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akeil's avatar

Anybody on the Uberman sleep schedule?

Asked by akeil (52points) December 6th, 2008

This question was asked before, but it never got answered:

http://www.fluther.com/disc/4209/is-anybody-in-san-francisco-on-or-trying-a-polyphasic-sleep/

The only reports I’ve ever read seem to indicate that the authors think it’s bunk. My power-napping experience has made me think there might be something to it, though.

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AstroChuck's avatar

Uberbatman might be.

loser's avatar

I think Ubersuperman is too.

shockvalue's avatar

I read it about in Wired a while back and tried it out. It was when I was still living at home though, and my mom got really mad and said I wasn’t allowed to operate a vehicle as long as I was on “this insane science experiment.” I tried it for about 6 weeks before I decided I wanted to start driving myself around again.

you’re really cranky at first. but by the 5th week I started to get in sync with it, and it wasn’t half bad. Just mildly inconvenient from time to time, as you’re not supposed to have any variance between nap times.

shockvalue's avatar

oh, also you don’t dream. Which really sucks…

AlfredaPrufrock's avatar

Here’s a report from someone converting in to the cycle in 2002.

I think it would be hard to follow a sleep schedule like this with a conventional job. Scheduling sleep during the work day would be impossible.

Interesting report, though. Sounds like it kicks up your metabolism.

El_Cadejo's avatar

sorry im not on that sleep schedule, mine is farrrrrrr more screwed up than that :P

shockvalue's avatar

Who has time to sleep when there’s music to be downloaded?

El_Cadejo's avatar

@shockvalue EXACTLY
my bed time is usually around 4–6am

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