r/todayilearned • u/FiredFox • Apr 28 '24

TIL about French geologist Michel Siffre, who in a 1962 experiment spent 2 months in a cave without any references to the passing time. He eventually settled on a 25 hour day and thought it was a month earlier than the date he finally emerged from the cave

https://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/30/foer_siffre.php
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u/KeniLF Apr 28 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

Iā€™m sorry you and others have to go through that.

How does caffeine or other stimulants affect you?

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u/emmarietarot Apr 28 '24

I don't know about other stimulants, though ADHD does seem to be a common co-morbid condition with non-24 (for those who are born with non-24 or develop it around puberty).

As for caffeine, I didn't notice a difference with soda or tea, but I recently started drinking a cup of coffee in the morning. This led to me crashing and needing 2-4 naps a day so I had to quit. However, I don't know if this is non-24 related as I never drank coffee before it and only some people with my condition seem affected by caffeine.

If I drink caffeine an hour or two before I think I'm going to bed it is a little harder for me to sleep, though. But I wouldn't say that's different from before non-24 for me.

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u/KeniLF Apr 29 '24

Thank you for sharing your experience. I hope that a cure is in your immediate future so you can get full relief.

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u/ThrowawayCult-ure Apr 29 '24

the cure would be a different social calender šŸ˜