Kromoh's sleep schedule

[Kromoh]

I've just decided to try to adopt a polyphasic sleep schedule. I'm gonna do a lot of testing before picking an exact schedule, but I got a few things in mind. I decided to take Everyman for not being so extreme, and for providing more flexible naps, since my routine varies on the day. I picked the 3h core + 3x 20min naps because it would bestly fits my daily life. Feel free to post on this journal!! anything, from jokes to questions, is apreciated! My Everyman schedule will be (for now, I might change this if I find apropriate): ----- 3am-6am: core sleep 1pm 5pm : 20min naps 10pm ----- I never tried such a sleep schedule before (although I've already planned to). I will report my adaptation and my experiences, and all that's involved with my sleeping schedule. Wish me luck!

[Xox]

Good Luck, and let us know how it works.

[Kromoh]

28 sept 2007 - 6:05am Thanks for the good luck Yesterday, I woke up late (had no classes), but I did many tiring things during the day. I stayed awake until 3am, and then had my core sleep until now (6am here). I woke up like a zombie. My eyes were better off closed than anything. It took a long moment in front of the mirror before I could realise the state I was in. It was hard to wake up yeah, but I feel way better now. Instead of feeling sleep deprivated, I feel like I woke up really early. My next nap will be by 1pm. I'll report back when needed ----- 28 sept 2007 - 7:20am Man this is gonna be hard, It barely is 7:20 am and I'm feeling as sleepy as if I had woken at 2 in the morning My next nap is only at 1pm, and I really don't wanna mess times up, so it's gonna take self-control not to fall asleep (I really mean it). ----- 28 sept 2007 - 8:30am I feel better off now. I guess my sleepiness was due to working excessively at such a delicate time. For the ones of you spying on my private life, I was translating this scientific review on ultrasound treatment for patients with rheumatoid arthritis for my sister (she's at college, taking physiotherapy, and cannot speak English). I hope I get compensated for this xD -- Oh c'mon, she could buy me an ice-cream. In fact, the criteria for inclusion of the trials and the assessment of quality in the review are very interesting when you are bored. ----- 28 sept 2007 - 9:35am My bed is flirting with me for some reason. Note to self: don't laugh too much, it wastes your precious energy. Damn Senseless Banter! ----- 28 sept 2007 - 10:25am Guess I got used to this semi sleep deprivation. It is particularly strange because, paralelly to feeling sleepy, I do also feel more alert and quick-thinking. I would also say my level of happiness is higher, but my humour has been so strange lately that I wouldn't risk a thesis ----- 28 sept 2007 - 12:25 pm I've been feeling that stable alertness I mentioned. If I don't do anything, I start to feel sleepy: good thing I prepared lots of things to prevent boredom. My first nap will be around 1pm, and I'm not sure I'll hate the time management skills necessary for reporting back before it. So I might only post after my first nap. Feelign better now, need less self control to stay up. ----- 28 sept 2007 - 1:25pm I've just had my nap. I was amazed at waking up and finding myself rested, even though i had some trouble with falling sleep. I still feel the disorientation related to waking up early, but I can say I'm not sleepy anymore. Man this is impressive. It feels like I didn't sleep at all, but I'm fully rested. It's eveb kind of jard to believe Next nap is at 5pm. I might post less now that things are startign to settle down. Thanks for the great job of preventing my boredom, Dreamviews: it worked ----- 28 sept 2007 - 3:05 pm I'm finally feeling well. What I feel now is myself tired, rather than sleep deprivated. Can't wait for my 5pm nap xD ----- 28 sept 2007 - 5:52 pm Had my second nap some time ago. I'm feeling like it's midnight: not completely clear, but able to spend some good time awake. ----- 28 sept 2007 - 9:10 pm Normal day it is now. Doing many things to pass time. You indeed have a lot of extra time when sleeping in one of these schedules. It just rocks xD Next nap is at 10pm... not sure mama will allow me to post here though... if not, I'll report on my progress by tomorow ----- 28 sept 2007 - 10:45 pm Had my last nap a little time ago. I'm thinking of adaptating the sleep schedule, moving the last two naps one hour forward. I had trouble to faal asleep in this nap. I'll wait though, to see how much I can handle a normal day with the current set: I don't wanna push myself too hard. I believe it will be hard to stay up until 3am though, so wish me good luck.

[Kromoh]

29 sept 2007 - 11:16am LOL silly me. I went to sleep at 3am last night, but the alarm didn't succeed in waking me up at 6am! lol I slept until 9 something. And I actually felt more tired than before. I'm after a better alarm ----- 29 sept 2007 - 9:38pm I had my 1pm nap normally. It was easier to keep the schedule after oversleeping, but I feel completely drowsy now. I'll soon be taking my 10pm nap, and will continue my polyphasic schedule as if nothing happened. (Xox, yeah it was annoying, but I'm gonna go on like it didn't happen. It's better that way) ----- 30 sept 2007 - 2:50am Soon going for my core sleep. I hope a WILD attempt doesn't make me tired. Day was well, although I skipped my 10pm nap (wasn't needed).

