I usually do the 2/3 hour nap then wake up, have a shower, go outside, find some work I can get into a grove in.

then just try and last it out till evening and have an early night.

if you go to sleep in the afternoon and dont get yourself up within a few hours then it completely screws my pattern for a few days.

Kind of defeats what he is asking for. Q: "How do I cope without sleep" A: "Sleep"

I suspect he's too sleepy to worry about logic right now. :)

True, but it's also the best answer available.

That's right. They did an experiment. Control group rats were allowed to sleep. Test group were on a wheel that would start spinning of the rat fell asleep. It would crash them into a wall that would wake them up. After 40 days, the control group was fine, but the test group were all dead.

When they looked at their internal organs, they were mush.

Sleep is important.

Do you suppose they might've died from being crashed into a wall? Also, citation needed.

I thought someone would think that before I submitted the comment. Funny.

This type of experiment is quite common. http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22sleep+deprivation%22+rats+ex...

They use different methods to keep the rats awake. Some say the rats died after 3 weeks, some 40 days... It's pretty much a scientific fact by this point that prolonged sleep deprivation ultimately leads to death.

It's also pretty much a scientific fact that life ultimately leads to death in rats...

... or anyone.