Originally Posted by
Slop
I recently tried a new method as far as napping before a RE. The evening before, I limit my sleep to 4-5 hours, even though my body obviously wants 8 hours. Once awake, I limit caffeine intake to maybe half a cup of coffee, or avoid it altogether. Then around 1500, I go down for that nap, and usually I am so dog tired by that point, I don’t have a problem getting in 5-6 hours of sleep. YMMV.
Exactly what I do. It's worked well for me for a long time now. The trick is to skip the caffeine. I'll usually have a cup of coffee when I wake up the morning before a redeye but always make sure not to have any more caffeine after about 10am that day.