George W., or anyone else as knowlegable on this board, can you help me please? 

  I am scheduled for an upcoming polygraph test for a law enforcement position. I have heard many times over, (even as real recently by some cop buddy of mine) that one of the best (and oldest) ways help pass a lie detector test, is to STAY UP all night long the night before the polygraph test. This would delay any reactionary-type breathing. Is there any truth to this? 

  I have also heard taking musle relaxers like vicodin is also an effective tool to help with reation and "skin breathing" which the examiners like to use when administering the test. 

  Any input would be greatfully appreciated. I've read so many posts and scrolled through so many threads, and no...I'm not some petty criminal who's trying to "slip through the cracks" into a law enforcement career. I'm just a guy who's as nervous as the next guy for the simple reason polygraph examiners can use this tool as a disqualifying factor in determining what's truthful versus what's deceptive. 

  Okay, fine. I don't have a squeaky clean past, but I don't feel a perfect stranger should know any more about my private life as I'm prepared to admit. 

  Regards, 

  mike-C.

It is noble of you to take on the total honesty approach, the problem is that you will most likely not get hired. I understand there are a few instances that you may,but chances are you will lose. I look at it this way, if a company or police department wants to play games with the polygraph I will in return play games with them. I am not talking about deception, rather insurance on passing. The polygraph is a machine and not a scientific instrument therefor it can be beaten. I have developed my own method which is similar to methods on this site. Although I use a differant combination of employing them,so if in fact a polygraph is "trained" to detect them my variations are indistinguishable between control questions on each chart.

Polyreject:

I answered your other post before reading this one. It seems odd that you were so curious about the poly that you bought Doug Williams' e-book, read TLBTLD and even went to the trouble of using a tape recorder to practice before you took the test, but yet, you are a new user on this site. I would think that someone with your appetite for knowledge would have taken the opportunity to ask questions on this board BEFORE you took the test, particularly since you knew about its existence. Maybe I'm wrong, but something just doesn't seem to jive here.