On Sun, 31 May 2009, leaking pen wrote: > on the uberman sleep schedule... im confused...
Different groups seem to worship different schedules. As for me, I found that I'd be happily working away, when suddenly I'd "hit a wall." I'd have to crawl off to collapse somewhere for a few minutes REM sleep. But then it would pass, and I'd leap up and go strong for several more hours. A fast-cycling biological clock, no theories, just empirical. And once this phenomenon grabbed me, it continued without further effort. However, to switch back to 8hr nightly sleep, *huge* effort was needed. (In a different situation we might say "insomnia is no joke.") I also found what NOT to do: if I kept working through the haze, I'd wake up again, and could continue for hours. But the missed naps had bad effects, both healthwise and for avoiding something resembling schitzophrenia. So I learned to take the onset of groggyness very seriously, and not skip any naps, even if I was supposed to be in a work meeting, etc. > After moving a couple years ago, i had a LOT of laundry to do. to get > through it all, i spent 3 days setting my alarm clock at roughly hour > intervals. get up with the alarm, change dryer and washer loads, fold > clothes, back to sleep for an hour. I got about 6 actual hours of > sleep a night, and fantastic sleep. Why spread it through the day? > why not just artificially "reset" your sleep schedule by waking up for > 10 to 15 ever 40 minutes or so? Once you get into that mode, you start sleeping and waking naturally with no alarm clocks. But sleeps might be 10-30 minutes long, with several waking hours between. And when sleep time arrives, there's no mistaking it, it's like drinking a large glass of vodka. (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website billb at amasci com http://amasci.com EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair Seattle, WA 206-762-3818 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci
