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Coffee naps are better than coffee or naps alone

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Re: Coffee naps are better than coffee or naps alone

#11

I have read this before. I do not understand how you can sleep for 20 minutes. It takes more than 15 minutes just to fall asleep.

Certainly depends on how tired you are. I work at home, so I sleep around my own schedule as much as I want to and almost always feel rested. But when I am missing an hour or two of sleep (which a lot of people are, every damn day), I fall asleep in minutes given the opportunity in the middle of the day.

Re: Coffee naps are better than coffee or naps alone

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> ...it takes around 20 minutes for the caffeine to get through your gastrointestinal tract and bloodstream anyway. This isn't really true, right? On an empty stomach a strong coffee seems to get me high as a kite in about two minutes. I've been doing this coffee+nap thing for a long time. It definitely works for me. My trick for falling asleep reliably and quickly is listening to an audiobook.

There is a lot of it depends. On an empty stomach 20 minutes does seem a bit long.

However you're also conditioned to the feeling you expect coffee to provide, so the initial jolt of energy may have almost nothing to do with the actual caffeine and more to do with the thought of the caffeine.

Re: Coffee naps are better than coffee or naps alone

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I found this by experience few years ago. It works. At first, I started with naps, and drinking coffee after. Accidentally I had few times coffee before nap, and noticed the difference. But I don't recommend this kind of nap all the time - because after a while it's not that effective. So, after years of napping (I'm an expert - I became so good at napping, that I can fall a sleep in 1-2 minutes, and wake up without…

> I can fall a sleep in 1-2 minutes, and wake up without alarm after 15-20 minutes Any advice on how you were able to achieve this ability? I always try to take a quick nap but can never fall asleep fas t enough for it to be effective.

it takes practise. Likely you try and take a nap a few times, it takes too long and so the next day you don't bother. But if you can get through that it gets easier over time. Your body learns that it's "time to go to sleep".

The other strategy is physical and mental exhaustion, for this I recommend starting a business and/or becoming a parent.

Re: Coffee naps are better than coffee or naps alone

#15

I have read this before. I do not understand how you can sleep for 20 minutes. It takes more than 15 minutes just to fall asleep.

Especially since I think coffee for me is mostly a placebo. I know when I drink coffee I'm supposed to be more awake so there's no way I could take a nap after drinking one.

Re: Coffee naps are better than coffee or naps alone

#17

I have read this before. I do not understand how you can sleep for 20 minutes. It takes more than 15 minutes just to fall asleep.

Depends on the person, so this isn't going to work for everyone. I can fall asleep in ~2 min. It's a curse when I need to stay awake.

Re: Coffee naps are better than coffee or naps alone

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post #3

I found this by experience few years ago. It works. At first, I started with naps, and drinking coffee after. Accidentally I had few times coffee before nap, and noticed the difference. But I don't recommend this kind of nap all the time - because after a while it's not that effective. So, after years of napping (I'm an expert - I became so good at napping, that I can fall a sleep in 1-2 minutes, and wake up without…

> I can fall a sleep in 1-2 minutes, and wake up without alarm after 15-20 minutes Any advice on how you were able to achieve this ability? I always try to take a quick nap but can never fall asleep fas t enough for it to be effective.

Earplugs + couch at a quiet place (e.g. library). If it's too loud for even earplugs, Emancipator's "Soon It Will Be Cold Enough" album works for when I'm on a bus/subway

Re: Coffee naps are better than coffee or naps alone

#20

I have read this before. I do not understand how you can sleep for 20 minutes. It takes more than 15 minutes just to fall asleep.

I find just trying to sleep for twenty minutes can be rejuvenating enough for a powernap. I can't fall asleep on a whim either.
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