Restart in August 12th

That's when I'll have my third attempt. My sister will be coming back home on 13th so I'll be already sleep-deprived when she's around. I'll make sure I'll get as much help from her as possible. This will be a short attempt, I won't tolerate many oversleeps before giving up as I am now having much shorter break. Hopefully I'll be able to pull it off.

On the other news, I've been paying off the sleep-debt pretty intensely. In the first night I slept 14 hours and even in the second 11 hours.

Enough is Enough

I let it go and slept the whole night. In the end I wasn't ever even that close to adaptation and it was pretty clear that I wasn't going to succeed. It was the days 4-6 that decided the attempt and after that I juyst didn't have enough in me to push through. This won't be my final attempt, but I will retun to monophasic for sometime now. Let's see again on the fall, probably.

Day Thirteen - Lucky It's Not Friday

While walking (as I stated in the last post), I came up with this sick poem

My best buddy
That's you sleep-deprivation
You make me feel shoddy
And have a hallucination

Maybe I come up with more verses as sleep-deprivation gets more intense. Today's objective is clear, no oversleeps, no missed naps and new record in successive naps. Old is from this same attempt, from day six, where I hit twelve naps in a row before finally succumbing into oversleeping and not even properly remembering how it happened. It's still over half an hour before I go to bed, but I'm going to play if safe and put my alarms ready.. And double-check so I don't mess up like I've done couple of times earlier. It's easy to do some sort of brain fart when you're sleep-deprived.

I'm hoping for a REM, but I guess it's still early for that, cause in sense it's only the second day of adaptation, at least if you think oversleep always resets it, which might well be true.

I semi-fell asleep while watching a vid, but only for like ten minutes so it doesn't matter. More or less like a microsleep. Hope it doesn't interfere with my normal nap which is still 20 minutes away. No, it wont interfere; according to my keylogger, I was out max of 3 minutes (thanks to my dad who told me to go bed if I'm going to sleep). Kinda close call again though.

Day 13.1
Naptime 1:40-2:00, 20 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5
REM: No

That was just as expected nap. My dad probably would want me to oversleep with the vid, but no way Jose. Eleventh succesful nap in a row, and to think I was so close to failure in many senses right there.

Now I hit the wall I guess, I slept in my bed for an extra nap. It was semi-purposeful but that wasn't wise all things considered. It resets my counter but I don't think I should quit over this. I was out over an hour. I don't know. I'm feeling frushtrated know how I let myself being talked in to this.

Day Twelve

Let's hope to god this works and I don't cut my post in half again because of oversleep.

Day 12.1
Naptime 1:40-2:00, 20 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5
REM: No

I fell asleep quickly and my mind does clockwork since I woke up minute before my alarm. Inch-perfect stuff, but I'm feeling a little shoddy right now. Gotta wake myself up properly.. Done. It's now about an hour after waking up and I feel fine. It feels nice to actually be awake at night instead of fighting against tiredness. There's still so hot outside that even grass hasn't gotten wet.

Well, things change fast. Now I'm two hours in and I'm feeling really tired. I'll go to play a little football.

It worked well. I'm still tired, but nothing unbearable and since it's pretty close to bedtime I can handle it.

Day 12.2
Naptime 5:40-6:00, 20 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5
REM: Yes

I made it! Full day's worth of naps. Still it's only the beginning if I'm to adapt. I remembered one glimpse of dreams so it must mean I was having REM.. Well perhaps not, but I'd give it high probability anyway. Now I just gotta keep myself busy to stay awake. It's not coasting through yet even if it is daytime.

I'm very tired though, so If I want to avoid falling to sleep Ireally need to start my nightime schedule here. I'll go to play football now in attempt to wake myself up again.

Hardly five minutes of it did the trick, shrugging the tiredness away.. But it wasn't long before I was tired again. Well, just another quick football session to replenish energy. I can see this becoming a cycle. I'm now moderately tired while sitting on the computer. It seems that I'll have to do at least one football session until I go to shower and it's time to nap again. It's over 2 hours until next nap so it's too distant for me to even fantasize about.

I'd really like to do bunch of brainless activities with my sleep-deprived time, but fact of the matter is, that if I for example some tv series, I just start to fall asleep instantly. So I must keep myself occupied.. Okay now my eyelids are officially staring to twitch around and try to close. Also my text is starting to have bouts of nonsense. Instead of going to play football again I opted for a long walk around the forests and stuff. It has better calorie-to-time rate. It seems like I'm going to make it through this phase as well despite all the tiredness.

Or am I.. It's still 30 minutes to go and I'm hearing voices in my head.. Angry voices. God I need some sleep. I'm nodding constantly again. Gotta get up.

I've been writing a review of my last couple of poker sessions for over two hours now, but I just can't keep my thoughts from blowing apart. Pretty messed up stuff. Hope I don't oversleep.

Day 12.3
Naptime 9:45-10:00, 15 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5
REM: No

Weird sleep. I fell asleep while still reading a book and woke up few minutes later and tried to gain some sleep without really remembering that I've slept already. But gladly neither of us slept 30+ minutes and it's better to go too little than too much. That's now seven naps without major trouble, though that was close call. Anyway I feel refreshed compared to how destroyed I was when going to sleep, though a little tired and I wouldn't lay down feeling safe that I wouldn't fall asleep.

Still feel kind of weird, kind of like I failed, because this is so similar to many oversleeps. I fell asleep involuntarily - luckily I was past the point where I could fall asleep all I wanted. If I'd slept to alarm I would've got like 25 minutes of and I'd be fine with that. Now I woke up after like a quarter of an hour, but as it had felt like just closing your eyes I had panicked at first and reset my alarms to give me 15 minutes of time to sleep. I didn't use them but as said, it doesn't matter as 15 minutes has count as a success before and will do it now too.

This is an important breakthrough for me. It's seventh nap in a row, and we've got easy day naps ahead. It looks like I'm in with realistic chance to break my record in successive naps. I need to go much further of course, but that's nice goal in between the greater goal.

I had trouble during the start of this phase, but I'm now halfway and after playing Flashpoint for some time I've found all of my alertness. I feel good right now. First-person shooters are pretty much the best kind of games to play in this kind of situation. I've been playing mostly Football Manager, and while I really like the game, it makes me wanna zzzzz all the time.

Day 12.4
Naptime 13:45-13:55, 10 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5
REM: No

It was a shorter nap that's for sure as I woke up to external distruption, but I'm not sure if it was as short as this. But I don't mind since this refreshed me pretty well. Still no further REM. I'm not tired, but I'm not really feeling productive either.

I played some Football Manager again and sure enough it made me tired. I don't care now, but I just gotta really keep out of that game during night.

Day 12.5
Naptime 17:450-18:00, 20 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5
REM: No

I just woke up to my alarm and did the stuff as I should. Not much other wild animals around here at this time. That makes it respectable nine naps in a row. Still a few naps to go til my record, which will no doubt be shattered after this.. Hopefully overconfidence doesn't get me..

Day 12.6
Naptime 21:45-22:00, 15 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5
REM: No

Whoa dude! I actually made it past this day. Got up a bit early from the nap but it doesn't matter as it was fairly refreshing anyway. Now I just gotta make it through the night's hardest phases and it's my new record in successful naps..

I watched a video for some time and got extremely tired, so I went for a long walk. Now I'm back and it's hour until next nap. I'd think I make it. I'll return to you with my 13th day post

Day Eleven - Starting of the Final Effort

Alright, here we go. I really feel exhausted mentally and I'm ready to call it quits, so all of my remaining willpower will be going to this last effort.

I have this daytime to figure out ways to stay awake during night and of course to avoid oversleeping. I will probably be sleeping on the sofa, that's my first change. I guess I'll be re-introducing the fourth alarm as well.

Things to do to avoid falling asleep when feeling tired:
- Eat.
- Go for a walk.
- Well, you know..
- Play football.
- Cold shower.
- Punching bag.
- Play poker (possibly an expensive one, but I'd think it'd wake me up a bit to have some money on the line).
- Keep active at all times, don't succumb to waiting for next nap.
- Stretch.
- Convince yourself that sleep-deprivation is actually fun.

Things to do to not oversleep:
- Multiple alarms, the obvious one.
- Strong autosuggestion.
- Being in the middle of something while going to sleep.
- Sleeping in weird places.
- Making sleep as uncomfortable as possible.

Oh c'mon, couldn't it be the time to nap already? I hate being tired. I want my REM-nap to get refreshed. Fortunately it's dawn already and I don't have to feel tired during day. I'm already badly sleep-deprived and currently nodding constantly and hearing voices in my head (and having urge to say something back at times). I guess it's the long-term sleep deprivation that's affecting me now. Luckily I can get my REM-nap now. At least it should be that since it's the third nap of the day.. Or at least should be.

Day 11.3
Naptime 9:35-10:00, 25 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5
REM: Yes

And indeed it was. I went to sleep perhaps a bit early and probably fall asleep instantly, so it was also on the longer side. That didn't matter because I seizured awake the instant my alarm went off straight from REM-dream, that was more vivid than usual, realistic and that had felt like it had gone for a long time. When it comes to being refreshed, there's still some initial groggyness so I'll be evaluating that in let's say like half an hour.

I needed a dream like that to push me some extra motivation, because I was really ready just to dump it all during last phase. Now I again feel like fighting for it. Schedule like Uberman is definitely worst fighting for. When I talked about this with my dad is strongest counter-argument was that "he likes sleep", we'll, I'd argue that Uberman indeed is sleep-lovers schedule.

I mean think about it - if you like to sleep as an experience or recreation in itself, then you'll get much more when you are polyphasic. When you go to sleep, you only remember falling asleep, that state where you drifted between sleep and awake. Then you'll remember possibly some of the dreams in between before finally waking up. In polyphasic, you'll get that falling asleep 6 times, get better dreams and remember them more easily and you're at most 3 hours 40 minutes away from your next sleep. I'd argue that if you really love sleep, you should go polyphasic. However, if you really, really do love sleep I doubt that you could survive the sleep deprivation.

Well, now that some time has passed I still feel a little light-headed, which indicates to me that some of the sleepiness has carried over. It's kind of refreshing to be tired during the day, but I doubt I'll have trouble before night no matter what.

Since this is most probably my last day of this attempt, I guess I feel I have to empty my mind of material before it's too late. Also writing about this helps me keep my concentration on this and perhaps motivates as well. That's why I'll be going to write much today in-between naps about variety of topics, namely whatever comes to mind. Since there's one follower for my log I take it that there might even be some people interested in reading ramblings of a badly sleep-deprived madman.

I gotta say that I'm gravely dissapointment in myself for not adapting when it was so near and so achievable. I might have to wait a chance like this until next summer. That isn't too bad you might think and it may not even be, but man am I dissapointed. To oversleep in such many nights in a row and in very similar conditions means that I really lacked the resilience, determination and discipline to make it through. Not to mention some lazyness in my planning, especially when the problems were there to everyone t odeal.

Okay, it's only 50 minutes since waking up and my eyelids are trying to force shut. It's not overwhelming feeling like it sometimes gets, but I think it's the cue for me to go to kick ball around a little. That ought to wake me up a little more.

This has been tougher-than-usual noon phase, which is kind of ominous sign considering tonight, but maybe I can pull it off, who knows.. At least you could think this daytime tiredness as a practice for night, though I ought to have enough practice by this time. At least it might increase the continuity and make it easier for me to just continue doing the same things I do during day to stay awake.

Day 11.4
Naptime 13:40-14:55, 15 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5
REM: Yes

Well, there goes the claim that I only have REM during third naps. Had it during this nap as well. It was somewhat refreshing nap and it obviously felt very long again. I woke up before the alarm. My brother commented that I look pretty tired so apparently I am really messed up at the moment. Well not exactly this moment but overall at this point of the effort.

So now two naps into the last attempt and as usual, I'm starting to feel hopeful etc. It has really been a pattern so far, going on for about 4-6 naps and gaining momentum then crashing out.

Day 11.5
Naptime 17:40-18:00, 20 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5
REM: No

I got up more tired than what I was when going to sleep. Still nothing major. Once the tiredness got away I started feeling pretty normal and functional.

Day 11.6
Naptime 21:45-22:00, 15 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5
REM: No

I really don't know if I slept that long. I'm not sure about REM either. Anyway, I'm relatively rested now and considering that were on the verge of the night that's good news. Now I just need to figure out something to do that keeps me alert..

I listened to music for an hour and then played football with my dad for half an hour - that's right, I played football with my about 45-year-old overweight dad, who hasn't ran in 20 years - and it was midnight. It was pretty odd scene for sure. His accuracy was a little off, so I had to run pretty much, but still I'd say I didn't exert myself too badly. I doubt this matters at any point during tonight. If anything it was energizing like playing footie usually is.

Day Eleven - Last Failure.. I wish

Day 11.1
Naptime 1:40-6:00,260 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5
REM: Obviously, but don't remember

Again this same oversleep. I don't even remember getting up at night. Makes me think it's even more certain that I changed the times by myself while sleeping. Or could've I made the same mistake twice? Wait a minute - my main alarm was set to 2' o'clock but my two others to 6 o'clock. I woke up to the second alarm. I might've just slept through my alarm.

This really sucks. But then again, it was the Wednesday. I could give it one final chance when I'm not physically exhausted, but I don't know. It just feels like that my chances are gone already and I can't seem to handle any sleepyness anymore. Therefore, one final push - If I oversleep again, that's it. The history doesn't give me much of a chance of succeeding, but whatever.

Day Ten Second Half

Well, for one thing my sleep schedule at least is regular and consistent. Shame that I gotta break the consistency if I'm going to adjust. I had REM again with the third nap.

Day 10.3
Naptime 9:40-10:00, 20 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5
REM: Yes

I went to play football instantly after waking up for fifteen minutes to make sure all the possible groggyness went away. I wish I have another REM nap today, as it would make tonight easier. Though it's gonna be super-hard anyway because of soccer, especially since I'm revenging myself by destroying myself completely in the game.

Day 10.4
Naptime: 13:50-14:10, 20 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5
REM: No

I was a little late for my nap for the reasons independent on me, so I shifted the whole nap 10 minutes forward. It's didn't feel very restful nap.

Day 10.5
Naptime: 17:35-17:45, 10 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5
REM: No

For some reason I slept very little, but at least it was refreshing. I have a bad feeling that this will worsen further my sleep dep for tonight.

Football has been played. It's hard to quesstimate how trashed I am, but my side lost again so I'm mentally destroyed at least. I had some slight cramps in my calves, so maybe that indicates I really drained it all? Well, it probably doesn't matter as I'm going to be dead tonight anyway. Now gotta head to shower and then quickly day ten's last nap.

I had to eat pretty close to a nap too, though I wasn't getting REM anyway, so it doesn't really matter.

