E2
Everyman 2, ou E2, é um cronograma muito popular entre os cronogramas Everyman. Ele consiste em 2 sonecas e um núcleo de sono de 4.5h (3 ciclos completos) por padrão.[1]
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| Total sleep | 5 hours 10 minutes |
| Proposed by | Puredoxyk |
| Difficulty | Moderate |
| Specification | 1 long core sleep, 1 morning nap, 1 daytime nap |
| Former names | Everyman 4.5 |
Origem
E2 foi gerada pela Fórmula Ubersleep, que define a quantidade de sonecas em cronogramas Everyman de acordo com a duração do núcleo de sono. Ela foi apresentado como uma versão do Everyman que é mais próxima do monofásico do que do E3. Foi originalmente chamada de E4.5, pra representar a duração do seu núcleo, mas foi renomeada pra E2, pra representar o número de sonecas e manter consistência entre os diferentes cronogramas. Nos últimos anos tem se tornado um cronograma muito popular, já que oferece uma redução de sono considerável sem ser muito inconveniente ou difícil de se adaptar.
Mecanismo
E2 remove dois ciclos do monofásico e adiciona duas sonecas contendo quantidades similares de REM dos ciclos removidos. O núcleo do E2 contém 3 ciclos completos de 90m cada. Por padrão, a primeira soneca é agendada perto do nascer do sol, e outra é agendada pro começo da tarde. Duas sonecas separam o longo dia em espaços menores acordados, o que te ajuda a sustentar o corpo com tempo total de sono reduzido.
O espaço entre o núcleo e a primeira soneca deve ser o mais curto, enquanto o espaço antes do núcleo pode ser o mais longo por causa da alerta maior durante o final tarde. A primeira soneca pode ficar entre 3.5-5h depois do núcleo, e a última soneca pode ter um espaço de 8-9h até o núcleo.
O núcleo de 4.5h permite que toda necessidade SWS seja atingida mesmo na adaptação, já que no sono monofásico tipicamente conseguem todo o SWS necessário no meio da noite, após seu terceiro ciclo do sono. O local ideal do núcleo é próximo da meia-noite, por um bom equilíbrio de pressão REM e SWS. É recomendado que a primeira soneca seja colocada no meio do pico REM das 6 ás 9 da manhã, permitindo grande qualidade de REM durante a soneca. A segunda soneca no E2 pode apenas conter sono leve ao invés de sono REM, especialmente se a soneca ficar na tarde (ex: a partir das 4 da tarde).
Adaptação
Os métodos mais comuns para se adaptar ao E2 são Adaptação Direta e Adaptatação Gradual do E1. No entanto, até agora, a adaptação direta se provou ser um método de adaptação mais eficiente, pois a adaptação gradual do E1 leva muito tempo. O processo de adaptação consiste principalmente em reparticionar o REM nos cochilos, bem como em comprimir mais REM do que o normal no núcleo.
Com o tempo, acordar naturalmente será possível nas sonecas, mas não tanto no núcleo, mesmo depois de muito tempo de adaptação ao horário. Nesse caso, a duração do núcleo pode diminuir naturalmente para aproximadamente 4 horas, mas isso tem sido muito raro até agora.
Assim que a adaptação do E2 estiver completa, o próximo passo pode ser o E3 ou E3-extendido (se E2-extendido for tentado).
Dificuldade
Adaptação para o E2 é considerada relativamente moderada e tem tido grande sucesso entre os praticantes do sono polifásico. No entando, é muito mais difícil do que cronogramas Bifásicos. A restrição do sono REM no processo de adaptação dificulta o processo de acordar.
Sob circunstâncias normais (requisitos de sono regular e dívida de sono mínima antes da adaptação), a dificuldade do E2 atinge seu apice na terceira semana (Estágio 3).
Considerações de Estilo de Vida
Como um cronograma moderadamente difícil, a adaptação ao E2 é uma conquista. Os principais benefícios do E2 geralmente incluem:
- Evitar privação de sono do sono monofásico encurtado, devido à incapacidade de dormir por mais tempo.
- Melhor qualidade do sono, ou seja, uma experiência central muito mais profunda.
- Os cochilos cheios de REM são frequentemente acompanhados por sonhos muito vívidos que são mais fáceis de lembrar do que os sonhos durante o sono monofásico. Isso pode ser útil especialmente se você estiver interessado em sonhos lúcidos.
- Os dias podem parecer menos distintos, já que você fica consciente durante grande parte da noite. Você se levantará e/ou adormecerá quando todos estiverem dormindo, o que pode permitir mais tempo sozinho para cuidar de si mesmo.
E2 é frequentemente feito por estudantes ou aqueles que trabalham em empregos de meio período que podem tirar uma soneca antes, entre ou depois da escola ou do trabalho. Os empregos de tempo integral podem funcionar com esse horário, mas apenas se você puder tirar uma soneca durante o dia de trabalho.
Night owls often appreciate this schedule for the ability to rotate it relatively late. Core can be as late as 1-2am, making it relatively nightlife-friendly. The standard scheduling of E2 also requires only 1 short nap to be taken during the day, making it easy to schedule.The restorative power of a 20m nap can often support alertness for several hours in the day.
One thing to note is that those with high REM requirements who cannot complete E2 adaptation can switch to a Dual core schedule with a longer sleep around dawn. The potential insufficient time in REM can be a weakness of E2 and other Everyman schedules, where the repartitioning of REM sleep for these individuals is considered difficult when relying only on 20m naps.
