Biphasic sleep : Day 23
by Scott Bird
October 3, 2006
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As Mike’s been finding lately, trying to sleep in the daytime just isn’t the same. After 90 minutes of lying in bed thinking about sleep, I decided to get back up and wait until I was ready to collapse before trying again.
One thing occurred to me as I was climbing into bed last night (this morning, really) : over the past few weeks I’ve been following a pattern of lying on top of a bed for naps, and climbing in for the main sleep. This probably makes more of a psychological difference than I’d previously thought, as for the last couple of nights I’ve been climbing into bed on both occasions (cold nights, despite the daytime temperatures). I’ll revert to the on/in distinction beginning with this evening’s nap.
Following nap
Well at 3 hours that wasn’t as bad. This followed the usual pattern; 90 minutes of sleep terminated by an alarm, followed by 90 minutes of ‘natural’ sleep.
At least I woke up prior to midnight, giving myself a real chance of following up with the scheduled bout of 4.5 hours’ slumber. Ahhh.
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This biphasic thing is interesting. That’s what I’ve been doing for most days since the beginning of September, although not following the hours like you do. I usually grab between 3 and 4 hours at night and then often sleep for another 1.5 to 3 hours when Rufus takes his daytime nap sometime after noon. That’s more or less enough, but have skimped on the naps for the last week or so and am starting to pay the price. I think biphasic sleeping is ideal because it breaks up the day into smaller chunks which gives, at least me, more energy and a rejuvinated brain. Also, due to my back problems, I can’t sleep for more than about 7 hours straight unless I want to wake up hurting - I could easily sleep 9 hours or more in two sessions.
So, do you think you’ll continue biphasic sleeping after the month is up? If you have time, somekind of summary at the end of it would be nice. Your blog is moving at such high velocity nowadays that I am only catching the venerable top of the iceberg.
Posted by: Kris | October 3, 2006 1:44 AM
Kris, I’ll almost certainly continue the biphasic sleeping at the end of 30 days - partly for the reasons you’ve already mentioned. And there’ll certainly be a summary. Too many small things learned to ignore.
As for the high velocity posting, there’s a weekly summary in the works (which will hopefully help). Look forward to Friday :)
Posted by: Scott | October 3, 2006 1:57 AM