It worked! It really worked. I got 6.5 hours of sleep and felt like a champ. I forgot that I had men's prayer breakfast this morning until around 02:30 this morning. So I even took my final nap starting at 03:30 instead of 04:30. Now I am not going to lie..... I did not fall asleep immediately..... In fact, I have noticed that I am not falling asleep immediately with any of my naps thus far.... But even so, I have realized that even though I am shooting for 6.5 hours, and getting maybe 5.8 - 6.3, I am so rested when I awake. I have actually been waking up earlier than the alarm by up to 20 mins. This bothered me at first, but I fall right back to sleep and awake either a minute before my alarm, or I wake with it. So, I have no idea what my sleep has been. But I feel rested.... My face still looks a bit fatigued initially in the morning before my shower.... but that should fix with a tad more time. I would rather look terrible and feel good than the other way around anyway. But that is the thing. My girlfriend mentioned it last night and I feel it this morning too.... I am ON TOP OF THE WORLD... I am so energetic! I have not felt this good since highschool before the onslaught of thyroid issues took effect. I mean that.... I am not just saying that either. Last night could have been a fluke, but, if it isn't, then I have found a method for me from now on (as long as schedule allows for that 1:30ish nap).
Now here is even better news.... I went digging through my electronics and found a power charger that will work for my zeo. I was going to send it away today for fixing.... FORGET THAT... I may send the plug, but that thing has some recording to do.... I am so thrilled. That made my morning even more fulfilling. So, I will start recording data each nap now and I hope the headband won't affect me [ I have not worn it for about 2 weeks now :( ].
So with it being over 4 days, I feel like I finally got some GREAT results. Trust me, the process was not as difficult as the UBERMAN was, but it still takes some dedication and will to do this (especially day 2). But if your schedule allows, I think it is worth a shot at attempting if you are unhappy with your sleep or (like me), had issues dozing off/concentrating after eating and during parts of the day. But you have to find your style. As you can see, I shot for one thing, and adjusted to how my body reacted.... I know that I cannot take a nap at 1:30 AM.... If I do, that 3-5 AM time slot will kill me. (I think that is the time that I naturally sleep deep when in monophasic). So, I had to schedule around that. I also, up till now, know that I need a 3.5 hour time slot instead of a 3 based on my findings of data. Also, that I need to take a 3.5 hour nap timeslot. (this may change when I try back at the 90min later this week or next week, but that is only because I feel that, when I am more adjusted, it is a possibility). Not toying with that yet. That is for future experimentation to try to get down to 4.5 hours (prob the min you can function on this triphasic approach due to only 3 naps). Now that I have my ZEO, I feel that I can monitor to see if I change my midnight nap to a 60 min, or 30 min depending on how my readings average out. When I see, where I get my REM and at what time and at what NAP during the day, I will tweak my schedule as needed. This is stuff for down the road..... But I am so pumped that I have been thinking about this non-stop and with extreme interest.
My posts (hopefully) from now on will record and portray my Zeo Data. School will be starting Monday, so my posts may only be weekend posts with all of my week data. Who knows, but being a Bio-Molecular major, these final classes will require some focus ha ha. Luckily, I feel as focused now as I have ever felt. I hope this has not bored you, clearly you are reading this blog because you know me, or are interested in the content discussed..... or my health because you care... ha ha. But if you have any questions, feel free to comment or discuss an idea that I may not have thought of. Like I said... For a person that has 90 minutes free mid day at some point, this cycle is possible. even taking an 11PM-12:30AM nap with a 3.5 from 3:30-7:00 or pushing back the naps listed by another hour for traveling to work at a longer distance and being up by 6. You get it... and my formula is my own with some guidance here and some experimenting there. Done my salespitch..... Until next time I post, I am hoping to continue to rest up and get my body's optimum sleep without major REM deprivation. I want my mind to be sharp!
