Polyphasic sleep: Fact or bullcrap?

Question

There are several articles and pages of information regarding polyphasic sleep schedules (the idea that you can maximize your awake hours by training your body to drop into REM sleep almost immediately, and end up taking 30-40 minute naps every few hours throughout the day..), and I think it's an interesting idea; I can easily make my daily schedule compatible with it, etc. But there are reports that it can be very detrimental, even dangerous to the body, and I just want to know: is this safe enough to try doing at the age of 15?

Here are some links for those who might wish to take a more in-depth look at this than I have:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphasic_sleep
http://officialuberman.blogspot.com/
puredoxyk.com

Answer 1

I usually deal with people and sleep apnea - older adults - teen age bodies are also still growing! Adult bodies are fixed and not much of a consideration ... what I am getting at is that at your age your body needs the one thru five levels of sleep just for the body's sake as well as the brain, to grow and repair!

When you get to be a "WOMAN FULLY GROWED" Then you can start fooling around with bypassing the lower levels of sleep!

See I am 61 and I was sleep starved for REM due to sleep apnea! But a couple of years ago I started getting the proper treatment after going to one of those sleep labs and I now feel absolutely wonderful !

But all levels of sleep are necessary especially for your age!

This kind of reminds me of a philosophy professor in college who ran a experiment on himself, where he made himself aware of his dreams. He told me he was soon unable to tell whether he was awake or asleep! And worse he could not stop the experiment quickly ! So some of these things we teach our brain it remembers and continues to do, eventhough we do not like the results!

Anyway nothing wrong at all in asking and learning! That's what God gave you a brain for in the first place!

Have a Happy Life, Good Sleeping!


APS

Answer 2

I don't think it is healthy or should be done by a 15 year old. Melatonin is at its highest peak during adolescence and this causes a high demand for sleep. The body is growing, hormones are settling in, and sleep is the time this all happens.
Sleep studies show that it takes time to get into REM sleep and then you need at least four hours of REM Sleep to keep your brain healthy and alert.

Find something else to do with your time!!

Answer 3

Don't do it. Sleep studies have shown that you need at least six hours of uninterrupted sleep. If you are fifteen, you certainly don't want to do anything that could be detrimental to your young body.

Answer 4

dude i dotn know but that sounds really cool and id like to do that if it works im gona keep and eye on ur question and i hope that u get and awnser