This is the third post from our February Featured Blogger, polyphasic students Diego, Liam, Taus, and Amanda of Get Polyphased. In order to keep their project on track, the kids decide to move from the Everyman Sleep Schedule to the Überman, a (rather grueling) schedule that cuts sleep down to 2 hours for every 24. [...]
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naps,
Sleep Deprivation,
Sleep Stealers
This is the second post from our February Featured Blogger, polyphasic students Diego, Liam, Taus, and Amanda of Get Polyphased. In this post we get an update on their adaptation process – the make or break period that many in the polyphasic community say is key to this new sleeping style. Each one has handled [...]
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naps,
polyphasic sleep
For February’s Featured Blogger we’re thrilled to present not just one but four bloggers. Diego, Liam, Taus, and Amanda are high school students who decided to try out polyphasic sleep for two weeks to see if they could reap the benefits of all that extra time without sacrificing on “good” sleep. In addition to their [...]
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Featured Blogger,
lifestyle,
polyphasic sleep,
Sleep Deprivation
This is the fourth and final post from Doug S. of Build Better Sleep, our January Featured Blogger (so sad!). In this last post, Doug examines how we beat ourselves up over a bad night of sleep, what that’s not cool, and what you can do the next time you’re having a less than stellar [...]
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Falling Back Asleep,
Featured Blogger,
insomnia,
Stress
This is the third post from Doug S. of Build Better Sleep, our January Featured Blogger. In this post, Doug dives into the mysteries of melatonin, explaining what it is, how much one should take, and the different sleep issues it could help with. Melatonin is one of the more popular and available over-the-counter (OTC) [...]
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circadian rhythm,
Featured Blogger,
Melatonin,
Sleep Science
This is the second post from Doug S. of Build Better Sleep, our January Featured Blogger. In this post, Doug goes into the different methods that he’s found to be effective in helping him manage his chronic insomnia over the years. There’s some confusion over the actual definitions of sleeplessness versus insomnia, so I’m going [...]
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Bedtime Routine,
Falling Back Asleep,
insomnia,
Sleep Promoters
This is the final Featured Blogger post from the Hypnagogia blog. In this entry, they discuss how an experiment in monitoring body temperature gave them new insight into both REM and sleep apnea. Given that we inhabit a planet with a 24 hour day, it is no surprise that our bodies have become roughly linked [...]
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circadian rhythm,
Featured Blogger,
REM Sleep,
sleep apnea,
temperature
This is the 3rd Featured Blogger post from the Hypnagogia blog. In this entry, they discuss how to overlay your CPAP data with your Zeo Data in order to get a better picture of how well you sleep – and what changes you might want to make. I’ve posted on a couple of CPAP boards [...]
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Featured Blogger,
Periodic Breathing,
sleep apnea,
Sleep Data
This post from the Hypnagogia blog is part of our Featured Blogger initiative. In this entry, they discuss how alcohol consumption lead to an increase of their sleep apnea index (AHI) and a decrease in sleep quality. A nightcap helps you sleep, right? Well, yes…but not they way you think it does. During my initial [...]
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Alcohol,
sleep apnea,
Sleep Hygiene,
snoring