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Friday, January 11, 2013
Day 2-3+ Learning my limits.... Adjustments
Its been a while. :) I didn't post yesterday due to tiredness, but I think I have resolved that issue.... More on that to come. But at this point, I want to share my past, present, and future plans. I will do my best to describe exactly why I have chosen these plans and what benefit (or lack of) may come of it. So, originally, I was shooting for an Everyman. But when I started this about 3+ days ago, I chose to try a Tri-Segmented approach to sleep. 3 X 90 minute naps spaced evenly at 6.5 hours apart from the end to the beginning of the next. Here was my idea:
In attempting this plan, I would lighten my body's load by only charging up for a 6.5 hour slot. To be honest, I think that this plan had the theoretical planned out decently, except for the reason that I was unable to adapt to it. The reason is actually quite simple. In this format, (now that I have attempted it), I am not getting the necessary rest needed. I am still (this is normal) getting tons of energy during the normal (day awake) hours. Around 8:30, I begin to get my (I'm Tired) headache. After my nap at around 23:00 (11PM), I am fine and dandy. I normally eat my dinner here and feel great. My girlfriend has also commented that I am cognitive, sharp, and not in a fog during our conversations at this time (up till now). But as time gets closer to 01:00, I begin to yawn. This is when I came up with an idea to help fix this tiredness issue. Because, honestly, I am only getting 4.5 hours in this format. In extreme cases of diligence and patience for about 21 days, I believe that someone could adapt to this. But it would take some REM deprivation (more on that with next figure). So easy adaption is a NO for this idea, and I planned accordingly. What if I added a nap in-between my evening naps equally between them to help my through the evening? This would also give me 6 hours of sleep and help me make it through! :) So this is what I started around right before day 2. It looked like this:
Here I am getting 6 hours of sleep to help with my REM intake and I am sure (from previous experience, though I have no ZEO to test this) that I am getting ample amounts of DEEP sleep, since I normally get a chunk at the beginning of every nap, sleep, rest. So light sleep should be diminishing (approx 55% to probably around 45-50%) somewhat in a small amount. But here is my issue: Again, I am really tired in that very dark (and cold) time at night. This is what people have called the graveyard hours. No one stirs, very little interaction is really achievable at this time, and your lack of movement is detrimental to your state of tiredness. So I would wake up around 03:00 and not have any motivation to move. I would get the light on, but I would end up drifting back and forth into a sleep as i attempted to think about different things..... (sure, If I had a work out spot or something, this would give me something to do and help me stay warm). But even there, my motivation is completely shot. Once I start moving, I am fine and feel great.... but I have to get blood pumping to warm up my body and get circulation to my cold extremities. And my will is completely shot at this point. :( Lastly, I did some research with the 1.5-2 hours of normal time I am saving and found that someone mentioned that REM increases with each consecutive cycle.... DUH... I knew that, but it was helpful. In the current configuration above.... I am getting about 20 minutes per each cycle = 1.33 hours of REM..... If I compound a double cycle, I should get more.... So I studied some of my sleep charts, and I found that this is the case..... But I think I am going to increase my nap from 1.5 - 3.5 hours. This is because some of my sleep data really showed that it can take me 3.5 to finish my added REM cycle. Details are seen here:
Reminding you that Dark Green is DEEP sleep and light green is REM, from point to point it is 3.5 hours. Getting only 3 hours would chop my REM cycle. And as you can see, my REM more than doubled the second cycle. This is not always the case, but I am positive that my state of 3 naps will promote this to happen 90% of the time. :) So the next logical question is..... Where do I put this 3.5 hour nap..... Anyone want to take a guess???? I am going to put it at 04:30. This is my reasoning.... I am awake after my initial 21:30-23:00 (9-11PM). Yes I get tired, but when I am awake, it is easier to stay up.... But just to make it easier on time, I am going to change my previous nap to 2.5 hours later to 00:00-01:30. I am just hoping that it will give me that boost I need and that it is not late enough (ex 03:00) to force me to be dead weight. :) My new schedule will look like this:
Here is my logic.... My large nap will cut out that Graveyard shift of death for me.... I will be asleep when it really gets cold. I will wake up, then take a nap 5+ hours later at 13:30. This should be just the boost I need to make it 9 hours to midnight. Though I am sure i will feel tired (initially at midnight). That little boost should be enough to make it till 04:30 in the morning. There, I rest.
