I'm starting to nap at 3pm and its making me feel much better. I feel more able to solve the problems I work throughout the day. I try to powernap at 3pm. I have tried to exercise more and that has help me much more with my stamina.
I think with the sleeping problems I have that naps are sometimes a better solution or at least a stopgap measure to reduce stress.
My experience with sleep and stress is that I have to always be making sure I get the sort of sleep that causes an emotional GC regularly. Otherwise, I feel like I'm dragging around the emotional debris of days past. It will eventually crush you.
No idea why you are getting downvoted on this. While I don't regularly have to take naps I've done it from time to time and found it helpful. There is a bit of information that I've seen that supports this as well.
When I made my comment is was appearing as a lighter comment. I don't know how much (can't see anymore than you can) but by the time I posted the above comment it was back in the black. (I just had no idea what in that comment would cause it to be downvoted and was curioius as it was up for 5 hours by the time I saw.)
I think with the sleeping problems I have that naps are sometimes a better solution or at least a stopgap measure to reduce stress.