Polyphasic Sleep Day 25
Posted by Chris on September 19, 2009
2:20 am, I'm extremely tired, and my eyes hurt. Jumping jacks do nothing neither does caffeine. I took a lot of caffeine to try and power through to get back on schedule after the over sleeps and other problems I've had over the last 2 days. But its useless, i cant stay wake at all. I fall asleep standing up. Given enough time id probably fall asleep while doing jumping jacks. So at 4am i finally gave up trying to stay awake and took a extra 20 min nap. Now at 4:20 i feel pretty good. Awake and focused really. I think it was just that i got up at 3 yesterday and at 2 today. All these recent changes probably made my body slightly mad at me haha.
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I know a lot of people disagree with me, but I am a firm believe in scheduled oversleeps. I look at it this way, sleep deprivation is a lot like lifting weights. Your body needs a bit of recovery time before it can move on to the next level. You wouldn’t lift the same muscle groups three days in a row; this has the same effect on the body.
So how do you adapt to this as a normal pattern? I always did a overshoot and step back. When adapting to everyman, I do three days of cutting sleep and then take a step back. So, say your core is seven hours, Day 1 sleep 6.5, Day 2 6, Day 3 5.5. Day 4 6 Day 5 5.5 and on.
This extra sleep makes the body think it’s catching up and adapt quicker. If you want naps to be more effective, I would try three days of doing only 10 minute naps. Then when you go back to 20 they should feel a lot more fulfilling.
My 2 cents at least. Thanks for blogging about this! It’s great to see another person’s experiences!