The first night (tonight) will be tough to do.... REALLY tough... I will be skipping a nap at 9:30 PM and taking it 2.5 hours later. But if I can wake up, make it to 4:30 and crash, I should be able to then repeat this for 2 more days. Then, hopefully, I should be able to fully adapt to this with no headaches and such... I have stayed healthy so far, so I am sure that I can make this without getting sick (Lord willing).
Now, lastly, I need to comment, that if this sticks, I will be shifting my 13:30 nap during school to 11:45 on Wednesdays and Fridays. This should not be an issue when this picks up and I may even counteract that by moving my Midnight nap earlier the preceding day. The only question is whether that 11:45 nap will be too close to the 3.5 hour block. Hence why I would move the midnight nap, to earlier, (to allow me not to be too rested to risk not falling asleep). O well... I have talked enough.... Lets just see if I can walk the walk now! :) Until next time...
In attempting this plan, I would lighten my body's load by only charging up for a 6.5 hour slot. To be honest, I think that this plan had the theoretical planned out decently, except for the reason that I was unable to adapt to it. The reason is actually quite simple. In this format, (now that I have attempted it), I am not getting the necessary rest needed. I am still (this is normal) getting tons of energy during the normal (day awake) hours. Around 8:30, I begin to get my (I'm Tired) headache. After my nap at around 23:00 (11PM), I am fine and dandy. I normally eat my dinner here and feel great. My girlfriend has also commented that I am cognitive, sharp, and not in a fog during our conversations at this time (up till now). But as time gets closer to 01:00, I begin to yawn. This is when I came up with an idea to help fix this tiredness issue. Because, honestly, I am only getting 4.5 hours in this format. In extreme cases of diligence and patience for about 21 days, I believe that someone could adapt to this. But it would take some REM deprivation (more on that with next figure). So easy adaption is a NO for this idea, and I planned accordingly. What if I added a nap in-between my evening naps equally between them to help my through the evening? This would also give me 6 hours of sleep and help me make it through! :) So this is what I started around right before day 2. It looked like this:
Here I am getting 6 hours of sleep to help with my REM intake and I am sure (from previous experience, though I have no ZEO to test this) that I am getting ample amounts of DEEP sleep, since I normally get a chunk at the beginning of every nap, sleep, rest. So light sleep should be diminishing (approx 55% to probably around 45-50%) somewhat in a small amount. But here is my issue: Again, I am really tired in that very dark (and cold) time at night. This is what people have called the graveyard hours. No one stirs, very little interaction is really achievable at this time, and your lack of movement is detrimental to your state of tiredness. So I would wake up around 03:00 and not have any motivation to move. I would get the light on, but I would end up drifting back and forth into a sleep as i attempted to think about different things..... (sure, If I had a work out spot or something, this would give me something to do and help me stay warm). But even there, my motivation is completely shot. Once I start moving, I am fine and feel great.... but I have to get blood pumping to warm up my body and get circulation to my cold extremities. And my will is completely shot at this point. :( Lastly, I did some research with the 1.5-2 hours of normal time I am saving and found that someone mentioned that REM increases with each consecutive cycle.... DUH... I knew that, but it was helpful. In the current configuration above.... I am getting about 20 minutes per each cycle = 1.33 hours of REM..... If I compound a double cycle, I should get more.... So I studied some of my sleep charts, and I found that this is the case..... But I think I am going to increase my nap from 1.5 - 3.5 hours. This is because some of my sleep data really showed that it can take me 3.5 to finish my added REM cycle. Details are seen here:
Reminding you that Dark Green is DEEP sleep and light green is REM, from point to point it is 3.5 hours. Getting only 3 hours would chop my REM cycle. And as you can see, my REM more than doubled the second cycle. This is not always the case, but I am positive that my state of 3 naps will promote this to happen 90% of the time. :) So the next logical question is..... Where do I put this 3.5 hour nap..... Anyone want to take a guess???? I am going to put it at 04:30. This is my reasoning.... I am awake after my initial 21:30-23:00 (9-11PM). Yes I get tired, but when I am awake, it is easier to stay up.... But just to make it easier on time, I am going to change my previous nap to 2.5 hours later to 00:00-01:30. I am just hoping that it will give me that boost I need and that it is not late enough (ex 03:00) to force me to be dead weight. :) My new schedule will look like this:
Here is my logic.... My large nap will cut out that Graveyard shift of death for me.... I will be asleep when it really gets cold. I will wake up, then take a nap 5+ hours later at 13:30. This should be just the boost I need to make it 9 hours to midnight. Though I am sure i will feel tired (initially at midnight). That little boost should be enough to make it till 04:30 in the morning. There, I rest.
