Coffee naps are better than coffee or naps alone

Re:Coffee naps are better than coffee or naps alone by matwood on Thursday August 28, 2014 @07:54PM (#8240422)

I can't nap, but just laying down for 20 minutes with my eyes closed in a quiet room gives me a huge energy boost.

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Re:Coffee naps are better than coffee or naps alone by murrayh on Thursday August 28, 2014 @10:18PM (#8240853)

Isn't that exactly what a nap is?

Does your awareness reduce? It's hard to notice a change in awareness. Sometimes I notice a transition from haziness to attention when a sound draws my attention. My understanding is that the haziness is a form of sleeping and is exactly what a nap is meant to be. If you fall into a deeper sleep you will get some of the side effects others talk about -- grogginess etc. The length and depth of sleep is related, so I thought that's why you need to be careful to only nap for short periods of time.

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Re:Coffee naps are better than coffee or naps alone by peteretep on Friday August 29, 2014 @01:05AM (#8241214)

When I nap, even for 20m, I dream. Grogginess comes if I take longer than 20 minutes or so - although if I time it right, I can hit a non grogginess event again after 1.5 hiurs. Sleep cycles, I guess

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Re:Coffee naps are better than coffee or naps alone by victormg on Thursday August 28, 2014 @09:21PM (#8240722)

Same here,somebody have an explanation?

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Re:Coffee naps are better than coffee or naps alone by yoklov on Friday August 29, 2014 @01:28AM (#8241271)

You actually fell asleep, but didn't enter a deep enough sleep for you to actually notice it. You can't tell if you're in NREM1 sleep.

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