Uberman sleep schedule

[laurentius]

"Uberman's sleep schedule is a form of polyphasic sleeping, in which sleepers take 20 minute naps every 4 hours throughout the day. It is considered the most extreme form of polyphasic sleeping. Those who adhere to this schedule report that it is difficult to adjust to, but many of those who do adjust suggest that it is effective. Although there are many online accounts of people having successfully converted to it, there is very little scientific research on any form of polyphasic sleeping."

http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=892542

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphasic_sleep

http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/4/15/103358/720

http://polyphasic.blogspot.com/

I'm going to try to get into this starting next sunday. I might write an online diary about it if I feel like.

Anyone else tried this?

[Verto]

Sounds stupid.

[laurentius]

But if it works it will extend my day to up to 22 hours.

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Verto
Sounds stupid.

[Kidlicious]

Wont you die faster?

[laurentius]

Originally posted by Kidicious
Wont you die faster?

I dont know, according to the information found on the internet during USS you will get 2 hours of REM sleep in a day compared to the normal 1.5 hours. So according to that it will actually make you healthier.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by laurentius
But if it works it will extend my day to up to 22 hours.

See if you can't find a copy of H. G. Well's When the Sleeper Wakes. The main characters tries something like this, falls into a deep coma and doesn't wake up for 200 years.

[Gibsie]

I believe that book is a work of fiction, mind

I've heard about this, would love to try it but I do like my sleep, so probably won't ever both

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by laurentius


I dont know, according to the information found on the internet during USS you will get 2 hours of REM sleep in a day compared to the normal 1.5 hours. So according to that it will actually make you healthier.

You better do the math on that. I can't get that to add up.

[DanS]

Good luck. Let us know how it turns out.

[laurentius]

Originally posted by Zkribbler


See if you can't find a copy of H. G. Well's When the Sleeper Wakes. The main characters tries something like this, falls into a deep coma and doesn't wake up for 200 years.

OOOooh how cool would that be!

[laurentius]

some more from Wiki

Ordinary "monophasic" sleep consists of several stages, some of which may not be necessary in the amounts or proportions that naturally occur. It is believed by advocates of polyphasic sleep that after undergoing controlled sleep deprivation during an initial adjustment period, the brain will start to enter the essential sleep stages much more quickly, as a survival strategy. Once this adaptation is learned, the theory goes, a comfortable and sustainable equilibrium of sleeping in only naps can be established.

Boat racers have used a similar technique to avoid dangers of sleeping for extended periods alone at sea. Astronauts have also occasionally tried similar strategies during extended crises. There is a substantial interest in polyphasic sleep at NASA and among the US military, especially the Marine Corps.

and from e^2

How it Works and Why It Might Work For You.

Okay, over the course of a normal 8-hour sleep, your body gets an accumulated 1.5 hours or so of REM sleep (deep, dreaming sleep). REM sleep is absolutely vital to your mind and body's condition and you will die without it; the other stages of sleep do little more than provide time for the body to rest and grow and heal. On that note, I would not suggest this schedule under any circumstances to someone under 18 or anyone sick with anything--you all need as much sleep as you can get. That said: On this schedule, what you're doing for the first few days that makes you so wasted is depriving your body and brain of REM sleep completely. You don't stay asleep long enough to get there. The brain really, REALLY doesn't like this, but it doesn't take too long before it figures out that you're sleeping regularly, just not for long. So after about 3-5 days (which is as much sleep dep as a normal person can handle), the brain begins its workaround. It starts jumping right into REM sleep as soon as you close your eyes for one of those naps--and you'll know the first time this happens, too; you'll wake up feeling really, really rested. Now, after a few more days your brain gets the hang of the schedule....and now, where most people are getting one-and-a-half hours of REM sleep in 8 hours of sleep, you're getting two full hours of REM. And by week two, you'll notice it, too: here are some of the benefits I noticed, while I was doing it

#If you have sleep disorders like nightmares, night terrors, mid-sleep choking fits, thrashing, muscle soreness or sleepwalking, this will probably flat-out cure you. I had many of the above, and they all disappeared on me virtually overnight. 20 minutes just isn't enough time to build up for those things.

# If you're tight for time, like I was, it's a godsend. Everbody wondered how I had so much time to screw around in college--they didn't know that I did all my studying at Denny's between my 4a.m. and 8a.m. naps.

# Yes, you'll still dream, and actually my personal occurence of vivid or lucid dreams went way up when I was on this schedule. But most of the time, especially in the beginning, you won't remember; just sleeping and waking up.

# As far as being tired all the time, NO. No NO no no. I was much less tired after two or three weeks of this than I have ever been, before or since. For one thing, you're going to bed every four hours, so every time you turn around it's time to go to sleep. And after about three weeks to a month, you won't need an alarm clock anymore either--I used to fall asleep at Noon right in the middle of the quad at school, and my eyes would pop right open exactly 20 minutes later.