[Xox]

ahhh! Didnt that ruin your whole routine?

[Kromoh]

1 oct 2007 - 12:33am I again missed my alarm (LOL I'm a heavy sleeper) but I woke up earier than yesterday (don't remember exactly what time though). All my naps followed the schedule. I feel completely normal whatsoever.

[Kromoh]

1 octo 2007 - 5:05pm I went to sleep at 3am and woke up at 6 for school. I didn't feel sleep deprivated at school, but I did just before my first nap. I had it and went to my English classes. Had a test and I believe I did great. Now I'm going for my 2nd nap. I'll probably report back tonight, later on. ----- 2 octo 2007 - 2:27am My core sleep is here in a bout half an hour. I'm feeling prefectly well: using the extra time to read the books I haven't finished. I noticed I feel sleepy as I get close to my sleeping times, which I believe means my body has adapted to the schedule - at least the theory of it. I also noticed I'll have to change my eating habits: I feel hungry after dinner. I don't have any ideas yet, though.

[Xox]

Cool, Let us me know how it goes!

[Adanac]

This is really interesting, I might adopt something like this myself. Keep us posted.

[Kromoh]

2 oct 2007 - 6:00pm Woke up feeling like a zombie. School was ok, but it cameto my first nap, I slept straight from 1pm to 4:20pm. Silly me, alarm won't wake up stones. Anyway, I'm gonna do the wisest and pretend nothing happened: having my body get used to my sleep pattern is the central idea. My nap at 5pm was normal, but I found it hard to fall asleep. Thanks for the interest, guys

[AlternateReality]

Looks like your doing good. I probably would oversleep on every nap i take. I wanted to try this when I learned about it, but i have time during the day to take naps.

[Kromoh]

3 oct 2007 - 5:16pm Waking up was terrible today. I felt extremely tired and my eyelids refused to open. The first classes at school were hard to hande, but then it felt ok. Had my afternoon nap normally, and going to my next one now.

[TempleGuard]

So it works, and you sleep for 4 hours a day only, right? If that is right i might join you. I think i can live with that shedule. EDIT: I want to ask also where you read that exact technique, and are there others to pick the best for me . Thanx

[Kromoh]

4 oct 2007 - 6:48pm Reporting on yesterday: I skipped my 10pm nap for having an appointment. It didn't feel that bad though. Waking up was slightly better this morning. although I still feel sleepy on the first classes. Nothing you can't cope with, though: it's just like when you come back from vacation and feel sleepy at school. Reporting on today: My day was normal, although busy. Followed all my naps regularly. I can say my body's got used to the sleeping system: whenever I approach th time of a nap, I start to feel sleepy. It's gonna take about another week, I'd say, before I am fully used to it. But It's supposed to happen like that on this schedule I'm following. TempleGuard, I read about the Everyman (and the Uberman) schedule here. The Everyman schedule (which consists of a longer sleep period called "core sleep" and strategically positioned naps during the day) is easier to take hold of, but requires more time to fully adjust. The Uberman schedule (which is the full hexaphasic sleep, based only on naps) is a pain at the beggining, but it gives you a pretty good sensation of improved senses and wakefulness (hence the name of it). Both require strict timing, but you can be more flexible with Everyman. So, it depends a lot on your life style. If it was possible for me, I'd choose Uberman, but it would never fit my routine, so I chose Everyman. I intend to go Uberman when I'm on vacation, though. ----- 4 oct 2007 - 10:49pm All went normal, had my dance classes a while ago. I just wanted to tell everyone that this makes it my first polyphasic week. I'm glad I did it. And for the ones of you who have a foot behind about changing to polyphasic sleep, here go a feel overall tips: The first day will be the worst one. Learn to be a masochist for one day and you'll do fine. Watch out for not oversleeping. When adapting to a new sleep schedule, sometimes your alarm won't wake you up. After your first days you will start to feel tired when next to a nap time: it means you are adapting to it. Coffee and Coke can be a hand, but don't drink any on a margin of one hour before going to sleep. Fallign asleep at a nap time can prove hard at first: make sure you aren't preventing yourself from falling asleep by thinking too actively. Finally, reserve some time to feel fully awake once you've woken up from your core sleep. All said, thanks for the interest everyone: this journal has a pretty nice number of views, something I'm really proud of.

[Kromoh]

5 oct 2007 - 6:59pm Man, Today school was a pain. For some reason I just had to fall asleep. My eyes would hurt if open and I couldn't look still at a same place. Luckily it all passed after I had some coke. Now in the afternoon my alarm didn't wake me up, but I'm kind of glad it didn't: I was kind of sick, and you're supposed to sleep a bit more than the normal when so. I feel way better now, although I woke up at around 4:50pm. By the way: yesterday I just noticed how much time I have more. On monophasic sleep, my dance classes would end at 10:00pm, which meant I'd have to go to sleep soon after. But not with polyphasic sleep. I knew I'd have some nice and worthy hours for doing all my stuff after that. Hail being a polyphasic sleeper.

