If I seperated my sleeping into 2x 4 hour chunks, would it be effective?

[Keego]

Say... work till 4am, sleep from 4-8, class from 9-12, sleep 12-4, then go to class again..
Think it'll work?!!!!11

 

[badluck]

nope

 

[fatbaby]

You'll probably be too tired for the morning class

 

[Electric Amish]

It'll take awhile to get used to. It'll be Hell.

amish

 

[fatalbert]

not according to sleep experts, I don't feel like looking for a link, but what matters is quality not quantity and it takes time to get into REM sleep which is what is important, so you won't be getting as much of the sleep that matters

 

[Keego]

my boss wants me to work nights, and I have a horrible college schedule, big gaps everywhere, which suck.

I need the money though

 

[BennyD]

sleep works in cycles, each cycle goes through light sleep to heavy sleep to dreamstate, the cycle takes between 3 - 4 hours.

when a cycle gets inturrupted that is when you feel tired, even if you've had 10+ hours of sleep.

looking at it this way, sleeping in block is pretty useless

 

[mjquilly]

i had a professor who did that - he slept for 4 hours twice a day. he was kinda weird (a CS prof)

 

[Anubis]

yes you can do it. itll tale a lil while to get used to but its possiable. a friend of mine sleeps liek that

 

[Feldenak]

I do that.

Work until 2am, sleep from 3am to about 8am, get up, study, class until 4pm, back at work 4:30pm

 

[amnesiac]

It's bad for you. You don't get full amounts of slow wave and REM sleep, which are crucial to brain recovery and repair. Your school performance may suffer.

 

[Rainsford]

No, your body needs a certain amount of time in one big chunk before you get good REM sleep (the best part of sleep by far).

 

[UglyCasanova]

Once your body adjust it falls into REM sleep faster if I can remember right. Several people in history including Ben Franklin if I remember correctly only slept in frequent 20 minute intervals. The hard part is adjusting, and I'm not sure how long that could take.

 

[MacBaine]

"I was supposed to pick up Newman at the zoo 12 hours ago!"

 

[Spoooon]

Originally posted by: dparker
Once your body adjust it falls into REM sleep faster if I can remember right. Several people in history including Ben Franklin if I remember correctly only slept in frequent 20 minute intervals. The hard part is adjusting, and I'm not sure how long that could take.

I remember reading that also. Also, remember reading that you should sleep in multiples of 3 hours. Like if you know you can only get at most 5 hours of sleep, you should cut it down to 3, that way you avoid breaking a cycle. Supposedly, 3 hours is better than 4 or 5, and 6 is better than 7 or 8 hours.

 

[amnesiac]

Originally posted by: dparker
Once your body adjust it falls into REM sleep faster if I can remember right. Several people in history including Ben Franklin if I remember correctly only slept in frequent 20 minute intervals. The hard part is adjusting, and I'm not sure how long that could take.

I actually remembered something that contradicts what I said before -- as long as you get your slow wave sleep you should be fine, so make sure you sleep for a minimum of 4 hour blocks. This whole 20 minute business is better than nothing but you get no slow-wave which is when all recovery takes place.

 

[CrazyDe1]

Originally posted by: BennyD
sleep works in cycles, each cycle goes through light sleep to heavy sleep to dreamstate, the cycle takes between 3 - 4 hours.

when a cycle gets inturrupted that is when you feel tired, even if you've had 10+ hours of sleep.

looking at it this way, sleeping in block is pretty useless

I start ddreaming immediately and sometimes can't be woken up by phones and people yelling my name within a few minute sof falling asleep...

 

[Zugzwang152]

if you can get a 6 hour chunk at once you should be fine. i did it all through high school...now, in college, i'm absolute crap without at least 12 hours

 

[Stratum9]

I remeber reading an article about submarine crews working on a schedule of 4 hour blocks like that. Then once a week they have what they call an Equalizer in which they get a full 8 hours rest to recuperate.

I've been doing something similar for about three years now. I sleep for only 5 hours six days a week, sometimes only 4, then once a week I have my Equalizer and sleep in. My circadian rhythm (scientific term for biological clock) has adjusted so well to this schedule that I can't fall asleep before or sleep any later than my 5 hour block of sleep time, and on my equalizer day I absolutely can't function at all if I try to cut it short.

 

[gooseman]

I think it will work fine.

 

[0roo0roo]

watch that seinfield where kramer tries it and fails i don't think you can really do it effectively, or atleast have it equal continuous sleep.

other animals can, like dogs, they can catch shuteye in spurts. then again they don't live all that long