Day 10.6
Naptime: 21:50-22:00, 10 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5
REM: No

I don't know exactly what times I slept, but I know that I didn't sleep that well. That's why I marked only 10 minutes. It's now just past the waking up time, and I still feel fine, but let's examine earlier after-football days as to how quickly I have died afterwards. On last Monday, this nap was Tiredness 1, last Wednesday Tiredness was up to 4 and Tiredness 5 prior to that. So some tiredness creeping in is to be expected, but if I'm unlucky I'll already start to crash in this phase. I already set all my alarms to two o' clock, so I don't need to worry about that any further.

So yeah.. I'm 90 minutes into this phase and already my mental state has deteriorated significantly and tiredness is already at level three.

Well, I made it through tiredness. To the next nap and next day..

Day Ten First Half

Day 10.1
Naptime 1:40-2:00, 20 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5
REM: No

The tenth day is underway. Feels great to have made it this far, even though I've made many mistakes along the way. This nap wasn't one of those, but it wasn't particularly good nap either. Just pretty usual nap.

While nap itself was pretty usual, it didn't take too much time for me to hit serious wall now. I'm totally tired, probably can't keep on sitting on the computer. But I have to make through thse tough spots to make it through to semi-adaptation again.

And I pretty much made it by going for a long walk. For some reason walking far from home restores me, unlike just walking around in yard or around. It's time for my problem nap, let's see if I make the sixth successful nap in a row or succumb again to oversleeping or some other weird shit.

Day 10.2
Naptime 5:40-6:00, 20 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5
REM: No

I won the battle against oversleeping for this nap. The nap itself felt fine even though no REM again. It could've been more restful, but it could've been worse too. I just wish I weren't so tired anymore, but this phase shouldn't be easy either when you look at the earlier times during this nap.

One perception in this space - Always in the questions regarding polyphasic sleep there's bound to be some guy who trains hard and asks whether polyphasic's compatible with physical training. I've noticed that recovery is way slower and like you've all seen, fooball matches has been destrouiyng me. That said I haven't adapted yet so I have to wait for the final say.

I overslept again - 90 minutes hole in the morning and I fell asleep while sitting on the bed. I really should've been more disciplined again and not sit there. I guess that stifles my deveploment again. I'm so frushtrated! Next chance to make it up is to fight through another night, day will be a piece of cake again of course. It should be extra challenging since today is wednesday and there's another football match. I'll make sure to fuck myself up good, I hate myself so much right now.

Why couldn't I just have gone to play football or something when I felt sleepy? I suck so hard.

My battle plan for the next nights, as many as it takes:
22-02 Relatively easy stage to stay awake. Primal functions like eating and such will be neough
02-06 It gets harder, but usually I can handle it and finish the phase with a walk, long walk.
06-10 Football is the last alternative here. Probably very soon after waking up as I usually have accumulated lots of tiredness by this point.

Now I have a plan; that ought to make it a l ittle easier to stay awake durign those tough phases. I don't have much margin for error any more, as I've already made so many mistakes and this has dragged on far enough.

Day Nine - Taking It Serious Again

Gonna change the format a bit and put REM on lines of info, makes it quicker to check when I had REM and when not.

Day 9.1
Naptime 1:40-6:00, 260 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5
REM: Of course, though don't remember any

I really don't know what happened. I wake up snap once my alarm went off, but why were all my alarms set to wake me up 4 hours late? Did I really do that big of an error or did I reset them after waking up at 2 am. but not really waking up? But yeah, bad crash. My confidence of succeeding is starting to fade slowly but surely. This morning is just annihilating me all the time. Oversleeping through one whole phase is about as bad as it gets.

I just don't get why all of my alarms were set to wrong time. But what can you do? I guess the soccer had it's say since I didn't even wake up on my own. All I can do I just keep trying. We're still not that deep into the effort that it's ruined, but I think I have to practically adjust again. I really need to do that 24 naps in a row if I'm to succeed. There has been trouble during night for three nights in a row. I didn't space my alarms out across the room as clearly as I've done earlier. I guess I have to start doing that again. My last REM nap was 8.2, since that nothing. Here's the whole rem-dream list: 8.2, 7.3, 6.2, 4.4 4.3

It seems to indicate that I wasn't as close to adjusting as it seemed. Most of the REM came about the same time instead of scattered around.

I have to ask my dad what happened, he was awake when I went to bed last night. Did I really wake up, reset my alarms and just fall asleep again? It really seems like it. Anyway, I can't make more mistakes. Wednesday will be the next critical spot as I'm playing football once again. I'm 3 for 3 in terms of oversleeping after playing football, so it's imperative to go from this to then without mistakes. I know that my initial adjustment is in ruins and I probably have to go through another couple of day of narcolepsy. Anyway, If I don't soon adjust I gotta start considering quitting since I can't drag this on too long. What a dissapointment that would be after coming so close. I'm kinda depressed, but I can't really dwell on my failure, just gotta move forward. I've been really saying about the importance of these nights, yet I haven't taken action to really make sure I stay awake through them. Daytime will be no problem as I've said so many times earlier, I should concentrate all my willpower and effort to the two night-naps.

Day 9.3
Naptime 9:40-10:00, 20 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5
REM: Yes

I guess it could've been more refreshing nap, but it returned the status quo. I was tired after it and laid down for a while chatting with my brother (I don't think I have danger of falling asleep while socializing). After that I went out and trained football lightly for 40 minutes. That was enough to shrug the tiredness away. Football has been very effective in that for me so far.

I asked my dad about what happened around 2 am. and didn't get a proper answer.. pretty much just laughed at and he said that at least I finally got some sleep. Idiot. I tried to explain it to him that it actually wasn't a good thing and that 4 hours isn't gonna cover the sleep-deprivation I'm going under, but what's the use..

Day 9.4
Naptime 13:40-14:00, 20 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5
REM: No

Terrific nap! Don't remember any dreams, but for some reason it really hit the spot.

Day 9.5
Naptime 17:40-18:00, 20 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5
REM: No

Another fine nap, though no dreams again. Three naps in a row without trouble, considering my recent form, that's good. Had a short football training session again.

Day 9.6
Naptime 21:40-22:00, 20 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5
REM: No

Another REMless, but relatively restful nap. This is starting to show that the whole adaptation was a mere illusion since I'm only getting REM on early naps.

I'll probably be back posting with oversleep again since I seem to find imaginative ways of doing that. See ya.

Day Eight - Eight Misbehavin'

Day 8.1
Naptime 1:35 - 1:55, 20 min
Mental: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

I was again a bit early asleep, but again also woke up before the alarm rang. There was slight danger of oversleep as I laid down in the bed for a while, slight lack of discipline from me. Though the alarms were all yet to go off, so they would've probably woken me in time anyway. Played some poker first time in a while. Didn't play that well, but ended up winning because I was lucky.

At the moment I'm slightly tired, about the usual night-level. This is the starting level from where it usually escalates in the small hours into a full-scale narcolepsy. Hope I'm past that now and there will be only slight sleep-dep symptoms if even them.

Sun is starting to rise again and with that, I think my alertness is too. I don't think I'll have any trouble today.

Day 8.2
Naptime 5:35-5:55, 20 min
Mental: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

The same story once again in terms of nap, very refreshing stuff, even if I'm a little tired. I was lazy getting up once again so risked another oversleep, but there was no real danger overall.

Third repeat of the same happenings. The clock woke me up easily and we had visitors up untile end.

Shit! No new computer for me. I lacked discipiline, let myself get lying for a while and whaddyayaknow, I fell asleep. At least if was REM. I slept about 50 minutes so it's a small hiccup again, but still, C'mon me, stop doing that. I'm so nearly adapted that I don't need this shit.

I guess it would be harsh just to take the computer away, so I'll make amends if I do the next 24 naps without trouble (Day 12.2 will be the last in this - if I manage it I doubt I'll ever nap at the wrong time again. )

Everything else seems fine, so only problems left to squash are:
-Tiredness during night
-Morning's oversleep issues.

Now that I slept, I'm feeling tired and somewhat groggy, though I was already feeling that way prior to falling asleep. I just hope my whole day isn't ruined because of this.

I guess I could also condense my comments from now on in, since it's going to be mostly the same it's been so far.

Day 8.3
Naptime 10:20 - 10:30, 10 min + oversleep 8:00-10:00, 120 min
Mental: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

I don't know why, but for some reason I forgot to sleep in time, so I took a tight nap a bit later. Nothing serious again, but these errors are starting to stack up. This wasn't the errorfree nap I was lookig for, so earning computer will happen in day 12.3 earliest.

Wait a minute.. There's a two hour hole in there and I don't know what happened. So basicly I must've overslept.

This morning has been a mess! Now my only aim for the next nap is to return to the strickt adherence of the schedule. You don't need many of mornings like this to completely ruin all your good work. What is wrong with me?

Day 8.4
Naptime: 13:40-14:00, 20 min
Mental: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

Slight groggyness that's all. A bit of shallow and unrestful nap, but it did the trick.

Day 8.5
Naptime: 17:30-17:50, 20 min
Mental: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

This was the soccer match phase. I felt fine and energetic the whole match. I shifted the nap a bit earlier to prepare better.

Day 8.6
Naptime 21:45-22:00, 15 min
Mental: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

In last Monday and Wednesday, this phase was pretty easy. It seems to be case right now too. It's the next day's first nap where that crash has usually happened. Though there's slight tiredness already crept in. I expect it to get somewhat worse in the next nap. Hopefully not, but I wouldn't be surprised if that is the case.

On the other news, I'm really starting to face resistance towards my attempt now. My mom described my sleeping "sick" (no in worrying tone but in an angry tone) and my dad said that I couldn't keep it up if I'd have to do physical labour. Others have started asking questions, but even if I explain it to them they don't get it.

This is nothing I didn't expect, just an additional hitch. I'm used to being a weirdo. My sis is probably only one who hasn't really judged me but she has been open-minded and helpful about the whole thing.

Seventh Nap of the Seventh Day

Day 7.1
Naptime 1:40-2:00, 20 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

Boom! Another REM-sleep! Since this is not accompanied with oversleep, that's a mark of me coming nearer adaptation. That said, I felt really shoddy especially immediately after waking up, but as I'm writing that the feeling is fading of. But now I'm really starting to feel I'm going to adjust. If this was the hardest it's going to get, I WILL adjust. And with every REM-phase I get, the sleep-dep lessens. It's still a questionmark how my other phases will go, but this could be start of something big.

Not to mention that it was fifth nap in a row without problems. But now after 4 am. the usual problems have started. I'm starting to feel sleepier than usual. That said I think I'm in a slightly better situation than on last morning and If I can avoid oversleeping I no doubt can keep my schedule tomorrow.

Day 7.2
I've woken up 6 o'clock (though I hardly remember it), but apparently overslept at least partially 'cause I only just regained consciousness. Why must I screw up constantly now? I'm so close succeeding. I don't even get what I did. It means that I didn't get my 13 proper naps in a row record, I have to start all over again. Well, it's four naps today so I hope I get straight back to the right track. I just must stop ruining it all the time. By the way, there was tons of crazy shit written again. Jesus Christ on a stick.

Here are the writing times:
5:38 - Last written stuff prior the nap
6:03 - Right after
6:14 - 11 minutes break, the complete nonsense for couple of minutes.
6:44 - Another bout of nonsense, coming to senses.

It all leads me to belief that amidst all the crazy and amnesiac shit there I just for some reason fell asleep again or alternatively never really wake up. But now looking at it on a hindsight and with logs it doesn't look serious. It's only a little oversleep. I still gotta buckle up. Luckily I'm now well aware and there's not a hint of tiredness in me.

It's a fact that the success will be defined in the naps 1 & 2, at least for me. I will not be making errors in any other. All I need to do is to start perfectly adhere for the program and I'll finally make it. It will get harder and harder the longer it takes though. I suspect I might have another REM-less day now that I overlept. I'm so close that I need to keep working hard so all the hard work done so far doesn't go to waste.

I just wish that I would not have such a bad amnesia. I'm happy that I have keylogger since without it there would've already been couple of instances where I wouldn't have a clue what happened.

So in the end, here's the numerical evaluations:
Mental: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

Day 7.3
Naptime 9:40-9:55, 15 min
Mental: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5
What an awesome nap. REM-sleep and I'm feeling the most refreshed I've been since day one. Not still on my best monophasic ability though. This reinforces my belief that I am adjusting, but I'm going to treat that with grain of salt for now and not get too excited (again). I will not fully adjust unless I keep this up and that demands certain professionalism and not writing non-sense half-asleep when you should've just gotten up from your nap.

I decided that should I do the next three days without hiccups I'm going to reward myself by buying an awesome new computer. But if I fail, I won't be buying anything for at least 6 months. Now that's some incentive for myself!

Alright so I went to take a very short session of football, and now cooling down from it I've started to tire. I don't think they're related, I think I'd gotten tired anyway at some point, since, you know, I am yet to fully adjust. I can't think that I would get too physically tired because of that session, I hardly ran or anything. It's still nearly an hour until my naptime, but since it's daytime I don't think I'll really be in danger of falling asleep. I'll stay alert for myself though..

Day 7.4
Naptime 13:35-13:55, 20 min
Mental: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5
Not as great nap as they've been lately, no REM at least I don't recall one. Bit of shallow sleep. Woke up before alarm. All the tiredness from waking up faded quickly.

I'm feeling decent. I'm still not full mind power, but close to it. Definitely a huge improvement over past few days.

Day 7.5
Naptime 17:35-17:50, 15 min
Mental: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

Again I woke up without alarm's assistance. I was a little confused upon waking up as I felt like I had slept forever. I'm feeling pretty fine overall.

Day 7.6
Naptime 21:45-22:0o, 15 min
Mental: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

Well, this is the seventh nap if you consider the mornings oversleep as a differerent nap. I didn't intend to have seven naps today, just meant it as a bad Iron Maiden reference.

Anyway, I've been a bit more tired than during the daytime, which may be indicating that nights will still be a little hard for a couple of days. I'm sure I can handle it now though.

Well I was right. I gotta change tiredness up a notch to two since I'm really starting to get tired as it gets darker outside. I'm sure this will be over in few days, but night has been the trouble spot for me so it's little surprise I still keep getting very tired.

Day Six Sucks

Day 6.1
Naptime 1:40-1:50, 10 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

Well, I for some reason woke up very early, I guess I was very scared of oversleeping. Still the main thing is that I did sleep and avoided oversleep, so now I'm adding to my record. 11th successive successful nap. Once I nail my four o'clock nap, I've done it two days straight without mess-ups.

I need to get myself properly awake, my head is nodding and my eyes are closing uncontrollably.. Well returned from a short walk and it really didn't do much for me. It seems that this is going to escalate to one of the hardest phases so far.

I'm constantly on the edge. Gotta get off from computer again. It was a miracle I didn't fall asleep.

This is madness. I felt so hopeless that I turned to drastic measures: Ice cold shower. Now I'm freezing, but at least it bought me some time. It's still almost 90 minutes before a nap though.

I don't know how I did it, but it seems I'm making it. Worst narcolepsy has been fended off. This was the most difficult night if you don't count the first one. Considering this is only my second night in a row without oversleeps I can expect things getting even harder tomorrow night. Day naps are supposed to be easier once again, though I'm kind of expecting some trouble in them too. Now final challenge of the night, avoiding oversleeping.

