[pmonco]

Okay, so I recently started a polyphasic sleep schedule (much to the dismay of my girlfriend) and have ran into a few problems and weird developments.

First, I have been having a lot of trouble falling asleep at my designated nap times(4, 8, 12, 4, 8, 12). I figured being super sleep deprived would help me out here but I still can't seem to fall asleep from 12 pm all the way to 12 am. Is there anything short of a rubber mallet to the head that would aid my passing into REM world?

Secondly, and related to the above, sometimes at the aforementioned hours, I can't even remember if I have fallen asleep. I know I am laying down with my eyes closed and the alarm goes off. But I can't recall the past 10 minutes or so but I don't feel as if I had fallen asleep. I don't know if anyone can help me here but is this normal or am I indeed a mutant?

Now to the weirdest thing for me. I have never, in my life, snored before. I'm 20 yeras old and have sleep with a lot of "buddies" over the years, and shared a room with my brother and sister countless times. Yet I would say for the last couple of days, I have began to wake myself up...snoring. While I am sleeping, I will hear a noise and it will draw me out of sleep like a sponge, only to find my mouth agape and my nose vibrating from a recent snore. Has anyone else encountered this?

Lastly, I have been experimenting with polyphasic sleep for a couple of weeks now. I started to try Dymaxion about 3 weeks ago but I never got any restful sleep and just ended up oversleeping for a 12 hours on the 6th day. Now I am trying Uberman sleep schedule and I really like my energy level during the day. But at night, I can only make it to 4:00 am and when I go down to take my nap, I oversleep by exactly 2 or 4 hours. No matter where, how loud, or how many alarms I have, I sleep right through till about 6 am or 8 am. I feel like my body is trying to tell me to switch to a biphasic schedule but I am too stubborn, simply because I want to reap the benefits of polyphasic. I am already beginning to love the late hours.

Any thoughts/advice for this aspiring, sleep-deprived student on winter break?
Anything at all is appreciated!

Thanks a ton

Peter