Using the information provided in the OP by TruthHunter, I wanted to know what everyone thought about these ideas for alternate sleep patterns.
This is under the assumption that "Perhaps the successful pattern wouldn't be Uberman. Rather a pattern where the nap would be repeated as often as needed especially at night to get enough sleep but never more than 20 minutes. "... as stated by TruthHunter.
Maybe the time you take naps does not matter. Placebo, luke and maybe others have been experimenting with Lucidman(two 20min naps back to back, 3 times a day). If that becomes successful and the space between naps doesnt matter, I'm curious if something like 6 20 min naps at night all back to back to back, etc. could be successful.
I would think spreading out the time between the naps would have to help somewhat, so maybe 8 20 min naps all back to back at night would be the right number. That would still only be 2.66 hrs of sleep, which is nothing to scoff at for the most convenient polyphasic (not sure if you can even call it polyphasic) schedule ever.
There could be a ton of possibilities for different schedules. Maybe 5 20 minute naps back to back at night and then 2 or 3 different naps during the day. Who knows what might work!
BTW, I believe the possibilities above is what TruthHunter was getting at with his OP.
I've been very curious about something else relating to these back to back 20 min naps. I'm sure most of you know, but in case you don't, it is commonly known that in a normal monophasic sleeper, later sleep cycle consist mostly of REM sleep while early sleep cycles contain little REM sleep. So, the longer you sleep the more sleep cycles you go through and the more REM the later sleep cycles have.
A big part of polyphasic sleeping is that your body must adapt and get you to REM sleep because it is supposedly the stage of sleep that allows your mind to unwind so you don't go crazy.
I'm curious about whether or not the back to back to back etc. 20 min sleeps can trick your body into moving on to the next sleep cycle. Do you think it is possible you could sleep 20 mins, wake up fully for 5 mins, rinse and repeat 3 or 4 times and then go back to sleep in the 5th or 6th cycle of sleep? If so, you could attempt to get a normal 90 minutes of sleep in on your 5th or 6th cycle which would consist mainly of REM sleep. Hopefully, you would dream very vividly for a long time (possibly lucid) and wake up feeling refreshed.
I have no idea if this has any chance to work or not, but I can only try to find out by experimenting with it and seeing if it works. Does anyone know what the actual trigger to getting into the next sleep cycle actually is? Obviously sleeping a full 90 minutes of sleep followed by more sleep puts you into the next cycle, but is there a specific stage of sleep (or other trigger) that you must reach before you can wake up and then fall back asleep into the next cycle?
I know its a long post with a lot of different ideas, but tell me what you all think about some of these ideas.
Tonight I think I'll try to enter a later stage of sleep several 20 min naps at night along with anyone else who cares to try the experiment. I plan to get up for 5 minutes after every 20 minutes of sleep 5 times, then go to sleep for 90 minutes. During each 5 minutes of wake time, I will first try to remember any dreaming that may have occurred. I will wash my face, have a small drink and a tiny snack, walk around, do some reality checks, and surf the web for a minute if i have time. Before I go back to bed I will record whether I feel groggy, fine, tired, etc.
With a little luck hopefully I will be in the 6th cycle of sleep by the time I fall asleep for my 90 minute cycle. I will of course record any dreams and how I feel when I get up, and will determine if I need more sleep after that (I'm not currently polyphasic).
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