Day 6.2
Naptime 5:30-5:40, 10 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

I fell asleep accidentally a bit early but woke up also on my own time it didn't matte in any sense. 12th succesful nap in a row and I think I had REM as well.

Ouch! I accidentally felt asleep again, but only for a short while. It was another short nap. Really don't know how to feel about it. Guess angry for lacking discipline but relieved that I didn't sleep longer. I don't know how long I slept. My logs tell me that there's exactly 1h 6 mins between the "12th succesful.." and what I've typed last. I don't even really remember why I fell back asleep. But that's oversleep, right? Shit. Well, it's so short that I don't know if it even matters. We'll see if I miss my 10 o'clock nap.

I'm pretty angry at myself. There's no reason for me to oversleep there. It's just plain sloppyness on my part. I'm all the more angry since I think I had rem preceding that nap, which would mean I was adapting! If I only knew exactly how long I overslept. I mean I had an only 10 minute nap so about an hour extra isn't that big of a deal, but still.. I don't know. All I know is this was so unnecessary.

Yesterday I had that moment of serenity where I was fully immersed in what I was doing. Well for the night all I have been immersed has been Uberman and I had really beaten it already before I ruined it. I threatened to quit to next oversleep but I just have to see where this short oversleep takes me, how big of a step-back it is. I'd suspect I'm in for at least one more day of severe narcolepsy and few a little easier but bad days altogether. I expect to crush that 12 naps in a row record with next 13 naps.

I'm feeling refreshed from the oversleep, but I can't really think as straight as I used to. That's probably because of the sleep-dep. It's still two hours before my nap, gotta figure out something to do. Next four naps will be child's play though. I'm not getting cocky or anything, but daytime has been a piece of cake. I can't let my discipline down, that was the today's lesson. I can't believe I allowed myself to lay down for a while. I wish my sis were here, she wouldn't have let me do that to myself.

Day 6.3
Naptime 9:40-10:00, 20 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

1 down, 12 to go. Super-easy nap. It was relatively restful as well, but no REM.

Day 6.4
Naptime 13:40-14.00, 20 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

2 down, 11 to go. Another pretty easy one. These daytime naps are such a routine. No REM in this either, I guess that oversleep set me couple of days behind schedule. The naps itself have no become so easy, as has raising to alarm. Funny to think I used to sleep through them continously and now somehow wake up every time for the once. I were a bit groggy after waking up, but that's pretty much all.

Day 6.5
Naptime 17:40-18:00, 20 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

Another easy phase for staying up. My mental reactions are improving all the time, but I don't remember having as good a nap as before oversleep in the morning. Shame really. But still if the adaptation goes like it's going at the moment I see no problem myself for going all the way. I still have to give it all during nights, but I'm capable of it.

Well, once I started talking about how easy it is some drowsiness crept in. I'm having a low-energy moment right now.

Day 6.6
Naptime 21:40-22:00, 20 min
Mental: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness 0 1 2 3 4 5

*Extreme sleep inertia nonsense again, deleted*

No other problems worth mentioning.

Day Five the Other Half

This half of the day should be easier than the first as daytime has been much easier for me so far. I hope that is the case for this time too. I certainly feel more awake now than say 2 hours ago. I actually dare to close my eyes for a moment without being afraid of falling asleep. That's not to say I'm tempting my fate though.

But now, let's see some stats:
Hours since I last slept 'properly': 12o h
Hours since last oversleep: 28 h
Overall time spent asleep: 805 mins = 13 h 25 min

So I have averaged 2,7h/day of sleep. Therefore it's not a miracle I'm feeling pretty bad at times. The consistensy is the key here as I must stay clear of oversleeping all the times. I can't afford any more slip-ups, so I gotta be extremely strict and disciplined.

Day 5.4
Naptime 13:40-14:00, 20 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

I keep feeling pretty damn tired while waking up. After that daytime has been much more merciful for me. No constant danger of falling asleep etc. I'm glad that I've been able to take all the naps as scheduled, but they haven't yet started to be as restful as I'd hope.

In short, I can still do pretty much whatever I want day, but at nights it's only fight for survival to stay awake and I take no risks.
"If you can manage to adapt to polyphasic sleep in your early 20s, I think you’re one incredible human being." -Steve Pavlina
Just stumbled across that, makes me even more motivated than what I was! Wow!

I had time on my hands so I tested my typing speed. My Finnish typing speed was unusually slow, but I wrote English faster than I have before. Probably because I've written mostly English recently.

I've now put 8 naps in a row without an oversleep. That's nothing impressive really, BUT as my record stands as 10 naps at the moment, so I'm not long way from beating it. I made it after transitioning to Uberman in the spring. I can pretty easily put in the remaining two to tie, but after that it's again the demanding night nap that is critical for my success.

Day 5.5
Naptime 17:40 - 18:00, 20 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

Kind of a tough nap. I woke up really groggy and drifted between wake and sleep for twenty minutes. It was perhaps so far the sloppyest waking up from me and I can think of myself as somewhat lucky not to fall asleep again. It didn't happen luckily, so I recorded 9th nap in a row without oversleep. Getting closer to record, but my sleep dep is getting more intense as well.

This has been a weird phase. After the initial groggyness I have been feeling pretty normal. At the moment it feels like the time is standing still. I have just gotten really into the stuff I've been doing and almost forgetting that I'm doing Uberman. Hard to explain the feeling.. I just hope I'll start getting REM soon and start adjusting, but most likely the sleep deprivation is going to get worse before it gets better, even if I've somehow found this serene moment all the sudden.

Day 5.6
Naptime 21:40 - 22:00, 20 min
Mental 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness 0 1 2 3 4 5

Now I'm tied with my nap-record. Just the toughest nap away from new record, though that hardly does anything cause just mantaining this streak is much more important. Could I for the first time ever manage two days worth of naps without oversleeping? I have kept my discipline for so long, it would be a shame to ruin it here.

I have now went for a walk around the village during this phase thrice in a row. We'll see if I have to again - it's more a function of my tiredness than anything else. If I can handle being awake without it, I'll just stay inside. Though it seems that tonights gonna be a clear, warm summer night, the kind that attracts to walk.

My head's once again a bit messed up. I was just reading on Hastings' battle before going to nap and now it's messing with my head. I see myself worrying about coup d'état etc. Sleep inertia combined with sleep deprivation can have some fun effects really..

Day Five - The Harder Half of It

I made it! I woke up, straight on first alarm. I feel fucked up, but whatever.

Day 5.1
Naptime 1:40 - 2:00, 20 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

It will be a continuos battle from now on. Just getting up from any nap is a fight. Not to mention staying awake. I might've made it through this nap, but I will still have four hours of sleep to navigate through.

First two hours went relatively well, but now I'm starting to struggle to keep my eyes open. Guess I should get off my ass and start moving around. I've been listening to music but now my eyes are really feeling heavy. I'll give some gold water to my face and go outside walking around for a while. This is going to be a long night.

It's been a long night but I'm closing the end of this phase. I'm very tired still, so basicly I'm going to take same precautions as with the last nap.

Day 5.2
Naptime 5:40 - 5:55, 15 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

Another one bites the dust in terms of not oversleeping. But I'm still hella tired. Could it be that I'm into the seemingly endless worst spot of sleeping phase? It seems also that it's either get up with first alarm or don't get up at all for me.

But I really am tired considering I just got up. I just had my eyes closed for a few seconds there involurintary. Do I have walking again to keep myself from falling to sleep? It's hell, that's all I say. But this is the hell I've been waiting for. Make it through these adjustments and you're well on your way. Oh man, I really can't sit anymore, I'm so close to falling asleep. I'm going to find something to eat and then going to fight back the urge to sleep.

Also, I've been tired already couple of times, but not really zombified so far. This is closets of th itä gonna get.

Day 5.3
Naptime 9:40 - 10:00, 20 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

Germans were smart enough and ttook the first bit of advice on terms of sleeping somewhere else. I am very tired again at the start of this nap, so I'd expect him hel him sleep soon.

What the hell am I writing?!

"eyot cumo up js pugffein kuvs"

I just had to maintain something I wrote that doesn't make any sense. I was too tired to keep my eyes open. Sorry. I gotta get up before I fall asleep, there's that risk gain.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THE NONSENSE THAT IS THE THREE PARAGRAPHS ABOVE! I wrote them instantly after getting up and I have no idea what I meant to say. I feel a lot better now that I've properly woken up, but what the hell? Stay clear of sleep-deprivation, kids.

Day Four's Real Start

Day 4.3
Naptime 9:45-9:55, 10 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

This one was probably on the shorter side. I didn't fall asleep immediately and for some reason woke up five mins early. No REM by the way... Oh wait a minute, I had, I just didn't recall it instantly. No nightmares about oversleeping though.

One great thing with Uberman is the emotional reset every four hours. I felt pretty bad the after oversleeping and it still doesn't feel nice, but at least it feels much better to continue now. It would be nice of course if I'd adapt some day instead of just living in the adaptation phase. Despite the oversleep the prolonged sleep deprivation is starting to really take it's toll on me. I'm not worried about the day naps, but nights will be problematic. Avoiding oversleeping is such a bitch when you don't trust your alarms.

Day 4.4
Naptime 13:40-14:00, 20 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

Good nap with REM, but this is still aftermath of the night's oversleep. I had light-intensity training session of football, we'll see if that affects my naps or makes me tired at night. My body is pretty broken down at the moment with all the slight knocks and stress I've put it under. Exercise works like a treat keeping tiredness away though, at least during the day. At night it seems to be the other way around. I hope I don't crash again tonight.

Day 4.5
Naptime: 17:40 - 18:00, 20 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

Oh man, I'm so groggy. Apparently it's the same phenomena that happened yesterday and on Monday. I'm in need of recovery or something. My legs feel so heavy. It's going to be a tough night and I'm gonna skip training for few days to accomodate my adaptation - and to give my wrecked body some time for repairs. On a somewhat unrelated note my regimen has had an effect, with my bodyfat dropping nearly five percentage points over the course of one month.

Well, it did go away pretty quickly now that I've waited for a while. Besides, I might be messed up tonight anyway, regardless if I have light training.

I was fine overall during this phase after all.

Day 4.6
Naptime: 5 min/Missed nap
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

Well, if night wasn't going to be hard I made sure that it will be. I had distractions around naptime and after that I got a little nervous and tried to force falling asleep, losing precious minutes. I finally relaxed after a while because I knew that I was messed up anyway. I feel this "click" when I enter to that state between awake and sleep and I felt that and was there for a few minutes, but I don't think I really slept. I got relaxed enough to feel like sleeping now, but I'm not that tired really. We'll see how this develops, but it's the problem nap coming up next.. I have one pretty severe back-up plan, but I'm going to only use it if it seems that I get narcoleptic again. If I don't, all I'm going to change for now is sleeping on the sofa rather than my bed.

So now I am little over halfway of this phase, it's midnight and like usual, sleepiness is starting to creep in. I'm going for a walk, that has worked in past nights as well so I expect it to do the same now. I hope I won't be back tomorrow posting about another oversleep during this nap!

EDIT: Have to update. I just got back from walk, and it doesn't do it anymore. I almost escalated to drunken walk and I'm really afraid of oversleeping. Still 10 minutes to go, I've set every alarm and this time made sure that they're correctly in. I'm still not total zombie, just have to take extra care to think. I'll be back updating in half an hour, I promise it. See brain? I promised. I can't sleep through it now, can I?

I WILL NOT OVERSLEEP!
I WILL NOT OVERSLEEP!
I WILL NOT OVERSLEEP!
ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY
I WILL NOT OVERSLEEP!
I WILL NOT OVERSLEEP!

Day 4 Continues

I need to vent somewhere. I am so pissed off. Mostly at myself, I don't know how many alarms I slept through, but apparently only two out of four. Still, I don't know whether it would've made a difference. I guess I should make some of my alarms even more severe. I could always put my brothers computer on, turn the volume up the ass and then just let the sound blast my (and everyone else's brain. In fact, I'm going to do just that, It's going to be my last straw.

I would just want time to pass by faster so I'd get to napping again and back to the same point I was. I hate having so much time when I don't feel like doing anything. It's not that I'm so tired or something, I'm just so frushtrated. Mentally I've not been on my best but not far from it either.

I was thinking last night that it was being too easy. I just walked the tiredness away before the fateful nap. It's impossible for me to win if I can't wake up to alarms. It's not the frushtrtation actually. It's the feeling of hopelessness. My sis is just leaving the place so I'll have no help either, since rest of the family haven't exactly been supportive. Maybe I could get a human back-up on some of the naps, but only like couple in a day. It's hard to keep going on. I refuse to give up so soon as fourth day, but all the while I intellectually know that I'm not going to have a high chance of success.


If I could do this next days without oversleeping, this would be the perfect spot to adjust. I don't have to over-exert myself playing football or anything before monday, which will be the fifth day after oversleeping.

Why must it go from easy to just failure? Can't there be middle ground?

My today's goal is just to not miss any of my naps. I suspect I get a REM-nap for the first again, but like I've said, whatever. I'm not worried about oversleeping, I still have some confidence in my alarms, though not much. It was more my head being messed up and completely putting wrong times in couple of them. Still, the most important ones went of and weren't enough to wake me up. It must be the worst feeling of the world when you realise you have overslept. At least if feels like that now.

I should probably start some project and try to get over it, but it's not easy. But yeah, one more oversleep and it's over, I think. If this doesn't work, fine, just let's go back to monophasic and then after some time I might start biphasic sleep again. But I just really would hope.

My avoiding oversleep list (to-do indefinetely):
- Move the alarms around a bit
- Have intense last back-up alarm by using your brother's computer during the night (I know I'll get into trouble when this happens since it's speakers can be much louder)
- Sleep in alternative places during nights.
- I could try sleeping on my back during those hardest night-time naps. I don't know how it'd help, but I'm willing to try anything at this point.
- I wish I could think more of these.
- Double and triple check every alarm that they're set to right time.

If I fail, I'm gonna go overboard in my next attempt some day. Have like million of back-up alarms etc.

Day 4 - Overslept Again and Back to Square One

Maybe I'm just not up to this. Slept straight through all of my alarms. Or hell, I had put some alarms completely wrong times!

Naptime: 1:40 - 6:00, 260 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5


It renders me basicly back to day one and makes me wonder what I can do. My PC alarm was set on proper time, or so it says. My second phone alarm was completely off and so was my red alarm which set off just now. I don't know what the hell I've been thinking. So frushtrating to beat the tiredness of last nights only to oversleep. I honestly don't know what to do any more. I'm going to continue, but you can't even know how frushtrated I am.

So it basically starts from beginning for me. Seven days without screw-ups and I'd be adjusting. I'll continue napping at 10 o'clock with nap 4.3 but mark it 1.1 as well for simplicity's sake. I want to see how many days I've completed without screwups.

With every failure, chance of ever succeeding gets smaller.

