Napping poll

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Former Member — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:16:38 GMT

What's napping? I can nap when I'm dead...

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Former Member — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:55:25 GMT

I've never been a napper. Even as a kid, I drove my poor parents crazy as I was always doing something instead of sleeping. ("Remember the time that we woke up and found that Leonard had taken the kitchen sink apart to see how the plumbing worked?") Even today, when my wife takes a nap on weekend afternoons, she will ask me what I intend to do while she's asleep and can't stop me from whatever bad idea crosses my mind. At night I can lay down and fall asleep instantly and then get up at 4:30-5 AM without an alarm clock. The stars are beautiful at that hour on cold nights. -LBJ

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Former Member — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:14:48 GMT

Telecast benadryl may be the best contribution to the lexicon so far in 2009! I still like Fading Barnacle. As for naps, on the very few occasions when I've had the ability to nap right after a hard workout, it definitely was a decadent pleasure. That pretty much never happens though. I barely have time to swim or sleep in the first place, let alone do extra of either. If I could nap, I probably would do it once or twice a week and target the 45 minute to 1 hour range.

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Former Member — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:40:18 GMT

I nap with varying durations. One thing I like about swimming is that I feel like I can fall asleep at will now. :agree:

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Redbird Alum — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:18:36 GMT

I started getting visits from the "nap monster" about the time I hit 50.... Dang! Is that guy a local phenomenon, or can he make the rounds like the tooth fairy? I'm 51 and I wouldn't mind being sand-bagged now and again! I never seem to slow down (i.e. sit or lie down) long enough to allow the nap to happen. I had to stop taking coffee after noon just to be able to drop off effectively around 10:00 PM.

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Former Member — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:16:04 GMT

Man, same phenomenon here: I hate the tv on at night but it's required for napping. I'm the opposite. Tv during nap time distracts me, whereas tv at bedtime puts me to sleep.

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swimshark — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:55:41 GMT

I suffer from chronic headaches and if I nap in the wrong position, I will wake up with a bad headache more often than not. So I don't nap on purpose. If I feel sluggish, I will take some B6 and perk right up. My dad has narcolepsy so napping any where, any time is not a problem for him even in the water, I'd bet (he's a swimmer, too)

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Former Member — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:42:51 GMT

I can't nap unless I'm extremely sleep deprived.

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Former Member — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:24:09 GMT

I will sleep when I'm dead Ha ha! I feel the same way.

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Former Member — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:46:50 GMT

My neurosurgeon encouraged me to nap but I don't think he had the 4-hour kind in mind. Mid-afternoon fatigue is typical for his patients and I even had verbage in my return-to-work statements to accommodate it. Your neurosurgeon is giving you sleep advice?

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Former Member — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:39:46 GMT

I love a Saturday or Sunday nap. About 20 minutes is perfect. :bed: Now that my daughter is 5 she's quitting her nap so must also.:badday:

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Former Member — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:36:21 GMT

I started getting visits from the "nap monster" about the time I hit 50. My eyes just don't want to stay open and my motivation and productivity plunge. Weekends, I will indulge and sleep for 4 hours, which totally screws up my ability to keep a normal schedule, compounding problems. It's most common when I am going short on sleep to make morning practices or even to get to work on time. Usually it hits either 1pm Saturdays or 3pm other days, about 2 hours after a meal. My neurosurgeon encouraged me to nap but I don't think he had the 4-hour kind in mind. Mid-afternoon fatigue is typical for his patients and I even had verbage in my return-to-work statements to accommodate it. I think most of my NM visiting now is just getting run ragged and sleep deprived, and having it accummulate by the end of the week.

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Former Member — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:55:40 GMT

Warren's sleep philosophy notwithstanding, who can really best the great Heinrich Heine who wrote in his poem Morphine: Sleep is good: and Death is better, yet Surely never to have been born is best. You just keep thinking those happy thoughts, Jim. Best TV Benedryl for me is football, especially college ball which I care nothing about. Puts me out like a light.

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Former Member — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:21:44 GMT

I will sleep when I'm dead

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Former Member — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:35:06 GMT

I rarely feel the need to nap, because I get enough sleep at night. But when I am really tired at the end of the work day or on a weekend day after a late night before, a 20 minute nap on the couch is the greatest thing ever. I've always thought that the freedom to lie down in a comfortable spot whenever you're feeling tired is the greatest luxury in the world. (A luxury that a few billion folks don't have, unfortunately.) Anything else we might strive for - cars, houses, vacations - pale in comparison.

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jim thornton — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:54:08 GMT

Warren's sleep philosophy notwithstanding, who can really best the great Heinrich Heine who wrote in his poem Morphine: Sleep is good: and Death is better, yet Surely never to have been born is best.

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orca1946 — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:42:03 GMT

Late afternoon, after a gym workout is my best time to nap.

