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from the link: Uberman's sleep schedule is a potentially dangerous way to increase your waking hours. Although I found success with it to this point, there still may be physical and psychological dangers that I have not yet met, and there may be grave difficulties for others attempting the cycle.
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wasnt this the basis of a Steinfeld episode - the one where Kramer wakes up in a cavas bag at the bottom of the Hudson river?
REM sleep is only one part of the normal rest cycle, you need the deeper (non-REM) sleep as well. When I was in the Coast Guard I had to stand two 4 hour radio watches each day, with 8 hours in between, on a rotating schedule. Nothing messes up your head worse than an ad-hoc sleep cycle.
It feels like perpetual jet-lag. It might work for some people, but Ive learned: Im definately NOT Superman.
A few times I got off duty at 8AM, laid down for 'a few minutes' and ended up sleeping for 24 hrs (my whole day off), waking up the next day just in time to be late for my next radio watch!