Monday, April 19th, 2010
I really need to get around to updating this blog more frequently. That’s the thing about a polyphasic sleeping blog; it needs to be updated daily so that people can see how I am going currently, and so that I don’t forget what happened a few days ago. I suppose that I am taking a much less rigid approach to polyphasic sleep now. I don’t mean how I nap, or how serious I am about polyphasic sleep, just more on the information side. I suppose that I feel I can put this blog off because I already know what’s going on (and it doesn’t get that many hits anyway 
). Also, I haven’t been keeping any records of how long I have been sleeping for, but this shouldn’t be a problem as my oversleeps are stored in my blog anyway.
Alright, so Day 9 got off to a very heart -crushing soul-wrenching start. I overslept to 6:30 am, which is now my worst oversleep in this experiment. I do have many things I could blame it for. Adelaide, which is the capital of South Australia, is where I reside. On my 9th polyphasic day, we had our first earthquake in over 20 years. The earthquake (more like a tremor) was only about 3 on the Richter Scale, so it was nothing serious.
However, it did make me rouse (I shouldn’t say wake up, as I sort of flopped around for a bit and started drifting off again) about 30 minutes into my nap. After the earthquake, which felt like a really loud train in my sleepy state, my dad came and talked to me about it briefly, and then a friend called me. So, by the time I went back to bed it was 20 minutes later. I think that this was probably the main reason as to why I didn’t wake up when my alarms went off. Additionally, I was exhausted from getting poor quality sleep the day before, so it shouldn’t be surprising.
Day 10 was fine, despite the fact that I was tired as all hell. As I found out in my Uberman schedule, once you oversleep, you feel so much worse. Essentually the theory is that the brain isn’t going to change how you sleep unless it 100% knows that you wont go back to sleeping normally. Until then, it will make up tired and sleep deprived. So, when you oversleep, your body detects that the tiredness is working, and then makes you tired for the next day to try and get the same result.
And here I am on Day 11. I had my 6:30 am nap about an hour and a half ago, and I’m feeling pretty good. Well, no, not really. I feel good because I got pretty much all of my holiday homework done in the early hours of the morning. Being productive is always a good thing
But now I feel really exhausted and sleep deprived, yawning and longing for sleep. Generally if I’m tempted to go back to bed again, I usually try to get me as far away as possible from any soft distractions… Oh god, I am starting to fall asleep now. If I can just get through tonight, I am sure that everything will be fire.
Until then, I really need to go. Apologies for my bad spelling.
Raap!d
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Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
Today was not a good day, due to me oversleeping for about 4 hours. However, it is real eye opener to another foolish mistake that I make regularly, and has only aided my resolve in not oversleeping. So, today all naps were on time and rather restorative, as per usual, except for an additional nap at 6:30 am. I put my head down on my pillow. Very foolish.
The reason for this crash was because I gave into having an extra nap. I’ve read that some people can add in extra naps when they are tired, but I find that they only lead to me oversleeping. Also, when I do give in to sleep deprivation and have my extra nap, I almost always oversleep, but tend to wake up if I go to sleep at the nap times. Not only is this a sign of me adjusting, but it shows that I am not used to having any more naps, and that they just pull me back into a monophasic routine, which I obviously don’t want.
So, I plan on not giving in to sleep deprivation. No more extra naps. This way I will cut down on my oversleeping, and even if I do oversleep, at least it is at the correct sleeping times, making the damage to my schedule minimal. Unfortunately, half of the reason for these extra naps is boredom. Now, I love having extra time, but when you are sleep deprived I can barely concentrate, and find that I get bored easily. So, I need to find more things to do each night, which is why I really need some people to talk to, either in real life or online, to keep me from slipping back into sleep.
Anyway, that’s about it for day 11. I feel alright, but slightly headachy, starting from my oversleep. However, I’m pretty sure it’s caused by not enough liquids. Time to get some water =)
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Just a quick note:
Thanks to everyone who is getting interested in polyphasic sleeping and the Uberman schedule, I feel rather privileged. =) If you guys want me to, I’ll make an introduction post to polyphasic sleeping, with information on how to start etc. If you do want this, comment below, or contact me. I’ll get around to it eventually =D
Well, day 11 has definately been one of the better days. I have managed to keep myself from oversleeping for the whole day, and hopefully will be able to continue doing so for the rest of the night. My 1 am nap was rather restorative, but I find that my naps are far less effective during the middle of the night. I suppose this is due to my longing for core sleep, but I really don’t know. I also managed to stay awake until 5 am without having a nap inbetween, which I think helped quite a bit with the oversleeping prevention thing. All my other naps were fine, hit REM on all of them during the day. It still worries me that I only sleep for about 17 mins maximum, it really feels like I should get more. Recently I’ve been getting really tired and sleep deprived, and I know that is because I didn’t have any core sleep. So, tonight is going to be my worst night, with tomorrow my worst day. I have to make sure that I do not oversleep at any cost. If I do manage to make it through another day with no oversleeping, I should be almost polyphasic. At my current state, I am polyphasic with my naps, but still depend on that core sleep after 1 am.
I am feeling exhausted at the moment. This is mainly due to the sleep deprivation, but also the heat, my headache and general uncomfortableness. There is a large temptaion to crawl into bed right now and fall asleep, but I know that I will need to go a substantial time without core sleeping before my body can cope without them. My only worry if I do manage to stay up tonight is if I will have the mental capacity to revise and learn for the Chemistry test on friday.
Well, there really isn’t much else to say. I just hope I can make it through tonight and tomorrow morning. Wish me luck.
Jimmi.
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