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BillS — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:30:40 GMT

I will sleep when I'm dead That was the title of great song by Warren Zevon. Warren's sleeping now.

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jim thornton — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:12:17 GMT

I love to nap and can almost precisely time a 20 minute nap when I do without even trying. My challenge is that I rarely find/make the time to do so. I have that same ability. I will lay my head down and say to myself, Wake up in 20 minutes, and it's amazing how exact the awakening is. I must say this poll has been very encouraging to me--I thought I was the only groggy person I knew! Carlos, I will attempt your formula. I sleep 8-9 hours, split the difference, 8.5. Cut this in half: 4.25 Go to bed at midnight to 1, split the difference 12:30 Add the 4.25: 4:45 So my nap should ideally be, say, 4:30-5:00. This would give me a little time to wake up, get rid of the sleep inertia, and make it to swim practice perhaps turbocharged with a cup of coffee. Naturally, I tend to nap a little earlier--maybe 3 or so. Maybe I should keep nap time the same, but try to go to bed a little earlier? I find that it's hard to fall asleep at night with a TV on, but it's equally hard to fall asleep for a nap with the TV off. The best weekend nap inducing is golf, because the voices are soothing. The best weekday nap inducing fare is CNBC market coverage, because those guys do know how to drone on! Final question: does your need to nap, for me it can feel like a sexual hunger to be seduced into sleep, hence the very nice recreational component, but anyhow, does your need to nap have anything to do with the amount of training you are doing? It seems like I have been swimming a lot of yardage lately, avearging 3250 a day for 10 days straight, missing only MLK day. I have definitely felt more urge to nap lately, too.

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Former Member — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:03:19 GMT

I find that it's hard to fall asleep at night with a TV on, but it's equally hard to fall asleep for a nap with the TV off. The best weekend nap inducing is golf, because the voices are soothing. The best weekday nap inducing fare is CNBC market coverage, because those guys do know how to drone on! quote] Man, same phenomenon here: I hate the tv on at night but it's required for napping. And yes, golf is basically telecast benadryl. Those with hi-def cable, check out the show "Sunrise Earth." It induces major weekend narcolepsy. It was on the demo TVs at Best Buy recently, and I almost went down right on the linoleum.

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Former Member — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:07:45 GMT

It definitely has a lot to do with the amount of training I'm doing! I'm doing a lot of yards at the moment and seem to need about 1-2 more hours of sleep every day, whether it be in the form of a nap of just sleeping in. Between the kids and the dog, an afternoon nap is rarely an option. So, occasionally, I'll go back to bed for an hour after the kids go to school hehe :bed:

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The Fortress — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:49:54 GMT

occasionally, I'll go back to bed for an hour after the kids go to school hehe :bed: I do this sometimes as well! :) It's the night owl approach to napping or prolonging your nighttime sleep. I never nap. Naps are contra-indicated for insomniacs. And I don't have time during the day anyway. Very occasionally, on weekends, I will lay down and shut my eyes for 20-30 minutes and rest. I never fall asleep though. When I was younger I could nap anywhere anytime, but I seem to have lost this talent.

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jim thornton — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:40:06 GMT

Dave: golf is basically telecast benadryl. Telecast benadryl may be the best contribution to the lexicon so far in 2009!

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aztimm — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:06:20 GMT

While I'd love to have the chance to take a nap daily (or even twice a day), realistically it rarely if ever happens. I'm not sure how kindly my boss and co-workers would take to it if they saw me nap; I do have an office and can close the door/blinds, but I think that would raise suspicions. I have seen some co-workers go to their cars to nap, which can work except in the summer. Occasionally I'll get the chance to, "veg out," if not a formal nap after a long Sunday run. I typically run in the morning, have a big breakfast....then like to have a chance to just do nothing (watch some TV, read the paper, etc). Back when I was in the Army, there were several people who used to eat lunch as soon as the dining hall opened (around 11:30), then nap before returning to work at 1PM. However, I usually had my swimming back packed and ready to go in my car, I swam for 45 min, then got back, ate lunch, and went to work.

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Former Member — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:38:07 GMT

I was just about to post something on Facebook about this! I nap every day and I love it: 15-30 minutes. When I lived in Spain, I saw a news segment on the science of the siesta. Basically, the human body isn't designed to go 18 hours w/o resting, so a quick power nap refreshes the body. A 15 minute nap in the middle of the day = one full hour at night!! However, they were explicit in stating that it should never be more than 60 minutes b/c that will screw up your internal clock. Here's how it works: take the number of hours you sleep per night (say, 7), divide by 2 (3.5 hours). Add 3.5 hours to the time you go to bed (say 11pm + 3.5 hours = 2:30am). Then go 12 hours out from the mid-point of your sleep. At 2:30 pm, 15-20 min nap and you're soooo much more alert and productive the rest of the day.