The first night (tonight) will be tough to do.... REALLY tough... I will be skipping a nap at 9:30 PM and taking it 2.5 hours later. But if I can wake up, make it to 4:30 and crash, I should be able to then repeat this for 2 more days. Then, hopefully, I should be able to fully adapt to this with no headaches and such... I have stayed healthy so far, so I am sure that I can make this without getting sick (Lord willing).
Now, lastly, I need to comment, that if this sticks, I will be shifting my 13:30 nap during school to 11:45 on Wednesdays and Fridays. This should not be an issue when this picks up and I may even counteract that by moving my Midnight nap earlier the preceding day. The only question is whether that 11:45 nap will be too close to the 3.5 hour block. Hence why I would move the midnight nap, to earlier, (to allow me not to be too rested to risk not falling asleep). O well... I have talked enough.... Lets just see if I can walk the walk now! :) Until next time...
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Day 1 COLD...HOT Adjusting to TRIPHASIC
Alright..... Let's go over today. It was a decently busy day. A lot happened. It feels pretty long compared to a normal day, yet not as long as the old school Uberman was. ha ha. My body is getting used to the naps. My first two naps were useless. I lay there for most of it and could not fall asleep. But that was standard of the beginning of my last attempt back in December. I thought it was excitement before, but I actually think that is a way that your body, mentally, prepares for its rest. You see, when that happens, you get no rest and are actually tired by the 3rd attempt and you fall asleep and get that REM rebound (direct REM at the beginning). So by 7:00 PM tonight, I was very tired..... Someone even commented that I looked pretty.... uh.... (not awake). :) So my 9:30 nap went great! I jumped in bed, and was out in about 7-13 minutes [estimation..... NO ZEO....... :'( ]. I woke up early..... tossed a bit, and fell back asleep only to awake before my alarm went off. (nice!). The booster nap went well at 1:30. Except for the end of it.
(backtrack) just like when I went on Uberman.... I found that my body temperature dropped. This is not normal for me (see previous posts) and it is weird to be cold at any point in my life. Again, I believe this to be a slowing of my metabolism due to the extra conscious hours I have been getting. Nothing I can't deal with, but I feel like a pansy (since I normally make fun of people in hoodies, under covers, in a warm house). O well....
So I had been pretty chilled most of this evening. Well during this last nap, I must have gotten enough rest since it is so close to my last nap..... because I woke up HOT and my back was itching like it had hives..... I couldn't figure out what was going on..... But when I got out of bed (when alarm sounded) and took off my shirt and socks--(only because I had been cold. I never wear socks to bed)...... The itching ceased. So, I know that I overheated..... (tend to itch when I get too hot too quickly). That may be tricky if I continue to cool at nights and warm up during that booster. O well... I will have to live with it currently. Though I am hoping the body cooling will subside at some point..... When I adjust. Remember, (I am getting 6 hours of sleep a day). That is almost feasible in a monophasic lifestyle at my age....... though you have to catch up on weekends..... When I adjust to this, my plan is to kill that booster nap and see how far I get on the 4.5 TriPHASIC!!! One step at a time though.... I am trying to be functional during this period since I have work and other things to do.... (not as free as I was on Uberman). but this is helping me.... I was at work early today and got what I needed done, completed. :) I am just going to have to deal with the fact that my mornings will be refreshed while my late afternoons will be a bit slow.....