I hate myself so much. Maybe I should start sleeping outside for those night naps?

Day 3 - Smooth Sailin'

Day 3.1
Naptime 1:35 - 1:50, 15 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

I went to sleep a little early, but woke up like ten minutes before the alarm as well. My nap might've as well been shorter than that. I was tempted to estimate it 12.5 minutes long, but since I've been using 5 minute increments with my estimations, 15 it is.

On other news, I might get lucky in terms of the football match. There's thunderstorm forecast for tonight so if it is correct, there won't be any game. I wouldn't mind, actually it would probably be in perfect spot. I enjoy thunder, it's gets my adrenaline flowing, so it would be perfect to help me stay awake as well not to mention avoiding the physical exhaustion that was my demise on monday. Of course by the time I actually post this, I will know what happened.

So yeah, relatively easy phase, some tiredness crept in midway, but it went away quickly. Sorry if I'm bit all around with the tense, I'm writing these a bit at a time during the day.

Day 3.2
Naptime 5:45 - 6:00, 15 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

Well this time I actually slept little over 15 mins but lets round it off downwards this time. I fell asleep quicky and wake up instantly after alarm sounded. Still absolutely no trouble with it, I don't even have fear sleeping through it. I was the most groggy after waking up I've been so far bar the narcolepsy, but still is nothing that really even bothers me. I've noticed my mental skills declining slightly, for example I need to constantly check what time is it because I keep forgetting. Nothing severe though. I don't expect to oversleep today, as I've survived through the night and sis will be awake soon to wake me up if needed.

Day 3.3
Naptime 9:40-10:05, 25 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

I 'overslept a little because I forgot I didn't put my normal alarm on. I finally got up for the first time to the second, my computer's alarm and even to that several minutes late. Perhaps hardest to get up there, I actually woke up when my dad came up to ask questions about my alarm. I have forgotten what it was about already. I would in fact go as far as to say that I dodged a bullet there, there where makings of an oversleep. It will be a question whether any of the alarms would've eventually waken me up.

I took a new, fourth alarm to use for this nap. My mom's old cellphone (she just updated to a newer one, so the old one is lying around unused. I took it to use obviously. During this phase we'll hit 72 hours since I last really slept. After last oversleep it'll be a little over 30 hours. This is the most tired I've felt in ages, but this is still not too far out of my comfort zone.

Day 3.4
Naptime 13:40-14:00, 20 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

Slight tiredness, but so slight that I was confident and comfortable enough to lay down in my bed for long periods without really worrying about falling asleep. I haven't missed a nap all day so everything is going very well. The thunderstorm was here already so it seems that I have to go play football (don't get me wrong, I want to play of course, but I wouldn't have minded missing it this time to make my adaptation easier). I have a feeling I'll have that rematch against narcolepsy tonight.. I'm up for it, bring it on!

Day 3.5
Naptime 17:55-18:00, 5 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

I nearly missed my nap, but there was certain change of concience during laying down, so I'll say it count as sleep.

Now I'm back from the match.. I intended to take it easy, but I was feeling very energetic and just couldn't help but to run from end to end constantly. I'm not tired right now and it's only 10 minutes 'til next nap. I've had over hour of a cooldown, it should be enough.. I can't believe that I would get destroyed by napping now, but well see soon.

Day 3.6
Naptime: 21:40-21:55, 15 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

I actually woke up to my sisters alarm five minutes earlier than I was supposed. I feel a bit heavier than what I felt when going to sleep, but I don't think it's as bad as on monday.

There's funny feeling that I have when doing polyphasic - my jaws feel stiff when I wake up. This never happens during monophasic, so I wonder if there's some tension for some reason in polyphasic. It's weird and feels a little uncomfortable after waking up, but that's all.

I'm now actively fighting the slight tiredness I've got so it doesn't escalate into the narcolepsy I got on Monday.. But it isn't working. I'm still 1½ hours away from my naptime, but I'm starting to struggle to stay awake. I've now switched the tiredness rating up two notches, it isn't yet at the same level than on Monday, but I think I'll better go for a walk or something to stay awake.. That did the trick.

So overall it's now 84 hours since I last slept normally, and 45 hours since last oversleep. Tomorrow it's starting to get really interesting. I think the few coming naps have the highest chance of oversleeping, so I have to be extra careful. My tiredness has subsided since the start of this nap, by the way. I'm tired enough to go to sleep, but I'm not falling asleep uncontrollably.

Day 2 - Overslept

Day 2.1
Naptime 1:20 - 4:40, 200 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

Back to square one. I don't remember the last 30 minutes from my fight against sleep so I guess the tiredness overcame me. My sis was already asleep so she couldn't help. Of course I am pissed, cause I remember that I had like half an hour to make it further. This is not end of the world and experiment will continue, but I can't really do any more screw-ups. It's back to square one anyway. I really should've moved more in the end of that last, but even that was hard and I was nearly falling asleep. I am so frushtrated now, but I just have to keep going. God I hate myself. But at least I didn't sleep through alarms or anything like that. I'll be heading back to sleep already in an hour following my program.

The lesson learned here is to put alarms on pre-emptively when you're super tired. At least that way I wouldn't have slept over 40 minutes presuming I actually woke up to some of them. I really shouldn't have insisted on sitting on my computer when the going got tough, but I was having hard time staying up while walking too.

I just have to get over it and hope things pick up again quickly. At least I feel less like lead at the moment. It did restore me surprisingly much for a three-hour sleep.

Day 2.2
Naptime 5:40 - 6:00, 20 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

I'm not sure again about how well I slept, but at least I was feeling tired and stuff. Anyway, relatively trouble-free phase again. I'll hit the 36 hours of REM deprivation tomorrow afternoon that I had done before I narcolepsied out last night. We'll see then whether it's just the spot where it gets hard for me or is it the football match I played. I'll be fucked up anyway tomorrow evening as then is another football match, it's just fun to find whichever was the reason.

Day 2.3
Naptime 9:40 - 10:00, 20 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

Everything went perfectly for once in terms of the nap. Though my REM deprivation ended as I had a long, vivid dream about.. guess.. oversleeping! In my dream I woke up around 14 and was totally destroyed, both in terms of feeling extremely tired & heavy. I went to kitchen and found my sister there and started angrily questioning her why she didn't wake me up. It was a huge relief to wake up refreshed just before alarm sounded and found that I indeed did not oversleep again.

The dream was obviously consequence of last night's oversleep, but it still motivates me. At least it let me experience partly how I would feel when adapted. The dream felt very long, like I'd really slept four hours prior to waking up in the dream.

I read again my last sentences before passing out that I wrote to this blog and I'm actually amazed how bad the nacrolepsy can get. I should've taken extreme measures when I started nearly falling asleep while walking, but I guess my brains weren't correctly working. I feel like I'm going to succeed (still high on that REM) as I have few ideas to fight narcolepsy once it comes for a rematch.. and this time, it's personal.

Day 2.4
Naptime 9:50 - 10:00, 10 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

Wasn't it this nap that I missed yesterday? *Checks* yes it was. This time I was tiring on time and although I did have some trouble falling asleep. In the end I slept only a moment but it still feels like a longer time. I still feel pretty fine and there has been only a little groggyness after waking up, nothing else.

Day 2.5
Naptime: Missed nap
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

Well, apparently I should've gone to shower as being sweaty & hot combined with not being that tired meant that I miss my nap. Still, it's early days and missing nap at these times is not that uncommon. I hope I'll get rid of this problem by tomorrow. It's still not as bad as oversleeping. No problems due to missing nap either, as I have only just started to feel tired now that I'm going for bed for the sixth nap.

Day 2.6
Naptime: 21:40 - 22:00, 20 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

Good nap in terms of lenght, but not so restful. It really seems that it's the amount of time passed without problems that triggers my tiredness, not the physical exhaustion - not only it at least. I haven't slept through my alarm once yet under Uberman - yes I slept through it just before starting the schedule, but while on it I've woken up every time. The only oversleep I got was without any alarm. But I'm sure there'll be times when my back-ups come into play soon.

So yeah I'm feeling pretty fine now that I'm about to go to nap 3.1. No fear of oversleeping really if my feel is anything to go by. Weird to think I'm feeling so good despite only sleeping 6 hours and 40 minutes in the past 60 hours. There's only slight tiredness, but it's galaxies away from the narcolepsy I had last night. We'll see if I get another crazy night tomorrow as there's the football match again - though I plan to take it a little bit easier than on monday.

Uberman - Day 1

And we're on! There's slight chance of plans so far, my sis will leave the house again in wednesday so unless I get help from somewhere else I'm going to be on my own after that. Worse yet it's the day I'll be the most fucked up. Well, I'd had to get through the nights alone anyway, so it doesn't probably matter that much. I have three alarms now, I'm going to use some of my early time to finding other alternatives but I guess these will have to do.

I'm going to use my old format for this attempt as well, meaning mental ratings and tiredness ratings on every nap. I will evaluate both overall during the phase.

Day 1.1
Naptime: 1:40 - 2:00, 20 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

I got up easily, feeling hardly any tiredness. It wasn't exactly refreshing, but I don't feel a lot worse either. I was feeling mentally fine after waking up as well, but now in the middle of this phase there's certainly some fatigue and I'm not as sharp as I usually am.

Day 1.2
Naptime: 5:50 - 6:00, 10 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

I'm pretty sure I didn't sleep the full time, it took me a while to fall asleep. Still I'm fairly sure I did sleep (kitten had snuck up to me and slept by my side when I woke up, it wasn't there when I went to bed, indicating that I indeed did sleep) and that's better that nothing. It was so short of nap at any case that I don't even feel that tired waking up straight. Now that I've been up couple of hours I feel very good, about as good as normally.

Reading the stuff from the earlier attempts indicates that I were in trouble early on in every attempt. On first attempt in February I overslept already on first nap (now that's miserable), and on the successive attempts I never really made it past one day without some oversleeps. No wonder I wasn't anywhere near succeeding. I was nowhere near days three and four where the sleep deprivation really escalates. Though I was pretty fucked up in terms of sleep deprivation considering how much I kept trying..

Day 1.3
Naptime: 9:40 - 10:00, 20 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

Hard to say again how long I slept. I'm getting somewhere 15+ minutes so it was a fine nap in that sense. On the other hand it's the first time I'm starting to have some difficulties. Nothing that big, just a bit of groggyness upon waking up. The slight tiredness that I had has now vanished as I've woken up more. I've also now hit 24-hour mark of REM deprivation and I'm still feeling fine. The real tough spots are still 10-15 naps away.

Day 1.4
Naptime: Missed nap
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

The first real setback, though you gotta remember that it's customary to miss a nap or two in the first couple of days. I'm not that worried, but a little frushtrated nonetheless. It will make my next four hours perhaps a bit harder. The failure to sleep is a sum of many parts. Firstly here's hot as hell, 30 C, secondly I wasn't even that tired and thirdly I probably played poker too close to going to sleep and therefore were still somewhat overstimulated.

It's still 2 hours until next nap and I'm already starting to feel fatigued. Missing that nap was not a good thing, though I wonder whether it would've made much difference anyway..

Day 1.5
Naptime: 17:55 - 18:00, 5 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

I woke up for the football match from where I just got back. I know I didn't sleep much, but I must've fallen asleep very quickly because I was groggy after getting up. Match went well and although I'm now physically exhausted, I'm not tired in the sense I'd expect. I have to be vary about oversleeping though in the next nap.

Day 1.6
Naptime 21:45 - 22:00, 15 min
Mental: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tiredness: 0 1 2 3 4 5

I didn't oversleep, my sis made sure of that, but I'm feeling absolutely destroyed. My muscles weight like lead and I feel lacking energy to do anything. Worst thing is that there's another match on wednesday. How bad I'm going to feel by then?

EDIT: I'm feeling totally trashed and still 80 minutes to go until my next nap. I updated tiredness to the max as I'm really close to falling asleep all the time. I was walking outside just know and probably hobbled around like a drunkard because I was half-falling asleep midsteps.

Day 20 - Final Day of Biphasical

My schedule has pretty much crumbled in the past couple of days and as a result, I tried short, uberman-styled nap today to cover for my slight sleep-dep. That was a bad idea as I slept right through my alarm and slept for four hours. That's the problem I'm inheriting from my last attempt at Uberman - I'm very proficient in shutting alarm down while still staying asleep.

That casts a shadow in my soon-to-be Uberman-attempt. I've learned not to wake up on alarms, and that's a real problem. Luckily this time I'll have at least two back-up alarms and this time my sister will be around so I think I can trust her to help me wake up during the day, but during the night I'm all on my own. I'll try sleeping in a different place at nights too and hiding my phone around.

When I'm gonna start? Well, actually tomorrow it is. I'm going to sleep as much as I please tonight to clear any remaining sleep debt (there isn't much of that anyway) and then once I hit my first tired moment I'll go to sleep when it's the nap time. This is my schedule this time:
1:40 - Day x.1
5:40 - x. 2
9:40 - x. 3
13:40 - x. 4
17:40 - x. 5
21:40 - x. 6

I'm eagerly waiting for days 2-4, where I'll probably be in pretty bad narcolepsy. Hope this works. This time at least I'll be a lot better prepared. I've read PoreDoxyk's Ubersleep and now how much glaring mistakes I made the first five attempts around:
- Adding extra naps. Seems like logical idea and it was taken from Pavlina's blog, but according to PureDoxyk it's a bad idea.
- Too long effort. I should've quit after a couple of setbacks, not drag it out for a month-long sleep-deprivation marathon.
- Not having back-up alarms. I knew this was a problem, but I just tried to make my only alarm hard enough to shut down. That didn't go well.
- No Big Fat List. I don't know how much this contributed in my failure, I don't remember being bored much, but I guess it'll be helpful to have this around this time.

I guess there's more, but I didn't intend it to become a lenghty post, so I'll leave it at that. I'll have time to write once I start really hitting sleep deprivation in couple of days.

Slight Oversleep

Nothing that really matters in terms of Biphasical going on. Just slept a little over 5 hours instead of 4.5 hours. Still the result is same as usual, I just feel really dead after the core sleep. I don't have as big of a problem with my nighttime nap, even if I'm tired then as well.

Biphasical Day 14.2

Not much to update. I still suffer from tiredness/groggyness right after waking up, but no trouble besides that. I'm very comfortable with this schedule and feel like I could go on and on. Dream recall has improved slightly and I had a lucid dream couple of days ago, but it still nowhere near as good as with normal schedule. It's under a week before World Cup ends and after that I'm going Uberman! Yay!

I'm yet to figure out alternative alarms but at least I have my sis around to assist. I'll tell her to ensure I really wake up during day-times. But for nights I still gotta have some back-up plan.

Biphasical Day 10.2

Still groggy after waking up since I have not found the right timing. Overall I'm starting to adjust, I don't feel nearly as tired as before. I still have little dream recall. That's pretty much it, I don't have nothing special to tell beyond that. It's will be a little over 10 days before I'll start the Uberman attempt. I can't wait, though I still need to figure out stuff like alternative alarms etc.