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dharmajanitor · 07-15-2009, 09:12 AM

Hey folks,

just want to let you know that I'm still here and that I didn't vanish into the nether of fail.

It's DAY 15 now and one significant change is that from around DAY 10 on I didn't really have these periodic zombie modes anymore.
Between 2am and 6am I was always dead tired and struggled to stay awake. But this did only happen every 2-3 days.
Now during this time, I feel like I felt between 10pm and 2am when I still was a monophasic sleeper, i.e. feeling awake, but mellowing; responsive, but not fully alert.

I overslept only once during these last 7 days, but only for 3 hours (instead of my 6 hours before^^). That didn't have a long term impact though, not even days after.
To the contrary, I believe this even helped me regain some "sleep-juice" I've lost due to accumulated sleep deprivation so far. And since I continuously rigged my body up to that point, getting right back into the naps wasn't difficult at all.

I still have to struggle to stay awake from around 7-10am, but that's far from zombie mode. And right after my 10am nap it's always going upwards.
I guess I'm over the biggest hump and form now on my body just needs time to fully acclimate, so that my awarness in each cycle throughout the day equalizes to the standard level I had on my monophasic schedule. "Smoothing out the edges" you could say.

I have to add that maybe I should've started this experiment during winter, since now it's ridiculously hot, which - more often than not - was the reason for my oversleeping. See, normally you're not supposed to tuck yourself in when you take a nap as not to raise your body temperature too much. It DOES help you to sleep, but it hinders you from gettin up easily. And because it's so damn hot here it somehow doesn't matter if I wrap myself in or not, since it's too hot either way.
Air conditioner FTW!... Yeah, if I only had one.

So if you want to start this schedule, better do it when it's cool at night or have/build yourself a damn good cooling system.

Ok, so far so good, I'll keep you posted as soon as there's something worth mentioning again.
Thanks for "listening", until next time!

- Edward

07-15-2009, 09:12 AM	#293 (permalink)
dharmajanitor Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 8	Still doing it Hey folks, just want to let you know that I'm still here and that I didn't vanish into the nether of fail. It's DAY 15 now and one significant change is that from around DAY 10 on I didn't really have these periodic zombie modes anymore. Between 2am and 6am I was always dead tired and struggled to stay awake. But this did only happen every 2-3 days. Now during this time, I feel like I felt between 10pm and 2am when I still was a monophasic sleeper, i.e. feeling awake, but mellowing; responsive, but not fully alert. I overslept only once during these last 7 days, but only for 3 hours (instead of my 6 hours before^^). That didn't have a long term impact though, not even days after. To the contrary, I believe this even helped me regain some "sleep-juice" I've lost due to accumulated sleep deprivation so far. And since I continuously rigged my body up to that point, getting right back into the naps wasn't difficult at all. I still have to struggle to stay awake from around 7-10am, but that's far from zombie mode. And right after my 10am nap it's always going upwards. I guess I'm over the biggest hump and form now on my body just needs time to fully acclimate, so that my awarness in each cycle throughout the day equalizes to the standard level I had on my monophasic schedule. "Smoothing out the edges" you could say. I have to add that maybe I should've started this experiment during winter, since now it's ridiculously hot, which - more often than not - was the reason for my oversleeping. See, normally you're not supposed to tuck yourself in when you take a nap as not to raise your body temperature too much. It DOES help you to sleep, but it hinders you from gettin up easily. And because it's so damn hot here it somehow doesn't matter if I wrap myself in or not, since it's too hot either way. Air conditioner FTW!... Yeah, if I only had one. So if you want to start this schedule, better do it when it's cool at night or have/build yourself a damn good cooling system. Ok, so far so good, I'll keep you posted as soon as there's something worth mentioning again. Thanks for "listening", until next time! - Edward