Intro:

This comes very much in the category of something to “do” rather than make.  But it may well help with the “making” in due course.

If you haven’t read my posts about biphasic sleep, you can see them here and here.  In short, biphasic sleep means sleeping in two blocks, with a period of low activity wakefulness in between.  It is suggested by researcher Jessa Gamble that this is the sleep pattern that humans evolved with and that our brains and bodies can benefit from it.  People who have tried it report having “never felt so awake [during the day]” while following it.

You can see Jessa’s TED Talk about it here.

So I thought that I would try it out and see how it might work for me.  To that end I am going to make a Sleep Diary here on this site and record how I feel after different styles of sleep.  My work interferes with by ability to do biphasic sleep for an extended period, so I will just do what I can.

Aim:

To test if biphasic sleep results in:

• Better rest
• Greater day time alertness and acuity

Hypothesis:

I believe that my biology is well suited to biphasic sleep, as I am often drowsy early in the evening, then more awake after midnight, before becoming sleepy again.

Equipment:

I may implement my Midnight Clock in due course.

Procedure:

On any night that I can, I will attempt to go to sleep in a biphasic cycle, starting somewhere around 8.00pm, aiming to wake around midnight, then sleep again from approximately 2.00am.  I will maintain a sleep diary to record my physical response.

Safety/risks:

None known.  If I begin suffering sleep deprivation, then I will stop the experiment

Results:

See Sleep Diary for ongoing results

Discussion/observations:

TBA

Conclusions:

TBA