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Neuroon: Sleep mask for polyphasic sleep

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Re: Neuroon: Sleep mask for polyphasic sleep

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Post by WalterSear »

desireco42 wrote: post #42
WalterSear wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which makes no sense to anyone who has actually managed to switch to polyphasic sleep, even for just a week or two. Pavlina is so inconsistent in his description of his polyphasic sleep experiences that the consensus on the polyphasic mailing list I ran for a while was that he was a lying about doing it at all.

Do you know someone who actually managed to live like this for extended periods? I would be interested to hear.

I don't know of any credible claims that managed it for more than a couple of months, and even that was on a semi-anonymous internet mailing list :)

My personal record was 3 weeks, not including the adjustment time, but I would always get derailed by a cold. I'm really need my sleep though, I'm sure that someone with less need for sleep could do better.

I found that by perfecting the napping-on-command first (for several months, too) rather than the going without sleep, I was able to make the transitions relatively painless, until I would get sick.

Re: Neuroon: Sleep mask for polyphasic sleep

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Post by intelclinic »

stbtrax wrote: post #51

From all of their marketing material it appears that they're based out of Poland. I wonder if setting your kickstarter location to SF is the cool thing to do.

Hi! Generally, we're based in Poland, but part of our team is in SF. We also have an office registered there.

Re: Neuroon: Sleep mask for polyphasic sleep

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Post by intelclinic »

gxs wrote: post #22

I'm no MD, but I did see a Stanford sleep psychologist for a long period to deal with my sleeping issues. As usual, the answer to whether polyphasic sleep works isn't very attractive. In a nutshell, it will work for some people, but probably not for most. We evolved to sleep at night, plain and simple. That being said, I would love more details on how this would help you manage your regular sleep. I see it supports "…

Many sleep scientists say that the most natural sleep for people is divided into two parts: night and at noon. The polyphasic sleep is directed to people who can't afford such amount of sleep for example because of their work. They can try the polyphasic sleep for some time. That's why this kind of sleep is only some NeuroOn functionality. In biphasic or monophasic sleep modes (as you said, the natural for people) this device helps you by waking up gently avoiding doing it during deepest sleep. That's why it is much more pleasant than using normal alarm clock.
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