What do you think of it? A me from another forum, I quote: It just occurred to me, that I am under 18. How mindblowingly stupid it was of me to not consider this, that I am a minor and still developing. The persons who adopt this schedule are likely 18 or over. I might have to wait...
That' s kinda what I' ve been doing this week, I don' t have any imperative. You might wanna read this before-hand though : http://lifehacker.com/306029/reboot-your-brain-with-a-caffeine-nap
What have you been doing exactly? And, I am not terribly interested in caffeine consumption. 'Tis not for me.
Taking lots of short naps rather than sleeping for hours. Seems to work fine for me, but I' d better get back to normal this week-end. I meant you might wanna read this part : Limit your nap to 15 minutes. A half hour can lead to sleep inertia, or the spinning down of the brain's prefrontal cortex, which handles functions like judgment. This gray matter can take 30 minutes to reboot.
Hmm this looks interesting, I too might try this during the summer, I know I can go on after only 3 hours of sleep within a 24 hour slot, so what's one less hour?
That's interesting. I've always wanted to try the Uberman Sleeping Pattern, but never got a chance to do it due to a busy schedule. I chose a biphasic sleeping pattern (Sleeping twice a day), which works out perfectly for me. My core sleep is about 4 hours and a half, and my nap is about 90 minutes, which totals to 6 hours of sleep per day which gives me quite the extra hours a day (Whereas if I sleep in a monophasic pattern, I almost always end up oversleeping for like 9 hours). My nap is at about 8pm until 9:30pm, and my Core sleep is from 3:30am until 8am. A lot of people say that's a strange sleeping pattern, but hey, it works. Not only do I get extra hours, but I also feel more active in comparison to when I sleep once a day. As for the pattern you're choosing, I'd be careful. Not everyone can regulate their sleeping patterns that way. The Uberman 4 hour schedule is doable if you're determined, but cramming it down to 2 hours is just asking for trouble. Some people are just born with the ability to sleep less. And yeah, I'd also wait until you're over 18 to try it out >_> But if you want, you could always try out the biphasic pattern. I doubt that would do much harm.
I've heard of this before! It's definitely interesting. Being younger (I was 15 or 16 when I first read about it) and going to something as inflexible as high school prevented me from ever trying, but I have known people that have. I will say that you should make sure you're eating well/avoiding sickness during it, because when first adjusting to the new pattern, a lot of people come down with colds etc., which makes it difficult to stick to. But good luck! Let us know how you do, if you do ultimately decide to try.
I'm too much of a lover of my sleep to implement such a scheme, but I have heard of people in real life that have had a minimum of 3 hours a day yet still fit in exercise, work and personal life and all that stuff. I'd have to see it being implemented in real life with someone I know, can talk to and understand better, then I might be considered to try it, otherwise it seems a bit impractical for the moment.
Might be a bit dangerous for people under eighteen (under the age whenever people stop growing), for the most part sounds interesting. I probably wouldn't be able to handle it myself, being a fifteen-year-old in high school and already deprived of sleep, but I wish you luck if you do try. :) For a person allergic to caffeine, *coughmecough*, this wouldn't end up well. Just sayin'.
Can you drink tea ? It contains L-Theanine. Able to cross the blood-brain barrier, theanine has psychoactive properties. Theanine has been shown to reduce mental and physical stress, and improves cognition and mood in a synergistic manner with caffeine. L-Theanine may help the body's immune response to infection by boosting the disease-fighting capacity of gamma delta T cells.
Only decaf tea, otherwise I can't. I'm guessing it's included in decaf tea as well? *Dumb question* If it is, I may try it. o:
To get more theanine through your diet, you can drink black, green or white tea. The decaffeination process does not appear to lower theanine levels significantly, so decaf teas are an option as well. (Theanine isn't in herbal teas, however.) Theanine is also available in supplement form, frequently as l-theanine or under the brand name suntheanine. So far, researchers don't know of any significant negative side effects or drug interactions associated with theanine. A short-term study on rats showed that repeated, extremely high doses cause few or no apparent harmful effects. (Watch your caffeine consumption, though!) Source : http://chronicfatigue.about.com/od/supplements/p/theanine.htm
I'm trying to remember the reason why if you sleep in more phases you need less, and I think it's somethign to do with REM sleep? I seem to remember that REM sleep is a lot more restful than regular sleep and when people are somewhat deprived of sleep they experience REM sleep much faster, and therefore need less of it becaseu REM sleep is more restful? I'm pretty sure that's how it works, but that's just from memory of what I've read on teh subject. With regards to consencing it down to 2 hours, then, I'm not sure that would be as sucessful. As brilliant as Tesla was ... he was also a little crazy ... I've been meaning to try a biphasic pattern but I'm currently on a pattern which is spiralling out of control and I need to get that under control first.
↓ Tesla's "craziness" is curious. It is a funny sight, a madman discussing other madmen: "The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane."
