Placebo's Hexaphasic Journal

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Originally Posted by Placebo

My schedule of choice: 3:30am-5:30pm, 12pm, 6pm, 10pm, 2am
Nap lengths = 23 minutes
Total sleep per day = between 4 and 4.5 hours

Advantages:
#1 - I can drink coffee and beer at selected times, without a problem
#2 - I can drop a nap in the evening without having a huge impact
#3 - The only nap at work is during lunchtime, so the whiners can shut the F up
#4 - The lunchtime nap is fairly variable, by up to an hour or so.
#5 - I get some cuddle time in bed with wifey, but also get a lot of time to myself as well

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I haven't been here in a while following your journal, but it's good to see you found your balanced nap schedule. This looks like a schedule I could very possibly attempt successfully, as I don't think my schedule would allow Uberman polyphasic. 4-4.5 hours is still pretty good if you feel well-rested I would say. A question though, do you feel as well-rested as if you took a good night's sleep? As compared to an average regular night's sleep where you don't totally sleep enough?

Also, pet_rock, what is this Everyman schedule you are referring to?

Honestly, I'm still struggling a bit at night.
But the last week isn't fair to judge by - I've had family and friends over drinking into the early hours.
So it's more of a testament to it's flexibility that I'm still doing my schedule! :P

I'll post in a week or two and let you know my 'final' diagnosis of it

I've just adjusted my schedule, and seem to have gotten rid of my night time problem. A week of it will tell.
Instead of taking my core at 3:30am, I take it at normal 'bed time'
So at about 11pm or so, I sleep for 3 hours, get up and nap a few hours later.

My schedule was a success, however in the last few days I've had a setback.
I was diagnosed with an underactive thyroid, and my doctor gave me thyroid supplements with absolutely no information about it. ("Here's a magic pill. Use it")

He failed to mention a number of things which affect it, causing it to backfire.
Then along with my cats waking me 3 times in my core sleep, it's caused a huge temporary mood disorder.
So yesterday and today was monophasic because my body was in a massive depressive 'bipolar-like' mood swing.

I've managed to correct it now with the supplements and some research on how to use them PROPERLY (bloody doctor. thinking of changing)