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You should have a look at this Reddit comment (and the rest of the threads under the parent post): http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/co5t9/i_attempted_polyp

by shazow 15y ago

You should have a look at this Reddit comment (and the rest of the threads under the parent post): http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/co5t9/i_attempted_polyphasic_sleep_for_a_documentary_ama/ http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/co5t9/i_attempted_poly... "I tried the biphasic thing for about 2 months, then attempted the "uberman" thing for about 4 months. This was probably the biggest mistake of my life. [...] I'm actually now seeing several doctors (neurologists, endocrinologists) because I feel so "off" all the time. [...] This amount of masochistic, long-term sleep deprivation can fuck with your hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis." There's several corroborating accounts in other comments under that post. As I said in another comment here, everyone is different. Just be careful and make sure to pay attention to your body and mind's needs, and be aware of the risks.

driverdan 15y ago
Correlation is not causation. While his sleep patterns could have caused the problem it may have just happened at the same time.
- kirubakaran 15y ago
  "Correlation doesn't imply causation, but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing 'look over there'." http://xkcd.com/552/ http://xkcd.com/552/
  - Jach 15y ago
    Oh come on, give him a break. He didn't say "Correlation doesn't imply causation", which of course is silly, but he said "Correlation is not causation", which is spot on. Anyway, I've never been able to successfully do the uberman for more than a few weeks, though I did do the everyman successfully for a few months. As with everything involving messing with the brain, which includes things as simple as caffeine, the results could be disastrous in certain people. As far as I know I'm not such a person. I worry about what things like drunk-inducing-amounts of Alcohol or LSD would do to my brain, which is one of the reasons I don't use such things, but I'd probably be fine afterwards.
    - kirubakaran 15y ago
      I am not saying that his/her statement is incorrect. I am saying that it takes one mighty coincidence for that person to get those issues due to unrelated causes exactly at the same time that person meddled with sleep. Possible? Yes. Probable? I don't think so.
- originalgeek 15y ago
  Correlation is (or should often be) a call for scientific inquiry.

by shazow 15y ago

driverdan 15y ago

Correlation is not causation. While his sleep patterns could have caused the problem it may have just happened at the same time.

kirubakaran 15y ago
"Correlation doesn't imply causation, but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing 'look over there'." http://xkcd.com/552/ http://xkcd.com/552/
- Jach 15y ago
  Oh come on, give him a break. He didn't say "Correlation doesn't imply causation", which of course is silly, but he said "Correlation is not causation", which is spot on. Anyway, I've never been able to successfully do the uberman for more than a few weeks, though I did do the everyman successfully for a few months. As with everything involving messing with the brain, which includes things as simple as caffeine, the results could be disastrous in certain people. As far as I know I'm not such a person. I worry about what things like drunk-inducing-amounts of Alcohol or LSD would do to my brain, which is one of the reasons I don't use such things, but I'd probably be fine afterwards.
  - kirubakaran 15y ago
    I am not saying that his/her statement is incorrect. I am saying that it takes one mighty coincidence for that person to get those issues due to unrelated causes exactly at the same time that person meddled with sleep. Possible? Yes. Probable? I don't think so.
originalgeek 15y ago
Correlation is (or should often be) a call for scientific inquiry.