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   at 22:29 on Mon 2nd October 2006
Hey.. Happy Monday to you. I thought of an idea I can share that isn't depressive or another "I've done this and this post"....

I've not done much research into micro-sleeping, I first heard about it in the context of that woman (I forget her name) who sailed solo around the world on a posh yaught thing... It was fascinating that she could go for weeks without sleeping for more than 20 minutes at a time.

Now in my state I wake up feeling shit most days and am exhausted by the end of the normal 16 hour day (assuming 8 hours sleep - I just lie in bed awake rather than get extra sleep) even if I do nothing.

So what I was considering randomly is trialing a double-day-in-a-day scheme... I couldn't wake up when it's dark so I wake up at 8am, I stay awake for half a normal day (16 ÷ 2 = 8 hours) which takes me up to 4pm. I then take a four hour sleep to rechard and wake up again at 8pm! I stay awake until I get tired or 4am latest, where I do another 4 hours sleep and start the cycle again.

I even made a little clock diagram for you to visualise this. If you wish to have a large high resolution version of this clock to print and stick onto your kitchen clock, don't resitate to email!!!



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by Clare at 07:31 on 03rd Oct 2006
Heh, cool! Sounds like a more sensible version of polyphasic sleep, where you aren't meant to sleep for more than half an hour at a go. I know a guy that tried it once, without success!

Enjoy your sleep experiments :)

by Noctu at 19:00 on 12th Oct 2006
ERROR, ERROR: SLEEP PATTERN NOT ARRANGED AROUND PUB TIMES.

SLEEP TIME SHOULD BE 2 'TIL 6, 3 'TIL 7 AT A STRETCH.