http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/polyphasicsleep Questions tagged with 'polyphasicsleep' at Ask MetaFilter. Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:29:37 -0800 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:29:37 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/126053/The%2Dphysical%2Ddownside%2Dto%2Dpolyphasic%2Dsleep I have been tossing around the concept of polyphasic sleeping for years now and the only thing that is stopping me from converting is this question. <strong>How would this affect my body? </strong> There seems to be no real mention on articles covering polyphasics of how this affects your body. Plenty say that you get enough sleep for your mind, although as I would like to form my own opinion on the mind part, my issue is that they are quick to say that the other "Five something" hours of non REM sleep are essentially wasted. My hypothesis is that you need these hours of downtime for your body itself to regenerate. If my hypothesis is correct is there any ways to ensure a rest like state for my body while in a waking cycle during full on uberman style polyphasics? <a href="http://dustincurtis.com/sleep.html">Related Link</a> As I'm not really interested in the affect this has on the mind, as there's plenty of reading material on such, I would hope to keep the answers mainly body centric, so that I get lots of good answers and strategies for my attempt.<br> <br> This one falls under science and nature category as well but I can only choose one. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2009:site.126053 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:29:37 -0800 body health polyphasic polyphasicsleep sleep Chamunks http://ask.metafilter.com/94472/Will%2Dpolyphasic%2Dsleep%2Dcure%2Dmy%2Dacne Any polyphasic sleepers reading this have nice skin? I've tried Accutane; made me really depressed so I got off that. Don't really like getting blood tested as well and it was only slightly effective anyways. Also tried a bunch of other lotions, Spectro Acne Care / Clean and Clear / Biore / et cetera... all of them did very little.<br> <br> I've completely cut off dairy products and red meat. Trying Proactiv now but it doesn't seem to be working (I think my acne actually got worse!). The only thing I can think of is the amount of sleep (average 4~5 hours per day) that's affecting my acne. I'm unable to get the 6.5~7.5 hours of sleep I want; too much to do, too much to learn (even with all the GTD actions I perform daily). So is polyphasic sleep a good solution? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.94472 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:40:48 -0800 Accutane dairyproducts polyphasic polyphasicsleep Proactiv redmeat querty