Thread: Starting the Dymaxion Sleep Schedule

Saturday, 6-6-09 (cont.)
22:00-22:30
Didn't get to sleep right away, again. I'm probably going to be seeing the effects of the oversleeping incident soon. First I'll be too awake to fall asleep, later I'll be too tired to stay awake (easily).

Sunday, 6-7-09
2:00-2:30
Still having difficulty getting to sleep.

6:00-6:30
Slept without much trouble this time. Really tired though. It's not so much that I can't keep my eyes open, just that I can't seem to open them in the first place. May or may not have had dreams, can't recall.

8:00-8:30
Decided I really needed an extra nap, which was fine since I haven't had one for a while now. Woke in about the same condition as I fell asleep. I was playing piano to stay awake when I remembered that I'd had a dream during the 8:00 nap!

10:00-10:30
The good news is, I had another dream! Several fragments, actually. I could remember right when I woke up. The other good news is that I'm almost back to the level of awakeness that I was at before the oversleeping incident. I guess REM vs non-REM really does make a big difference.

14:00-14:30
At first it was hard to wake up after this nap, but I managed. Since about half an hour after waking up, I've felt as awake as any average monophasic day when I got enough sleep... actually getting enough sleep wasn't the average. On monophasic, if I get less than 10 hours of sleep I'll feel at least slightly tired continuously. I'm looking forward to seeing what Dymaxion is like after the difficult first few weeks.

17:45-18:15
Took the nap 15 minutes earlier so my mom and I could go swimming (didn't feel like sleeping in the car and had to leave because the pool closes earlier on the weekends). Most awake I've been since starting the adjustment to polyphasic.

22:00-22:30
Almost awake as last cycle. Didn't have trouble waking up, for once.