Polyphasic Sleep Day 12

Posted by Chris on September 6, 2009

I am tired. I spent the last hour or so fighting to stay awake. I can hardly keep my eyes open. And the Computer screens are not helping. So far I've been very unproductive. Looks like 100 jumping jacks gets me about 5 minutes of awake time. If this keeps up Ill be burning a lot of calories before 7am.
I just took an extra nap and it did 0. Im still extremely tired and cant look at the computer screen for 10 seconds without drifting off into sleep. In my desperation i took some caffeine hoping it would help me at least a little. No such luck. Right now id fall asleep standing up if i didn't move around. I'm really surprised by this. I didn't miss any naps yesterday. I did do some work around the house and my diet wasn't 100% spot on but that shouldn't have such a huge negative impact. I rate today as 1 of the worst Mornings yet on the experiment.

Day 12 recap: As with most days, after the 7am nap i felt pretty normal and it was getting better from there. So far this is a fun experiment and the dreams are a cool experience. But i actually have less productive time due to the terrible mornings. Instead of sleeping 8 hours and then have 16 normal productive. I sleep 4 and spend over 4 like a zombie. So I'm still awaiting that glorious day of adaption.