Preparation phase

From Polyphasic Sleep

It is highly recommended that anyone considering polyphasic sleep take time to thoroughly research before they begin polyphasic sleep.

• The original everything2 nodes are good places to start: Uberman, Everyman
• PureDoxyk's blog and Ubersleep book are also great resources
• The Polyphasic Google Group is 18+ to join but open for everyone to read
• Steve Pavlina has written some of the most well-known blog posts on his trial with polyphasic sleep
• TryPolyphasic
• Oh God, the Chicken has a step-by-step guide

It is also extremely helpful that you have the following:

• A friend who's willing to brave the adaptation period with you
• A big, fat list of things to do when you're in zombie mode, including lots of night-friendly and low brainpower activities
• A concrete list of your motivation
• Backup alarms, preferably more than three or four