Polyphasin' It (Day the First, Week the First, Month the First, &c.)

[frisbeeseppuku]

Since reading this node yesterday, I've been thinking about seriously trying a polyphasic sleep pattern. This schedule looks pretty doable, so I'm hoping to give it a go. There are a few problems

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[shikou_mori]

I think, to be honest, my sleep schedule is usually polyphastic. It just happens naturally that I fall asleep at, say, 3pm and wake up at 6pm and then have a 2nd day on my hands. To the extreme, there have been times where I've grabbed exactly that perscription: 20 minute naps occassionally throughoutu the day.
However, i think it's only sustainable for about (in my experience) a maximum of 2 weeks, after which you start to feel very depressed, oversleep continuously and begin to have motivation issues.

The problem is that the residual effect last longer than the sleep cycle, I find.

those are my thoughts though.

[frisbeeseppuku]

Theoretically, if you stick to a schedule, and particularly if you avoid oversleeping, it can work.

[shikou_mori]

yeah, fair enough! i don't know if i'd recommend it for anything but extreme cases of workload though. =(