Thread: Espsika Going Polyphasic

Tuesday, 17th.
01:00 nap was an experience.
I sad down to nap, closed my eyes and the alarm went off. I opened my eyes to check what was wrong. To my greatest surprise i found the time on my computer to be 01:30, i checked my wrist watch it was the same 01:30. I had to stand up and get busy. But it appears to just a few seconds sleep.
At 19:00 nap, i over slept (19:00 - 20:30) because my headphone got spoiled and my alarm was not loud enough to wake me up.

Tuesday, 17th.
01:00 nap was an experience.
I sat down to nap, closed my eyes and the alarm went off. I opened my eyes to check what was wrong. To my greatest surprise i found the time on my computer to be 01:30, i checked my wrist watch it was the same 01:30. I had to stand up and get busy. But it appears to be just a few seconds sleep.

On wednesday,18th and thursday, 19th.
I was frustrated by over sleeping severally.
On friday, 20th.
Naps at 01:00, 07:00, and 13:00 were successful. But nap at 20:00 (19:00 instead. I normally don't fall asleep at this time, so i shifted to 20:00) was a surprise. I slept for 1.5hr without noticing my alarm, despite the loudness of my headphone. This means that, when its night, i should seat down to nap instead of lying down.

On saturday, 21st.
After napping at 01:00 (which appears to be a seconds)i tried to remain awake but i keep on dozing off from time to time.
i skipped 07:00 as a result.
Other naps were ok

On sunday, 22nd.
nap at 01:00, slept for an hour (woke up at 02:00).
Slept off between 04:30 and 05:00 and woke up at 05:25, had a lucid dream which ended up in semi-lucid dream.
skipped naps at 07:00 and 13:00. Nap at 20:00 woke up, slept off, woke up again around 21:21, slept off. Woke up around 22:15, slept off again, woke up at 00:25. Slept off again, woke up severally and finally woke up at 01:16.
I was very busy that was why i skipped naps, i could not help it.

adapting to a polyphasic sleeping life style is no child's play.
The summary of the problems i encountered are:
- over sleeping
- skipping naps
- staying idle after midnight.
My experiences:
- severe cold
- loosing conscious control of sleep.
- falling asleep instantly
- speedy sleep
- occationally falling asleep

adapting to a polyphasic sleeping life style is no child's play.
The summary of the problems i encountered are:
- over sleeping
- skipping naps
- staying idle after midnight.
My experiences:
- severe cold
- loosing conscious control of sleep.
- falling asleep instantly
- speedy sleep
- occationally falling asleep
- low reasoning and doing things subconsciously (by impulse).

hello friends!
i have been trying to adapt to Dymaxion sleeping schedule till now without any success, i have not been posting experiences.
with my past and present experience I'm coming to the conclusion that adapting to Dymaxion is not a child's play.
i never made it to the second day in school. in my home i never made it to the third day without over sleeping. our environment contributes a lot to our failure/success. my school is very poor when it comes to the environment and i go to bed and sleep without knowing it till after 2.5 to 3 hours of sleep and my heart will be filed with sadness.
i will be giving every man a try as from today and my sleeping time goes thus:
core sleep = 00.00 - 03.00
Nap One = 07.00 - 07.20
Nap Two = 13.00 - 13.20 Or 14.00 - 14.20
Nap Three = 20.00 - 20.20
i will not be posting my experiences daily but i will writing the down on paper and keep on updating you once in a week or twice. thanks

Hello friends! I'm still on Every Man polyphasic life style. I'm falling and rising and i believe i will succeed, and when i succeed i will update my experiences in summary.
Thank you

I'm back to kick start with EveryMan type 3. My sleeping schedule goes thus:
Core Sleep: 21:00 to 00:00 (3 hours).
Nap1: 06:00 to 06:20
Nap2: 12:00 to 12:20
Nap3: 17:00 to 17:20.
I have started already from Core Sleep (i.e on 8th).

Core Sleep: 21:00 to 00:20 (over slept with 20 min.). Drifted off at 05:04 to 05:22 (slept for 18 min. While seating down and lain against the wall).
Nap1 06:00 to 06:20 (waked up severally and hard dreams).
Nap2 and Nap3, was light and slept for 10 min. Each, to reduce the total sleep time. I felt sleep deprived.
Total sleep time summed up to 4hrs 18min.

Core Sleep: 21:00 to 02:10. Over slept. (i woke at 23:26, went back to bed. The next time i noticed was 00:55. My alarm was useless, i was sad at myself and remained in bed which caused more damage of waking finally at 02:10 ).
Our thoughts and emotions influences our results.

Drifted off to sleep at 04:15 and noticed 05:57. (i was in the dark updating my status on this thread when i felt a thing crawling on my body. I jumped on my feet looking for what it was, but could not find. Fear crept into my mind because everywhere was totally dark. I entered my room where i knew i will easily brake the rule of lying down, and i did because there were other persons in there, that will ask me the question "why are you awake" which i'm not ready to answer).
the interpretation i'm giving this, is my environment has control over me. To over come this, i have to grow stronger than my environs. So friends any suggestion as to what will help? Thank you as you give your suggestions.

Core Sleep: i skipped it. (? I was chatting with my visitor)

Core Sleep: 04:15 to 07:11 (2hrs 56min.).
Nap: at 02:02 to 02:25.
And i was occationally falling asleep and waking while busy doing something. I virtually slept for 3hrs 20min.

On 11th.
Core Sleep: 21:00/21:45 to 00:00. Over slept, noticed 23:22, 01:58, 02:15 and finally woke up at 03:58 (4hrs 13min.).
there were a lot of distractions(discussions) in my room and i founded it difficult falling asleep.

I need to be focused.
12th.
Core Sleep: 20:00 to 21:41.
nap1: 06:00 to 06:20 successful. I drifted off to sleep while lying down between 10:00 and 11:00, i found myself awake at 11:30. (whenever i brake my rules i pay dearly for it).

There are alot of distractions around me, and i'm tempted to give up.

15th.
Core Sleep: 21:30 to 00:10. (slept for 2hrs 40min.).
Nap1, Nap2 was a success. (20min. +20min. + 2hrs 40min. = 3.20hrs). Nap3 is still pending

Nap3: i laid down to sleep, but never slept. Thoughts bugged my mind while i tried to sleep but never succeeded in falling asleep. It was the thought that kept me awake, i gues.

15th.
Core Sleep: (of day 15th of Nov.) 21:00 to 23:32.
Successful day1 started from 00:10 of 15th. After Core Sleep of 14th.
16th. Will now be day2 which has started counting from 00:00.

Hello Fellow Dreamers;
I have been falling and rising in this race of becoming a polyphaser.
On two occasions i have noticed that i automatically or unconsciously retire to my bed, after an hour of sleep, is when i will notice what had happened. And these happened at the second separate days of Ubaman (whenever i over sleep, i start all over again). I have tried several others without successfully making to the 3rd day. I will start to update you guys when i successfully make it to the 3rd day.
Thank you and merry xmas and happy new year.

Please stop that! Dymaxion is an almost-impossible (if not impossible) sleep schedule to follow! Switch to Ubermann or SPAMAYL before you do anything stupid! (Or even better, everyman).

polyphasicsociety.com/polyphasic-sleep/overviews/dymaxion/

I noticed that whenever i successfully made it to the second/third day, my alarm becomes useless to my ears. (i'm using the alarm clock of nokia C5 with an ear piece, which i think is not loud enough to wake me up). I planned combating this with drinking-lots-of-water before napping and sleep-seating on the floor without leaning against anything.