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    1. 09-20-2007 07:45 PM #1
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      REM effects of an altered sleep schedule?

      I've recently started a sleep cycle where I sleep about two hours every four waking hours. This gives me the 8 hours that I feel I need. The reason I am doing this is I really I need to find a better constant balance between my waking time and sleeping time... so that I remember my reality checks better as well as remembering to attempt WILD when my alarm wakes me. I am still adjusting to this and have not been remembering many dreams.. and also feeling very groggy a lot.

      My Question: Because I am not sleeping longer than two hours at a time, what kind of brain wave states will my sleep be in. Am I still having the light REM as well as the deep rest states that occur during a normal sleeping night? Am I likely to have more of either of these states during my new schedule? And most importantly: do you think I will dream more or less?
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    2. 09-28-2007 03:17 AM #2
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      well TalkingHead, it's hard to make a diagnosis for sure. Your mind will adapt to your schedule, and reserve your sleeping time for what is considered more important. But the question is: what does the mind consider more important? Some argue it's REM, but there's no scientifical backing to this. Uberman bloggers do, however, report having vivid dreams in their naps, which means lucid dreaming is still possible.

      It would require a minimun of 2 weeks in a schedule, and then a sleep exam (which can be done in any university or clinic) to be sure. What's valid for you might not be valid for me.

      Dreaming less was my first worry the time I started a different sleep schedule. I managed to get used to Everyman schedule, but lately I didn't have time for the naps, which made me abandon it.

      I'm thinking of starting Everyman again. That would leave me little time during the day, but having more straight hours of wakefulness at night would ease my studies a lot.
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