polyphasic update
Well if I had posted at about midnight last night I would have been ranting and raving about the new schedule. I was feeling fine. For the most part I wasn't having trouble sleeping. I had had a great day. Then after my midnight nap I realized something. I miss sleeping. I have always been terrible at waking up, and I had done really well and when the alarms went off I got up immidiately. But I missed not being able to lie in bed longer with my eyes closed. Inevitably falling back asleep. I think the waking up is no different under this schedule than a monophasic sleep schedule, meaning it is just as hard, but I just do it 5 more times a day.
Then at 4:30 disaster struck. Omer and I both slept through our alarms. Or our alarms didn't go off. Or something. I woke at 7:55 and realized what had happened and called Omer and woke him too. We immidiately decided to take our 8 o'clock nap. Now we are both just pretty depressed about the whole thing. What affect is this going to have on our adjustment.
All day yesterday I didn't think the new schedule was having much of an affect on me. But I realize now looking back that I was tired the whole day. I couldn't really concentrate on anything. If I sit down for long periods of time I would get really tired. The rule was, and still is, if I keep moving I won't feel tired. All I know is that I still have a ways to go before the transition is done. And now with sleep through the 4am phase, I am all a doubt.
I have had trouble filling the time, and I have blammed this on the fact that I have so much more of it. but I don't think that is the cause. Under normal circumstances I don't have trouble finding things to do. The problem I think is just that my body is worn down. It is hard for me to concentrate and just generally be productive. So I am glad that today is a Saturday.
I am still feeling excited about the whole thing, but I am becoming more aware of the fact that it really is going to take a week to adjust. Since I was thought I was feeling so well yesterday, I thought that maybe the transition wouldn't be too hard. But I realize now that my body is really worn down. I hope I can make it to next week! I am just so discouraged rigth now.
26 February 2006 09:13am UTC • 484 views • 8 comments
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Dread Pirate Benjamin
26 February 2006 11:20am UTC
After a shower and some food I am no longer discouraged. Vive le polyphasic sleep!Boatswain The Fool
26 February 2006 11:40am UTC
Here, Hear!The Anonymous Poppy
26 February 2006 03:34pm UTC
Hear, here!Even though I slept in way more than you guys, I'm still on board!
Boatswain The Fool
27 February 2006 11:04am UTC
Wait, you can know someone named "Here"? I was calling Hear earlier, but she never showed up. Maybe they're together...The Anonymous Poppy
27 February 2006 11:11am UTC
You know what, I just bet they are. Here's always running around with some other girl, never answering when I virtually call his name. Sometimes I wonder why I put up with it.Carpenter Courtney
27 February 2006 06:52pm UTC
Based on the above comments, I believe polyphasic sleep may induce psychosis. :PThe Anonymous Poppy
27 February 2006 07:02pm UTC
I've already stopped calling it "sleep deprivation" and now privately refer to it as "Tragic Space Dementia." Give it a few more hours, and I'll just be all paranoid and crotchety. It breaks the heart.Carpenter Courtney
27 February 2006 07:29pm UTC
I'm almost ready to give it a shot, if only for the added dimension it would bring to "class." A break from space-time doesn't sound to bad, anyway. Maybe I'll get started over spring break--who knows, maybe Moo will do it with me.