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> If true, I think that's the most important point of the article. If you can't trust your own brain, you can't any claims made by people trying that sort of sc

> If true, I think that's the most important point of the article. If you can't trust your own brain, you can't any claims made by people trying that sort of schedule. It is true. Exhaustion [past a certain point] is essentially equivalent to being drunk. http://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/sleep-deprivation-is-as-bad-for-your-performance-as-alcohol.html http://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/sleep-deprivation-is-as-... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1739867/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1739867/ > Moderate sleep deprivation produces impairments in cognitive and motor performance equivalent to legally prescribed levels of alcohol intoxication Much like with a drunk person, you can't trust what they are telling you.

bcassedy 11y ago
As someone that has experimented with polyphasic sleep, I'd like to see some studies designed in such a way that they mirror what people actually do when they switch to one of these schedules. That is to say allow for an adjustment period. I know for me, getting to the point where I could fall asleep for the naps was the hardest part. I ended up basically skipping a night of sleep and then entering into the nap protocol. That first couple of weeks was brutal but I stayed on a polyphasic sleep schedule for about 6 months. I can't definitively say that my cognitive function wasn't reduced over that 6 month period, but it certainly wasn't like being drunk. At the time I was a professional poker player and I was not measurably less profitable per 100 hands and played a much higher volume than normal during that stretch. Ultimately I stopped the cycle due to loneliness. I already had a very solitary job, but adding another 6 - 8 hours of alone time to each day weighs on you for sure. I think with a normal, albeit flexible, job this would have been more sustainable for me.
- fweespeech 11y ago
  > As someone that has experimented with polyphasic sleep, I'd like to see some studies designed in such a way that they mirror what people actually do when they switch to one of these schedules. That is to say allow for an adjustment period. Fwiw, I agree with you in so far as your logic goes. However, as it can would be fatal based on the main stream understanding of how sleep deprivation works, I can't say I'd support such a study since it would likely kill at least one person and/or otherwise fuck up their health seriously.

bcassedy 11y ago

As someone that has experimented with polyphasic sleep, I'd like to see some studies designed in such a way that they mirror what people actually do when they switch to one of these schedules. That is to say allow for an adjustment period. I know for me, getting to the point where I could fall asleep for the naps was the hardest part. I ended up basically skipping a night of sleep and then entering into the nap protocol. That first couple of weeks was brutal but I stayed on a polyphasic sleep schedule for about 6 months. I can't definitively say that my cognitive function wasn't reduced over that 6 month period, but it certainly wasn't like being drunk. At the time I was a professional poker player and I was not measurably less profitable per 100 hands and played a much higher volume than normal during that stretch. Ultimately I stopped the cycle due to loneliness. I already had a very solitary job, but adding another 6 - 8 hours of alone time to each day weighs on you for sure. I think with a normal, albeit flexible, job this would have been more sustainable for me.

fweespeech 11y ago
> As someone that has experimented with polyphasic sleep, I'd like to see some studies designed in such a way that they mirror what people actually do when they switch to one of these schedules. That is to say allow for an adjustment period. Fwiw, I agree with you in so far as your logic goes. However, as it can would be fatal based on the main stream understanding of how sleep deprivation works, I can't say I'd support such a study since it would likely kill at least one person and/or otherwise fuck up their health seriously.