a long story short, I suffer from a mild insomnia (not constant, but still there), and I am restricted by school, but would polyphasic sleep work if it was for periods of 4 hours sleep followed by 9 hours awake, followed by 4 hours sleep and then by 7 hours awake?

      I know it is irregular, but I have a rather irregular sleep pattern anyway for above mentioned reasons. I am just wondering if this system would be as beneficial as a regular polyphasic sleep schedule, or even beneficial at all?

      Thanks.

      Edit: Just been on google, and I figure that my \"Mild insomnia\" is most probably DSPS (delayed sleep phase syndrome), if that helps.
      DSPS occurrs when the biological clock within (suprechiasmatic nucleus) becomes desynchronized with your daily schedule and the light of day. The common catalysts for this disorder is usually stress or depression. Continuing on a polyphasic sleep pattern can cause disruption of melatonin and serotonin production which may further perpetuate the initial stress or depression.

      Deliberately sleeping on a polyphasic schedule may only bring stress upon you, if anything. I can tell you that, from personal experience, I have attempted what's called "free running sleep". This is the name of the method given to attempting to fall asleep anytime you wish without schedule or light dependancy. However, there is no benefit to this. It only causes schedule complications as you become randomly exhausted and propagate stress/depression. I know this from personal experience.. I think I have posted it before on DV but I can sum it up; it has no benefit. Sure it feels cool to know that you can fall asleep at anytime - as long as you have no life. I would go to work early in the morning rather eccentric but hours in completely exhausted. Once I simply slept normally, everything was perfectly fine.

      If you are having problems getting off of the polyphasic sleep, and personal therapy doesn't work, then a sleep clinic is what I would suggest. However, it shouldn't need to go so far. As long as you are easil awaken by an alarm clock (I was) it's easy to cure. Just simply plan when you will fall asleep (generally between 10pm-2am) and awake (around 8am-11am) - depending on your schedule. Another good thing to do is make sure you sleep near a window. This is to make sure your body synchronizes to the light schedule. If there is no window nearby your bed, then simply make sure you see a lot of light when you wake up. Or simply go for a walk outside when you wake up (take the dog for a walk every morning? jog? etc. I simply asked for more morning hours and I would walk to work).

      For an added biological explanation of this - your body receives light and produces adenosine phosphate. Adenosine phosphate is a precursor to serotonin production and serotonin is the precursor to melatonin production. This is why bright lights in the morning will easily wake up individuals - too much of one stimulus will wake you up.

      Important Note: Do not take any suppliments or drugs to try and regulate your sleep. Taking any drug with the purpose of regulating polyphasic sleep will only cause much grief and stress. They do not help and should be avoided. Simply eat healthy and make sure to get your B vitamins. Also, avoid alcohol and caffeine drinks.

      Feel free to PM me if you need any help with this process.

      I hope I have been enlightening.

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      DSPS

      cynical_bob

      In the tutorials it dicusses DSPS under Sleeping disorders

      It also provides you with a few help links.

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