Polyphasic Sleep Log – Day 5 My polyphasic sleeping experience of the last 24 hours wasn’t quite as good as that of Day 4. My naps weren’t as restorative, and I spent much of last night feeling drowsy. I added a couple extra naps to make it through the night. That seemed to help, as I did finally have some dreams and woke up from the 5am nap feeling refreshed once again. The morning and early afternoon went well today. The nighttime drowsiness problem could partially be caused by my own behavior. Some people reported experiencing more vivid dreams and more lucid dreams from polyphasic sleep. I’m still experiencing some light “fog of brain” around the clock. I’ve also been having some cold-like symptoms the past few days, especially sneezing and a running nose. My fine motor skills are a little off as well. Just to be safe, I’ve been avoiding driving a car during this adaptation period. I’ve been keeping physical exercise light during this experiment, doing only yoga and walking.
SPAMAYL Plan + Discussion (Page 1) - Adaptation - Polyphasic Sleep Forums - TryPolyphasic Just a crosspost from my newest blog entry. Discuss. Let me develop my new SPAMAYL plan below. SPAMAYL, obviously, is an acronym, for ‘Sleep polyphasically as much as you like’. How does it work? You nap in blocks of 20 minutes, just like with Uberman. After those 20 minutes, you decide if you’re still so tired that you need another nap. What are the main differences to other polyphasic schedule s? SPAMAYL is not equidistant, and, more importantly, unlike every other schedule it’s not bound to a 24-hour day. Doesn’t that interfere with my work/life schedule? That sounds as if it was not realistic. But with SPAMAYL, you don’t settle for fixed nap times. Your body gets used to pushing naps around, you could get a positive energy budget by taking 10 naps during the night and then none the day afterwards. What about the adaption? Any disadvantages?