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.
I'm sure that would work for me, but I don't want to start taking QOL hits on my day off. Aside from not getting roaring drunk the day before a trip.
I do mostly avoid back-to-back redeyes, or mid-trip redeyes... so as long as I go into day one well rested and healthy I have a lot of momentum through the wee hours.
Originally Posted by
freezingflyboy
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.
That's a QOL hit. Maybe worse.