It is only day 1+. So I will need to see how the next 36 hours go before I can start predicting anything.... But my will seems intact... (could change quick) :) Ok.... uh.... I currently feel like I only got 4.5 hours of sleep on a normal night of sleep. this is not that bad for a day 1 of a transition period. I am just hoping that the number will climb each day and not drop..... But you never know!
I have no headaches..... No eye twitching currently. These are good signs that I am decently rested. (compared to Uberman). focus is still there. Talking with my girlfriend tonight, I was able to concentrate on her and what she said. (compared to day 3 of Uberman). And I can remember the day in detail.. (I know that I am basing that from memory which could be very illogical....) and remember details.... I haven't needed to write anything down. So in conclusion, my symptoms of sleep deprivation are not kicked in yet...And mentally, my second wind is there..... while my eyes are adjusting to the extended day (not that I am up drastically longer.... but my eyes are only getting power naps compared to a 6 hour solid block). That should fix itself quickly like it did with Uberman (I hope).
And finally my meals consisted of two bowls of cereal this morning... (normal)...... A grilled cheese sandwich with tostitoes and dip............. and 2 pieces of chicken cooked and smothered in cream of chicken with 2 biscuits...... Yes.... I did not have any vegetables or fruit..... ( I will attempt to fix that tomorrow). But I did take a multi-vitamin just as I did with Uberman (I normally do not take multi-vitamins). So besides the lack of fiber.... I should have gotten what I needed. :) Meal times were 7:45 AM........ 4:00 PM and 12:30 AM respectively... Not bad since they were spaced 8 hours apart..... When you do this, you find that you either spread out your meals, or you add another meal to your diet..... the latter could be bad because that is another meal you have to digest and exercise off..... But, being awake like this also burns more calories.... So it is a give and take...... BTW, this is an excellent system for physical exercise... because of the multiple naps, you get more DEEP sleep than normal and you restore those muscles and cells better.... However.... It will seem to you that you are exercising with longer breaks in-between... Because if you don't watch it, you could overwork a muscle..... Just a bit of info in case you were interested.
As I close, I want to share this final thought. I know that some people think I am ridiculous for doing this and putting my body through this. I answer with the thoughts in the previous posts about why it helps me, but I also enjoy trying new things.... Seeing how miraculous the human body is at adapting to different stresses and how it changes its processes in regard to the necessary functionality needed to operate, it is an amazing thing the Lord has done!
(backtrack) just like when I went on Uberman.... I found that my body temperature dropped. This is not normal for me (see previous posts) and it is weird to be cold at any point in my life. Again, I believe this to be a slowing of my metabolism due to the extra conscious hours I have been getting. Nothing I can't deal with, but I feel like a pansy (since I normally make fun of people in hoodies, under covers, in a warm house). O well....
So I had been pretty chilled most of this evening. Well during this last nap, I must have gotten enough rest since it is so close to my last nap..... because I woke up HOT and my back was itching like it had hives..... I couldn't figure out what was going on..... But when I got out of bed (when alarm sounded) and took off my shirt and socks--(only because I had been cold. I never wear socks to bed)...... The itching ceased. So, I know that I overheated..... (tend to itch when I get too hot too quickly). That may be tricky if I continue to cool at nights and warm up during that booster. O well... I will have to live with it currently. Though I am hoping the body cooling will subside at some point..... When I adjust. Remember, (I am getting 6 hours of sleep a day). That is almost feasible in a monophasic lifestyle at my age....... though you have to catch up on weekends..... When I adjust to this, my plan is to kill that booster nap and see how far I get on the 4.5 TriPHASIC!!! One step at a time though.... I am trying to be functional during this period since I have work and other things to do.... (not as free as I was on Uberman). but this is helping me.... I was at work early today and got what I needed done, completed. :) I am just going to have to deal with the fact that my mornings will be refreshed while my late afternoons will be a bit slow.....
