Comments on: An attack on polyphasic sleep

By: puredoxyk

puredoxyk — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:42:54 +0000

Hi Manuel,

It’s normal for some people to lose weight and some people to gain it — it has a lot more to do with what you’re doing with your awake-time (are you eating more? or running around more?) than how much you sleep, in my experience. I’ve had situations where I’ve both gained and lost weight by converting to polyphasic sleep. If you want to not gain weight, my best advice is to make sure you schedule your awake-time to be as full of (non-eating) activities as possible — or alternatively, use some of that time to make sure you have healthy snacks on hand, and ban yourself from junk-food during the hours you’d normally be asleep. Best of luck!

By: Manuel

Manuel — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:21:12 +0000

Ehm, if you sleep not so much, usually you put on weigth more easily. Right now is what is happening to me. Am I doing bad, cause you said you should lose weight, or is just normal?

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:56:45 +0000

I am so glad that someone pointed all that out, from the time I spotted this paper it was so irritating. You should send him an email with the lick to this URL. I would love that.
I'm a university student currently adapting to the Everyman schedule, taking a 3 hour core and three 20min naps throughout the day. I don't have a lot to say about my successes at this time though.

By: puredoxyk

puredoxyk — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:36:25 +0000

Hehe, I’m with you; except in situations where I know the people and they’re literally right by me (i.e. I can sleep in the same room as friends who are playing video games or something), I never sleep soundly enough if I feel like I’m not alone, or might be interrupted. My brain is very good at ignoring almost all noises — I sleep like the dead, most times — but anything that sounds like people are coming, doors opening, or a phone ringing will have me on my feet and totally awake before I know what happened. Very annoying.

How long have you been going now? It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Congrats in advance!

By: puredoxyk

puredoxyk — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:33:07 +0000

I TOTALLY feel your pain, Future — I tried contacting sleep scientists and volunteering to have my adaptation(s) studied too, and no takers here either. And it does drive me NUTS when people say it can’t be done based on having DONE IT WRONG and having it not work! I mean, if I try to fly a plane the wrong way and it doesn’t get off the ground, do I then get to say flying is impossible?? Other people have done it! Other people have even done it IN REAL SCIENTIFIC STUDIES — not enough to have “proof” of the details, but Stampi proved that it can work and that it doesn’t cause brain damage or anything. Between him and myself and Bucky Fuller and Steve Pavlina, I think anybody who wants to say it just doesn’t or can’t work is fulla you-know what. ;)

By: future dymaxion

future dymaxion — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:33:48 +0000

I’ve been really researching polyphasic through online blogs and other first hand accounts for almost a month now. I have not yet tried it but plan to when I move in a few months (as right now my living situation allows me no opportunity to busy myself, a necessity for the transition from what I read). I will definitely keep everyone updated once I start.
In all my research I’ve been a bit miffed by the naysayers. None of the naysayers have ‘tried’ it longer than a month, which is barely within adaptation, and most didn’t stick to schedules during their trials- and admitted so- so in response I feel “what do they know?!”. Until it is studied, blind and with a control base, we will NEVER know, so they should stop with the adamant naysaying! I am more than willing to hook myself up to an eeg machine if any sleep scientist would cooperate, both now in my current monophasic lifestyle and during my transition and afterward after I adapt. I have pitched this to a few local universities and sleep centers- I have had NO takes on this offer.
My biggest peeve by naysayers is a small article mentioning that one cannot process deep thought or learn well on polyphasic. This is what I aim to prove wrong. My reason for transitioning is to have MORE time for learning, and I will show that both logical standard activities such as mathematics as well as theory and profound sciences such as high level physics, can and will be understood and processed AND remembered on a polyphasic schedule. I even plan to study a few other languages and further develope within the ones I know, a feat one article said was impossible. From my experience with sleep dep alone I highly doubt my creativity will be LESS than now, as some have alleged. Polyphasic IS my chance to have time to learn things I *want* to learn, not just things I am required to for school or work. I will definitely post on here once I do transition, and especially if any sleep scientists contact me back for the chance to study a mono-to-poly transition and all the in-between.

By: Aximilation

Aximilation — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:10:07 +0000

I’m not too fond of places people are around, I find that I [subconsciously] am aware people are around and never are quite as asleep as I would like, but then again I’m the sort of person who doesn’t like to sit with his back to the door in a restaurant, not paranoid, just conscious of my surroundings. I do like the car, I’m 5′4″ and short able to lay down in the back seat of my car (01 civic) with my knees bent and a small pillow, it works out fairly well. Other than that, I like nooks and crannies. At one place I used to work I found an out of sight place under the stairs that went down to the basement and had a little bed (2 old blankets) set up and regularly used it during lunch and after work. While effective, I probably wouldn’t reccomend making a “homeless man’s” bed somewhere you don’t have permission…

By: puredoxyk

puredoxyk — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:50:30 +0000

Hi, Aaron — I had a lot of luck with libraries myself; especially if the people working there understand that you won’t be there long, that you’ll be quiet and not mess things up, they’re often okay with it too. Other than that, I like parks (it’s surprisingly easy to nap under a tree on a warm day) or my car. If you find any other good places, you should let us know! Good luck!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:19:46 +0000

I am on day eight of trying to convert to the uberman schedule and I had been having a few slip ups when I read this guys article. It almost disheartened me enough to quit altogether on the spot. Thankfully I decided to look around for more information and found this page with people who have succeeded in my intended goal. I have decided to forge ahead and see for myself what the later effects of this sleep schedule are. So far I have had the luxury of taking all my naps at home, but soon I am going to have to start taking naps in between my classes at my college. Are there any tips someone might have about napping in public? My only idea right no is to go into my schools massive library and try to find a quiet spot. Any help would be appreciated.

By: jerry

jerry — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:38:15 +0000

Reading the good doctor’s polemic made me angry enough to write him a scathing e-mail. I posited to him an ethical question: if someone can be intellectually dishonest while writing about polyphasic sleep, is he also being dishonest about the merits of his product? There’s a credibility issue at stake.

Oddly enough, even though at least one of his assertions has been hilariously been blown out of the water (i.e. no polyphasic sleepers are women), he continues to post his article online, exposing himself to ridicule.

I guess it “takes all kinds”…