Well, the Steve Pavlina account you linked backs up what I said. If you skip to the end:
"First off, let me say that I didn’t decide to stop for health reasons. To my recollection I didn’t get sick even once while sleeping polyphasically, not even a cold. My energy and alertness were excellent once I made it through the adaptation period. A lot of people asked me about weight training and exercise — I didn’t have any problems there either. My recovery after workouts was just fine. Perhaps the post-workout nap had a positive effect."
and
"The #1 reason I decided to call it quits is simply that the rest of the world is monophasic. If most of the world was polyphasic, I probably would have stuck with it. Obviously when you go polyphasic, you fall out of sync with the way other people live. ..."
I haven't read a huge amount of accounts, but I've read one or two others besides Steve Pavlinas and they seemed to match up. I am no expert though and certainly don't want to claim that its a good idea, just because I've read three or four accounts online that said so. Especially since I cannot prove for sure that they are true.
"they are soul-crushingly tired all the time"
I have only heard people who haven't tried it say this. But I won't argue the case, because I haven't tried it either.
I have only heard people who haven't tried it say this.
I've read some reports from people who are tired all the time because they haven't "adjusted" - and the punchline is they never will. I think Pavlina's and others are in denial; while the social aspect is obviously negative, it gives them a convenient excuse. If there the only downside was not having a schedule that worked with the rest of society, there would be someone, somewhere who would not have done it, but would being doing it. But there isn't, because that's not how sleep, for us, works.
Sure. We would expect more people doing it if it worked. That guy on reddit who tried it recently suddenly stopped posting after 5 days, so that doesn't help my argument either :)
I don't know though. I certainly appreciate what you're saying, I guess I want to believe you're wrong, but I have no evidence either way. Maybe I should try it myself to see if it works haha.
"First off, let me say that I didn’t decide to stop for health reasons. To my recollection I didn’t get sick even once while sleeping polyphasically, not even a cold. My energy and alertness were excellent once I made it through the adaptation period. A lot of people asked me about weight training and exercise — I didn’t have any problems there either. My recovery after workouts was just fine. Perhaps the post-workout nap had a positive effect."
and
"The #1 reason I decided to call it quits is simply that the rest of the world is monophasic. If most of the world was polyphasic, I probably would have stuck with it. Obviously when you go polyphasic, you fall out of sync with the way other people live. ..."
See also http://www.puredoxyk.com/index.php/2006/11/01/an-attack-on-p...
I haven't read a huge amount of accounts, but I've read one or two others besides Steve Pavlinas and they seemed to match up. I am no expert though and certainly don't want to claim that its a good idea, just because I've read three or four accounts online that said so. Especially since I cannot prove for sure that they are true.
"they are soul-crushingly tired all the time"
I have only heard people who haven't tried it say this. But I won't argue the case, because I haven't tried it either.