It is only day 1+. So I will need to see how the next 36 hours go before I can start predicting anything.... But my will seems intact... (could change quick) :) Ok.... uh.... I currently feel like I only got 4.5 hours of sleep on a normal night of sleep. this is not that bad for a day 1 of a transition period. I am just hoping that the number will climb each day and not drop..... But you never know!
I have no headaches..... No eye twitching currently. These are good signs that I am decently rested. (compared to Uberman). focus is still there. Talking with my girlfriend tonight, I was able to concentrate on her and what she said. (compared to day 3 of Uberman). And I can remember the day in detail.. (I know that I am basing that from memory which could be very illogical....) and remember details.... I haven't needed to write anything down. So in conclusion, my symptoms of sleep deprivation are not kicked in yet...And mentally, my second wind is there..... while my eyes are adjusting to the extended day (not that I am up drastically longer.... but my eyes are only getting power naps compared to a 6 hour solid block). That should fix itself quickly like it did with Uberman (I hope).
And finally my meals consisted of two bowls of cereal this morning... (normal)...... A grilled cheese sandwich with tostitoes and dip............. and 2 pieces of chicken cooked and smothered in cream of chicken with 2 biscuits...... Yes.... I did not have any vegetables or fruit..... ( I will attempt to fix that tomorrow). But I did take a multi-vitamin just as I did with Uberman (I normally do not take multi-vitamins). So besides the lack of fiber.... I should have gotten what I needed. :) Meal times were 7:45 AM........ 4:00 PM and 12:30 AM respectively... Not bad since they were spaced 8 hours apart..... When you do this, you find that you either spread out your meals, or you add another meal to your diet..... the latter could be bad because that is another meal you have to digest and exercise off..... But, being awake like this also burns more calories.... So it is a give and take...... BTW, this is an excellent system for physical exercise... because of the multiple naps, you get more DEEP sleep than normal and you restore those muscles and cells better.... However.... It will seem to you that you are exercising with longer breaks in-between... Because if you don't watch it, you could overwork a muscle..... Just a bit of info in case you were interested.
As I close, I want to share this final thought. I know that some people think I am ridiculous for doing this and putting my body through this. I answer with the thoughts in the previous posts about why it helps me, but I also enjoy trying new things.... Seeing how miraculous the human body is at adapting to different stresses and how it changes its processes in regard to the necessary functionality needed to operate, it is an amazing thing the Lord has done!
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
What Went Wrong..... Thoughts...... Beginning of Triphasic Attempt
Alright. I am picking up this blog again. And there are many reasons why it stopped. So I will begin by divulging..... I had to kick the polyphasic cycle. The reason stems from that missed nap (~90 min late). I struggled to keep up my hard work, but that missed nap drug on me. From that point forward, I could not function. My will practically disappeared and I (for the first time in the entire experiment........) I felt exhausted. I was tired at other points, but it is a whole different feeling when you are completely zonked..... That is the problem with Uberman. You have to keep a STRICT schedule to actually accomplish it. Don't get me wrong, I really did like it. But even after all the hard work or scheduling it to work in my schedule..... I was affected from an outside source...... Keep that in mind if you ever try it. So I ended up making it till Sunday when I overslept again (by 30 minutes extra). NOW THIS WAS WACKED OUT WEIRD..... I think only half of my brain got the added rem.... Because half of my face was numbish.... (really, no words to describe it) while the other side was refreshed and exuberantly awake. It was interesting. But it was half of my head, face, eye...... (IT WAS LIKE A STROKE).... But not.... I had control of everything. Anyway, that feeling subsided after 20ish minutes. I cannot even guess what was happening. But that was how messed up missing that nap was and oversleeping......
