Comments on: Six Months on Everyman

By: Charly

Charly — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:55:42 +0000

Just realised yo uhad a section that dealt with my pattern sorry. Will continue searching for more info throughout the night (now available to me :)

By: Charly

Charly — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:37:51 +0000

Hi!
I have recently been staying up late at night and decided it was a good opportunity to start polyphasic sleeping..
I read about this in university but didnt have enough breaks to take my naps. Now it is possible so I’ve been on Everyman for 2 days now and would like to know whether anyone had managed to get rid of the clocks entirely (once used to the pattern) and if so, how?

In addition, I know that I usually need 9 good hours sleep to be rested (which accounts to 6 or 7 REM’s I think) so I decided to take 4 naps per day and the normal 3 hour core sleep (from 5 till 8 am) then 4 hours wake, nap, 4 hours, nap, 4hours, nap, 3.5hours, nap, 3.5hours and core sleep again.
I haven’t done much research on all of this before getting into it so maybe there is something wrong with 4 naps which I ignore..
Has anyone tried?
Please enlighten me.

Thanks,
Charly

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By: prassolov

prassolov — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:07:33 +0000

Hello.
I have been on the Uberman sleep schedule for two days now. I am 16 (almost 17). I’m starting not from monophasic, but from an attempt at Everyman that I botched because a fire alarm woke me during my core nap and my sleep schedule was messed up completely (giving me a fresh start that I decided to exploit).

I just wanted to ask: I don’t get the naps spaced equally, but within reasonable limits and consistently (more precisely, 00:00 – 00:20; 04:00 – 04:20; 07:20 – 07:40; 12: 00 – 12:20; 16:00 – 16:20; 19:40 – 20:00, for a schedule of 4h -> 3.3h -> 4.7h -> 4h -> 3.7h -> 4.3h). I do this because my preexisting schedule is very inflexible but very predictable.

As far as being 16–we don’t know what could be the long term effects, but I am willing to venture into these waters to find out.

By: puredoxyk

puredoxyk — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:59:23 +0000

There are no answers to how damaging it can be at your age, which is the reason I don’t recommend it — you only get one shot at growth and development. But there are people with extreme lifestyle needs that must be balanced against the risks. If you decide that you need the schedule — you certainly seem to get good use out of it — I would at least make sure you’re getting regular medical checkups and eating really well.

As for working out, how much do you need to do? You sound like the type that might overdo it just ‘cuz. ;) Restrictive sleep schedules and muscle-building or high-end athletic regimes don’t seem to sit well together, but you should be able to work out well a few times a week with no trouble, as far as I know. You might need to move your workout times to when you wake versus before you sleep, and you may need to spend more time physically resting (i.e. reclining or sitting) in order to make up for the “horizontal time” you’re not getting for muscle repair. If that still doesn’t work, you may need to eat more, especially more protein, in order to support your exercise. (To be honest, I didn’t work out at all when I was your age, and I was in great shape just from walking everywhere and running around. The problem really might be that you don’t need to be working out, so it’s overkill and it’s exhausting you.)

Luck!
PD

By: Richard Smith

Richard Smith — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:08:16 +0000

I’m 15 and unlike the other dude i can fall asleep faster than you can blink. i’ve adapted to the everyman during school and Uberman during breaks and summer :P I know french and Italian… and on the honor roll. Just like Leonardo da Vinci i’ve been criticized about my “disorder” but people cant argue with my intellect. but i cant workout much or it just smashes my schedule( any way to work around this?).
The level of alertness is insane for me people call me paranoid . My friends wanna become disordered like me… i tell them no. To stop authority intervention( to cure it ). one question how damaging can it be at my age? there are no answers to that. g2g sleep time

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By: puredoxyk

puredoxyk — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:36:12 +0000

Hi Ross,
I wish I could, but in my experience there’s never been a polyphasic schedule that could go all day at a 9-5 job without a nap. On 1.5 hours’ sleep at night, you need 4-5 naps, and on 3 hours’ nightly sleep you need about 3 naps. But there’s no way to space either 3 or 4 naps so that none of them happen during the workday, that either myself or anyone I’ve talked to has discovered. If it’s really not possible for you to catch a nap during the day (be creative and see if you can think of something; one of my friends walks across the street from work to sleep in the library on her lunch hour!) — then by my reckoning it seems like a polyphasic schedule just won’t work for you right now. If you decide to experiment and see if you can figure something out, make sure to do as much research as you can on the schedules that do work, and get as close to one of them as possible.

Luck!
PD

By: Ross

Ross — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:12:26 +0000

Can someone devise me an everyman timetable which utilizes a 2 hour core and 25 minute naps to fit in with a 9-5 job? Thanks

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:11:52 +0000

Just started the everyman today, thanks for the great blog and inspiration. I’m psyched for the extra hours. I do have a question.

I meditate between 1.5 and 2.5 hours a day(am hoping to increase that time on everyman), and find that when my monophasic sleep is under 8 hours a day, I’ll often fight sleep or just fall asleep during it (It’s done in a reclining chair but with my head up, so you can see it would be very easy for a sleepy person to doze off but the goal is concentrated lucidity).

Now I’ve read that once my body adjusts completely, I will feel very alert between naps. How long does it take before that alertness sets in fully so that I won’t have to worry about messing up my sleep pattern with drowsy meditations?

Also, can anyone confirm the alertness level after the schedule has set in and the time period involved? For instance if you lay down and closed your eyes to relax between nap times would you stay awake?

Thanks in advance!