Posted by MB on June 27, 2003, at 15:48:43
In reply to Re: Naps as beneficial to performance as nitetime Zz's » jrbecker, posted by Ritch on June 26, 2003, at 23:31:14
> I had to take short naps during the afternoon after college classes in the morning, before I went to work at night-using an egg timer. It got me by OK, but driving after the alarm went off was a little haphazard for the first few minutes.
Yes! I know what you mean. Sometimes after my nap, I will feel more tired than before. I wouldn't want to drive that way. This is transient and attenuated by a small dose of caffeine (green tea works). However, I'm wondering if there is a correlation between the length of a nap and the phenomenon of either feeling more rested or less rested after the nap. I heard (urban legend?) that anything over 30 minutes will make you more tired. Heck, I'm barely getting started at 30 minutes. My naps last 2 hrs to the proverbial "T". I wonder what that says about the length of my sleep cycles.MB
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