Re:Health dangers of sleep deprivation
by shams93 on Monday April 30, 2018 @03:35AM
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Some people may have the ability to drop into deep states of sleep with unusual rapidity where they don't need the extra ramp up and ramp down hours that most of us need so they can make do with 5 hours with the same quality it takes most of us to reach with 8.
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Re:Health dangers of sleep deprivation
by stevesimmons on Monday April 30, 2018 @04:15AM
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I am perfectly refreshed with 5 hours sleep for exactly that reason. I have narcolepsy. Basically I fall asleep immediately and hit REM sleep a minute or two later. That saves the 90 minutes it takes most people need to reach the REM stage. My normal sleeping pattern is in bed at 1am, up before 6am, at work by 7am.