Here are my numbers of that Saturday..... First set of numbers is 2 naps before the delayed nap...... 2nd set is before the delayed nap.... 3rd....delayed nap.......... the rest are afterward
1. 8 minutes DEEP 3 minutes REM 20 minutes Light
2. 5 min DEEP 5 min REM 20 min Light
3. 27 min DEEP 12 min REM 45 min Light
4. 0 min DEEP 10 min REM 20 min Light
5. 3 min DEEP 9 min REM 13 min Light
6. 2 min DEEP 16 min REM 15 min Light
7. 12 min DEEP 6 min REM 15 min Light
On to today. Since Uberman was really never my goal, but a conditioner, I am ready to attempt my own creation of a sleep cycle. In getting the little sleep in my previous experiment.... I realized that I was getting more deep sleep than normal and 20% of the REM I needed. Upon this idea, I have thought through my strategy. I am staying away from 20 min power naps as much as possible. Sure, they can help, but in order to adapt to those lucid dreams (where your nap is almost entirely REM) you starve yourself of REM. Like I said before..... I felt good (for 2 hours!!!!!) but my mental capacity was shot........... ( I never truly adapted to lucid dreams) I was still fighting REM deficiency...... (headaches.....) I will be following a traditional sleep cycle....... (90 min). I talked about this before. 90 min is the amount of time that you should sleep in increments.... 90, 3 hours, 4.5 hours, 6, 7.5, 9 etc.... So I wanted my body to experience the normal sleep cycles of Deep......Light......REM..... in normally occurring people. But I want the privilege of polyphasic sleep where I spread out my naps and need less sleep. (remember, you are charging yourself just till that next sleep opportunity..... If you miss it, you crash and burn!!!). So I am doing my own variation of the Everyman........but not. I will be doing the following.
Morning Nap at 5:30 till 7:00 AM
Daily Nap around 1:30 till 3:00 PM
Evening Nap at 9:30 till 11:00 PM
and an additional graveyard nap at 1:30-3:00 AM
Excluding the graveyard nap, I will be taking a nap starting 8 hours apart (really 6.5 hours from wake till next nap) The graveyard nap is in-between my evening naps and is kind of like a booster nap. This will give me the extra Cycle I need to Run at 4 sleep cycles a day. That is 6 hours total..... Most people can functionally do that. They have to catch up on weekends, but it is possible (speaking of my age group....As you age, that becomes normal or even a good night for some people). But my trick is that I will be spreading my sleep out over the day. This should make those 4 cycles count for their max restoration. But for me, I remember having felt so good on uberman... minus the fog of disclarity from lack of REM.... Doing this experiment.... I should have extra DEEP sleep (due to multiple times falling asleep (since I always tend to hit my DEEP sleep first)) and the REM that I get (I am supposing around 1.1 hours initially) will be enough to keep me focused and give me my memory function until my body adjusts for more REM down the line. This will give me my REM and hopefully it will spread out better over my day.
Now, if this doesn't work (It clearly may not), I will attempt to do a 3.5 hour graveyard section, a 90 min nap and two 30 min naps. The problem is....with school, getting naps in is difficult with my schedule and job. So I am hoping that this system works. Anyway, that is my attempt.
You may be wondering why I am even attempting this if it inhibits me. ANSWER: my body naturally gets really tired during the day and naturally gets over active during the day. This really is upsetting when I am sleeping normal and still have to fight off the dosing that I naturally do. When I am on these systems, that problem goes away...... I just have to make sure that my body is taken care of. SO in all failure, I will have to drop to the Bi-phasic system and repeat last semester (which in all honesty, was a great improvement being biphasic. I slept 6 hours a night.......... and napped for 90 min. 7.5 hours....)
So for those out there that have sleeping discomforts, issues, or fatigue..... I am doing this for myself and hopefully you are picking up thoughts about how this could work in your life.... I will be that guinea pig. Like I said, this system I am doing has never been done as a normal system. This is just a experiment with my knowledge of theoretical sleep with actually body compliance.......
