Back to monophase :,(

The last couple of days have been incredibly unpredictable, to the point where I couldn't take it any more. Since Tuesday I have been on a steady and predictable monophasic cycle. *GASP!* It's not all that bad.

The reason why I switched was because I was losing the ablity to cram my naps in. And if you don't nap predictably on polyphasic, your just in sleep deprivation. I was also trying to shift the napping times over which I failed very badly at. I also couldn't keep up with the organisational issues. I wasn't even sure when or where I was going to get my next nap. With my napping unpredictable, my energy was too, that was torturous. Some hours, I was filled with energy, ready to do anything; On other hours I suddenly gained the incredible power to stare mindlessly at a wall for hours.

Although I just made everyman look bad, it's not. The only reason why I switched out was due to my inability to stick to the nap times, voluntarily or not.

Here's a log of my days

this is what it was supposed to be
3:00am-6:00am
12:00pm-12:30pm
5:30pm-6:00pm
10:30pm-11:00pm (If it's Friday sleep like a normal person)


Wednesday: the one day that's sane...
I had a "regular" cycle that day, the week prior had been hectic so this gave me a hope of re stabilisation.

Thursday: skipped 6:00 pm nap, slept in the middle of nowhere later...
I decided to go to my friends house, I attempted to nap there but it was too hilarious so I couldn't. I was very sleepy. Also some mysterious force (aliens?) beckoned me to go to a dark deserted place by a freeway around 8:00pm. It felt as if it was of vital importance that I lie there in the middle of the dirt. I had an epiphany of freedom (It felt like it at the time). So I did and lied there for an hour, then I left and the realisation seemed kinda stupid. (duped)

Friday: regular cycle but overslept on siesta at 10:30pm(F)(the longer nap)
This Friday I didn't actually want to sleep on the siesta, but I did anyway

Sturday: same thing as Friday
I felt that on this day my body was trying to force itself back onto monophasic.

Sunday: this day went normally but had a 11:00pm(S)-2:00am(S) siesta instead.
Due to me oversleeping on Saturday and Friday, I decided to move the siesta to 11:00, this was a smart move, but I couldn't handle it. especially with Monday's plan

Monday: Slept from 11:00pm-2:00am, skipped noon nap
I again slept from 11:00pm(S) to 2:00am(M) (more like 3:00) The extra hour was hard and I was very sleepy afterwards. After my morning nap(6:50am) I was filled with an excess of energy after that. I overslept the siesta again to 4:00am  and decided to switch to monophasic, because it was simply too unpredictable now.

Tuesday: monophase with 4:00pm nap about 6 hours
I didn't have as much energy as I thought I would

Wednesday: monophase about 8 hours
regular person

Thursday: monophase about 8 hours
regular person

Now that I'm back on monophase, I will reminisce about everyman. The things I miss most is the ability to wake up really really early without much effort. Also the amount of time that I had in a day.

But despite monophasic being so ever stable as it is, there is one thing that is certain:

Sick, tired, and sleepy

Second post baby...

(short version down below)Honestly I haven't been keeping up with the schedule lately and for good reasons. Because of that this is gonna sound like whining, but trust me, it's documentation.

Before Sunday I was starting to elongate my 11:00pm nap to be longer than usual, about three hours. This was starting to mess things up but not too bad. Then on Sunday I caught a disease. After that, shit hit the fans. Sickness doesn't abode well within sleep deprivation, especially because when you're sleeping, your immune system heals and boosts. So knowing that, on *Sunday (read note) I found myself very tired at about 11:00pm. Being sick, I knew a nap wouldn't charge me 100% so I took the siesta there instead, then I took a nap at 7:00am. It was also a half assed attempt at pulling my schedule back. On Tuesday I  couldn't get my lunch made, and this caused me to skip the noon nap. Then, somehow I found myself up on my feet (running shopping and karate) from 3:30 pm to 8:00 pm excluding the nap I had to force in between. Because I was super exhausted I took a 1 hour "nap" then a 6 hour "nap" (these naps are starting to sound like sleeps). Now that it's Wednesday, and I'm not physically exhausted or sick I'm starting to re-stabilize the schedule. Below is a list of the hours I spent sleeping, I'm not even sure if they're right.

*It was actually a Monday but for sanity's sake I define days as periods between siestas

Dear princess Celestia:

ADVICE1: Don't half ass a schedule change.

ADVICE2: You need to be able to accommodate to changing body conditions. (exhaustion, disease)

ADVICE3: This thing takes an incredible amount of planning. I never knew my lunch could affect my naps.

My "normal" sleep schedule

Sleeping hours for these past couple of days...

Sun/Mon: 11:00pm(Sun)-2:00am(Mon)

Mon :<was sick> 7:00am-7:30am   12:00pm-12:20pm   5:30pm-6:15pm   <sickness peaking>10:30pm-1:30am   3:30am-6:30am

Tues :<skipped>12:00pm-12:20pm 6:00pm-6:30pm 11:00pm-12:00am   <sickness dying, but becoming physically exhausted>1:30am-7:30am

Wed :12:00pm-12:20pm <physically replenished now>5:30pm-6:15pm 10:45pm-11:15pm

Thurs: you tell me fortune boy...

WHOOHOO! the present yeah!

It is the forth week of school and lately I've been easing back into monophase in my night nap(around 11:00pm). I, being the workaholic, didn't like this. So now I'm changing the schedule to have a core nap around 11:00pm rather than 3:00am. I just started it today and I'll keep you peoples updated.

Adopting Uberman, and Everyman-A quick summary.

I actually have been doing a polyphasic cycle for a while now(about 6 months), and I don't plan on stopping. This blog will be more about the evolution of a polyphasic sleep cycle than how to adopt it.

Me and my friend BLEAH, being both 16 years old decided to start doing polyphase. I took on EVERYman (4 naps 3 hour core) nearing the end of the school year on 2011. It went swimmingly, but unfortunately right when I was at the peak of the cycle I had to stop it for a week.

Then summer came along, so I had "time" to start UBERman (6 naps no core). What I was planning to do was to quickly switch between uberman, everyman, and monophasic that way my body would have the ability to quickly switch between various cycles quickly. Looking back it was more or less of a sucess

ADVICE: Something that is designed to give you more waking hours won't take time away from your day. I had a shit load of time on my hands and I didn't have much to spend it on, so I naturally did what bored people do, sleep.

I did: one month uberman attempt, one month monophasic, one+ month everyman and everafter...
I slowly learned that Uberman was not for me after many, many failed attempts, (about a month's worth). It being summer, I started monophase again, remember I had alot of time so I could afford it I was bliss for my sense of alertness, but my day's were just way too short, after the waiting room of everyman, monophasic became the blink of an eye. Then I started Everyman again so I could adapt to it before school started it went well, what I remember most was the difficulty of getting the noon nap(lunchtime). ADVICE: plan ahead, if you don't like planning then you won't get your naps consistently. If you don't nap consistently then that's just regular sleep deprivation.

When school started I more or less kept the schedule the same. Enough of me though, on to my friend BLEAH...

BLEAH was in a sport, and already deprived himself of sleep before polyphasic. Unlike me he started during the summer. He tried Uberman, and I guess he failed because now he does triphasic (3 naps, 90 minutes). I also know him to be an inconsistent napper, so consider that as well.