i wanted to reduce my sleep to 2 hours a day
so is there any way i caneduce my sleep
please help
2007-07-25 18:40:38 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
There's this theory (polyphasic sleep!) where you take tiny 30 minute (or maybe it's 15 minute?) naps spaced throughout the day, equaling about two hours... supposedly, after a while, you're body can handle it. One of my classmates at college tried it for a project; he said he felt great, and he was really excited about it, but I believe after the end of the experiment, he went back to (well, kinda) normal sleeping patterns.
But - I went through high school on pretty seriously reduced sleep (a looooot of NoDoz) and by the end I grew awfully sick. The sickness has stuck around; who knows, maybe it's totally unrelated, but - it could be the stress broke me down. I think they've proven sleep-deprivation makes you more prone to heart attacks - and it definitely raises your cortisol, messes with concentration, lots of bad stuff.
I know what you mean though - what if we could just eliminate sleep? Or cut it down so we didn't waste time, but still got to enjoy it? I wish....
Oh! One more thing - there was some narcolepsy drug, I believe, that allowed normal people to get by on next to nothing. Sorry I don't have any details! I know it's definitely not available, though - we don't really understand sleep very well, so it seems wise not to mess with it yet. Don't want to start getting brain tumors or something....
But someday! LOL, good luck :)
2007-07-25 20:44:35 · answer #1 · answered by Cedar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do you imagine you can get along on 2 hours sleep. Whether you need a full 8 hours or can get along with 6 or 7 would depend on your body. If you manage to drug yourself into keeping awake for 22 hours at a stretch (or take half hour cat naps 4 times a day) gradually you will be carrying your own waste products and will become less and less effective and more damaging and mistake prone. Silly
2007-07-25 19:01:07 · answer #2 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's easy to get that amount of sleep.. just wake yourself up, use an alarm, whatever.
But, your body needs a full 8 hours a night to function properly, so it's not a good idea.
Eventually, your body will just shut down.
2007-07-25 18:49:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