The ability to exercise to some extent and accommodate many lifestyles after adaptation is also very appealing. Although taking a lot of damage, one adapted E2 sleeper (4.5h core) was able to fully recover from a 5-hour timezone change. Two other adapted sleepers were also able to consume mild amounts of cannabis during and after adaptation.
This schedule is also good for people who share a bed or room with someone else. It is not too difficult to find a sleep or wake time to match a monophasic person, if they agree to a consistent sleep or wake time.
Variants
Because E2 has substantially more sleep than the minimum threshold for most people, it allows a range of scheduling options. Over the years, there have been several successful adaptations to the variants below.
5-hour core
This variant is still called E2 (not extended), as it is a minor extension. The reasoning behind this is that, as most of the SWS should have been accounted for by the 4.5h mark, adding sleep after it should allow more REM and light sleep to be gained, potentially easing the adaptation. However, during the adaptation, it may be somewhat difficult to wake up from a 5h core, before one gets used to the length.
The potential benefits this variant compared to the standard one might include:
- extra flexibility after adaptation
- account for increased REM requirements (~120m)
- accommodate more physical activity
- more buffer sleep for younger (~18-19) individuals who might still be growing
- longer allowable wake gap after core.
As with all the other slightly extended variants, this variant is expected to tolerate slightly more disruptions from time to time, including insufficient time to cool down or a slight delay of start time.
One sleeper has shown that a 5h core E2 can be a path to SEVAMAYL adaptation. The buffer amount from the slightly longer core sleep allows more flexibility of both the naps and the core itself. For these reasons, 5h core is recommended as an alternative to the default one.
Early core
An early core variant places the core in the whole SWS peak, or parts of it (e.g, starting core at 20-21). Those who pick this variant are often early sleepers. Both naps are moved back to to start earlier. The second nap, now close to noon, can fit better into the noon break.
This variant provides many nighttime hours awake, similar to Segmented or other Dual core schedules. However, this variant may be more difficult to adapt to, because there is only one morning nap after staying awake for long hours at night. Those who usually have a later bedtime should avoid this, unless it is the only viable option.
Late core
This variant allows the core to be scheduled out of SWS peak up to about 2 AM, with circadian management (daylight lamps before dark period, later food and exercise). Those with lower SWS requirements will have an easier time adapting to this variant.
As REM pressure is still relatively low until after 2-3 AM, it should be possible to gain SWS in the early cycles of the core.
However, naps should not be rotated equally late without particularly strong circadian management. The gaps before both naps can be shortened by 30 to 60 minutes compared to standard. The first nap should be kept close to REM peak ending by 9AM (latest 10AM), and keep the second nap before 5PM to avoid getting SWS in it. Still, the wake gap before core should be no longer than 7-8 hours, as that has often caused failures to adapt. A few did manage to adapt to a larger gap, but this is rare and is not recommended.
Pronap
The pronap has been applied in a lot of E2 variants and has reported some success. The pronap is a longer nap around REM peak, usually between 30 to 45 minutes, which allows more REM sleep. This may help people with higher REM requirements to adapt. The longer nap may also allow a longer wake gap after it (possibly up to 8h) if there is no chance to nap around noon or early afternoon. However, so far the success rate with the long wake gap is still not high, even with the pronap. Thus, it is recommended to still limit the gap to about 7 hours.
The pronap may also be incorporated into the 5-hour core variant. This variant has seen few attempts, and has not seen any success so far. People with higher sleep requirements may find this variant easier to adapt to.
40- and 45-minute pronaps so far have reported adaptation success.
Note that during adaptation, pronaps may be more difficult to wake up from, due to intense REM wakes or SWS wakes. It is therefore necessary to use extra alarms for it.
Shortened
This variant has been adapted to by a new father in the Discord community. He scheduled a pronap while shortening the core down to only 3h20m. He has been adapted to this variant and maintaining it in the face of daily life for more than a year (and counting). Only sleepers with at least slightly reduced sleep requirements (6-7h) should attempt this variant, which is effectively E3 with one fewer nap, where E3 by itself is already a very intense schedule.
Extended
The core on E2 can also be extended, making it 6 hours long. However, it has a low success rate, and only a few have adapted. The only people who would need this are those under 18 years of age, to get a safer amount of sleep (6h40m) for the developing brain and body. Teenagers are often sleep deprived, and adding a nap before and after school can improve alertness if the core cannot be lengthened due to lifestyle. Note that these naps must be adhered to on the weekend as well, skipping will cause intense tiredness beginning 1-2 hours after the skipped nap.
However, E1 is usually preferred over E2-extended because of the more convenient scheduling. On E2-extended, the total sleep is high, which often causes high sleep onset for all sleeps. Similar to E1, naps often take a long time to learn. So far, there has been one successful case in which the first nap scheduled only 2h after the 6h core (a high sleep requirement individual). This makes the variant easier to schedule, but can be difficult or impossible to fall asleep only 2 hours after a long core.
This E2-extended allows the core to start at a reasonable time, similar to on monophasic core sleep. If the bedtimes are the same, then the transition to this core length should be relatively easy. The remaining naps are then placed around the noon break and after-school/work hours. Since there is no successful adaptations with this scheduling so far, it is still mostly hypothetical. More data is needed to conclude if this variant is viable.
Night shift
E2 is one of the few polyphasic schedules with successful adaptations with night shift work. Working night shifts greatly increases the adaptation difficulty for all schedules, and even normally easy schedules like Segmented can become extremely difficult. As with all other schedules for night shift workers, strong circadian management is needed to adapt to this schedule. Long term health issues may still ensue from a shifted circadian rhythm.
References
- ↑ Puredoxyk (2013). Ubersleep: Nap-Based Sleep Schedules and the Polyphasic Lifestyle.
