jwhendy comments on Modeling sleep patterns - Less Wrong

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Comment author: jwhendy 12 April 2011 03:31:35AM 2 points [-]

You could ask this guy. I'm saying nothing of the "worthiness" of credentials, just that he's studied and written quite a bit about sleep. Here's an article HERE.

He advocates for biphasic sleep (longer 7-9hr "core" + ~30min nap) and thinks it's how the body prefers to sleep.

Maybe write to him and include your data and see if he can offer you any input? He may very well get contacted by people in your situation and have some information about what helped them? I do know that he advocates for people having trouble to attempt "free running sleep" if possible -- basically sleeping when tired, waking when not. Obviously this is impractical for most, but if your situation allowed for it, you could really give a shot to shutting out distractions and just sleep and keep a log.

Anyway, not much of a help, but I stumbled on his work a bit back and thought I'd at least toss it out as a suggestion. At least contacting him might prove helpful. See his "Apology" link near his contact information. He sounds tough to get a hold of. I'd make it a "provocative" subject line, like "Need serious sleep assistance. 5 mos of data attached."

Comment author: pdf23ds 12 April 2011 03:41:01AM 2 points [-]

I use Supermemo daily, and have read everything Wozniak has written about sleep. I've talked to him a couple times about other things (1-2 month response time). I may ask him about this.

Comment author: jwhendy 12 April 2011 11:34:32AM 1 point [-]

Wow -- I'm quite impressed! You've really tried a helluva lot of things. I'd see what he says. One never knows. Good luck finding assistance.

Comment author: wedrifid 12 April 2011 12:16:55PM 1 point [-]

Wow -- I'm quite impressed!

Likewise.

I'd be curious to hear anything Wozniak had to say as well.