I am currently putting the polyphasic sleep thing on hold. It was giving me problems. I recently analyzed why.
I think that I went into it on an enormous sleep debt from school. I am currently sleeping on a pattern designed so that I can eliminate sleep debt. It mainly involves not using an alarm clock and going to sleep when I am tired. I next went into my general health. I have a resting heart rate of about 88 bpm. Wikipedia says that a normal heart rate is between 60 and 100 bpm. I also have a body mass index of 24.4. A healthy adult should have a bmi between 19 and 25. As you can see, I am on the upper end of normal. My goal is to get myself into excellent shape before I try again. Hopefully, I can get myself to the point of being able to drink two cups of coffee without feeling like I am going to die.
My plan is to get in better shape by running. My theory is that someone in better shape would have a better chance of adapting to a difficult sleep schedule. I think that by Christmas break I can be ready to try again. In the meantime, I will come up with more topics for my readers. Feel free to send suggestions.
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