Lastly, I am afraid to say that my ZEO power cord was damaged. It fried. So I will be doing this experiment without my ZEO to guide me. I am saddened by this, but if this works, I will get to see the finished product when i receive the replacement in 2 weeks. :) It is different not knowing how you slept.... I guess I am just going to have to be normal like everyone else. :)
Here are my numbers of that Saturday..... First set of numbers is 2 naps before the delayed nap...... 2nd set is before the delayed nap.... 3rd....delayed nap.......... the rest are afterward
1. 8 minutes DEEP 3 minutes REM 20 minutes Light
2. 5 min DEEP 5 min REM 20 min Light
3. 27 min DEEP 12 min REM 45 min Light
4. 0 min DEEP 10 min REM 20 min Light
5. 3 min DEEP 9 min REM 13 min Light
6. 2 min DEEP 16 min REM 15 min Light
7. 12 min DEEP 6 min REM 15 min Light
On to today. Since Uberman was really never my goal, but a conditioner, I am ready to attempt my own creation of a sleep cycle. In getting the little sleep in my previous experiment.... I realized that I was getting more deep sleep than normal and 20% of the REM I needed. Upon this idea, I have thought through my strategy. I am staying away from 20 min power naps as much as possible. Sure, they can help, but in order to adapt to those lucid dreams (where your nap is almost entirely REM) you starve yourself of REM. Like I said before..... I felt good (for 2 hours!!!!!) but my mental capacity was shot........... ( I never truly adapted to lucid dreams) I was still fighting REM deficiency...... (headaches.....) I will be following a traditional sleep cycle....... (90 min). I talked about this before. 90 min is the amount of time that you should sleep in increments.... 90, 3 hours, 4.5 hours, 6, 7.5, 9 etc.... So I wanted my body to experience the normal sleep cycles of Deep......Light......REM..... in normally occurring people. But I want the privilege of polyphasic sleep where I spread out my naps and need less sleep. (remember, you are charging yourself just till that next sleep opportunity..... If you miss it, you crash and burn!!!). So I am doing my own variation of the Everyman........but not. I will be doing the following.
Morning Nap at 5:30 till 7:00 AM
Daily Nap around 1:30 till 3:00 PM
Evening Nap at 9:30 till 11:00 PM
and an additional graveyard nap at 1:30-3:00 AM
Excluding the graveyard nap, I will be taking a nap starting 8 hours apart (really 6.5 hours from wake till next nap) The graveyard nap is in-between my evening naps and is kind of like a booster nap. This will give me the extra Cycle I need to Run at 4 sleep cycles a day. That is 6 hours total..... Most people can functionally do that. They have to catch up on weekends, but it is possible (speaking of my age group....As you age, that becomes normal or even a good night for some people). But my trick is that I will be spreading my sleep out over the day. This should make those 4 cycles count for their max restoration. But for me, I remember having felt so good on uberman... minus the fog of disclarity from lack of REM.... Doing this experiment.... I should have extra DEEP sleep (due to multiple times falling asleep (since I always tend to hit my DEEP sleep first)) and the REM that I get (I am supposing around 1.1 hours initially) will be enough to keep me focused and give me my memory function until my body adjusts for more REM down the line. This will give me my REM and hopefully it will spread out better over my day.
Now, if this doesn't work (It clearly may not), I will attempt to do a 3.5 hour graveyard section, a 90 min nap and two 30 min naps. The problem is....with school, getting naps in is difficult with my schedule and job. So I am hoping that this system works. Anyway, that is my attempt.
You may be wondering why I am even attempting this if it inhibits me. ANSWER: my body naturally gets really tired during the day and naturally gets over active during the day. This really is upsetting when I am sleeping normal and still have to fight off the dosing that I naturally do. When I am on these systems, that problem goes away...... I just have to make sure that my body is taken care of. SO in all failure, I will have to drop to the Bi-phasic system and repeat last semester (which in all honesty, was a great improvement being biphasic. I slept 6 hours a night.......... and napped for 90 min. 7.5 hours....)
So for those out there that have sleeping discomforts, issues, or fatigue..... I am doing this for myself and hopefully you are picking up thoughts about how this could work in your life.... I will be that guinea pig. Like I said, this system I am doing has never been done as a normal system. This is just a experiment with my knowledge of theoretical sleep with actually body compliance.......
Lastly, I am afraid to say that my ZEO power cord was damaged. It fried. So I will be doing this experiment without my ZEO to guide me. I am saddened by this, but if this works, I will get to see the finished product when i receive the replacement in 2 weeks. :) It is different not knowing how you slept.... I guess I am just going to have to be normal like everyone else. :)
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