[TempleGuard]

Well you are doing it for a week, you should feel the bonus time

[Kromoh]

6 oct 2007 - 4:01pm Woke up late again damn I guess it was around 10 o'clock... blame me. I need a more powerful alarm: on that creates earthquakes or something. I meditated for 30 min instead of having my 1pm nap: I wasn't sleepy at all. Now I'm gonna wait for 5pm to bring some sense to the silly heavy sleeper that posted this. I'll continue the schedule from there.

[Kromoh]

8 oct 2007 - 5:47pm Sorry for not posting yesterday. Well, anyway, I overslept on my core sleep, and it was quite a lot, so I felt tired through the day. Naps normal, I went to my core sleep around 3:40am, which means 40min later than the usual. So today I've got a headache heh, blame me for not following the schedule properly. Today school was okay, and I'm feeling better now. The only thing is the headache.

[TempleGuard]

I want to ask you - how much time you need to become asleep at the naps? Sometimes I cant go to sleep in all the nap, or i drop to sleep 5 minutes before my alarm.. And btw i read something, that you were sick? I feel sick, too. Was it only the first days?

[Kromoh]

9 oct 2007 - 11:59pm Yesterday I went to my core sleep earlier to get rid of the flu I had. Great thing it worked: I had my naps normally today and felt great. Now I'm going for my (late) 10pm nap. The reason I'm late for it is school affairs. Anyway I'll probably post back later on.

[TempleGuard]

Why havent you been posting the last few days? You dont have internet, or you are not polyphasic?

[Kromoh]

Good thing you asked. answer is: both. I was spending my holiday at the beach house. But bah, being polyphasic there means I'll need to take two naps when I'm actually at the beach, plus taking a 5 hour long trip gets you overwhelmingly exhausted, so I just gave up for now. I'm gonna start it again though.

[Kromoh]

now resuming my posting in this thread: I had to abandon my polyphasic schedule briefly this weekend because of traveling to the beach. Being in a car for prolongued time just gets you extremely tired. Apart from that, Brazil switched to Daylight saving time just on saturday, so it was another issue with my sleep schedule. The day before yesterday I went to sleep at 3 am, in a struggle to go back to my polyphasic schedule. I did indeed feel sleepy at school, but it was by far not as bad as my first days with Everyman. I just felt sleepy, thats all. Yesterday my naps were completely set according to the schedule. Nothing special about it: it all just felt completely normal. I relied on coke not to feel sleepy at school, though. 17 oct 2007 - 9:54pm Today at school I felt extremely tired at the History class, so I just mentally told my teacher to fuck off and slept for around 30 min of the class (this was at about 11:20am). Now comes the interesting part. I had two most vivid dreams on that nap. Actually, there were even moments of semi-lucidity, in which I could control my dream not to let it end. I also woke up by will. And this is incredible mostly because I didn't expect such a vivid dream in one of my short naps.. And my becoming lucid without any effort was also something unusual. I guess my REM sleep is finally shifting to the beggining of sleep. And that is great My 1pm nap was normal; but to my amazement I had a hell of an hypnic jerk resulting from a dream. This again makes me think my REM sleep has finally shifted. I overslept at my 5pm one (only to wake up more tired than if I hadn't). I woke up about 8 o'clock (yeah I'm a slacker) and I just couldn't find will to step out of bed. So I decided to have my 10 pm nap at that exact time in order not to feel too tired. Again I had one of those semi-conscious naps and woke up by will (feeling awesomely better than before) Now I'm fine. Bah you get the idea.

[Kromoh]

18 oct 2007 - 1:19pm Yesterday I went to sleep at my regular time. I had the most amazing LD ever (which I don't even know if was resulted from a WILD). I didn't recall it when I woke up at first, but I had the slight impression that my dream this night was a great one. I concentrated on recalling it and was amazed that I could have forgotten such a nice and vivid dream. This makes me think of how many other LDs I could have had without recalling, through my life. Used coke not to feel sleepy at school. Going for my nap now. 19 oct 2007 - 2:03am My lucid dream follows: The beggining is somehow unclear. I am at this room that looks pretty much like a classroom. I see a few of my Spanish classes roommates, but for some reason I know I'm having English classes at the moment (weird thing). I look at the teacher, but something's wrong. She is the English teacher from the last semester! How could this be so? Could I be dreaming? To my everasting amazement I did one of the clearest Reality Checks in my life. I pinched my nose and breathed... and air came in comfortably. At this moment I just realised how vivid my dream was: almost unbelievable. Then in all my silliness I thought "oh, why does it get less vivid when I become lucid?" and that thought made everything blurr (which was pretty funny). I made it all turn vivid again and noticed the mind state I was in: I was so relaxed and feeling good with myself.. so much better was it than any type of meditation I've ever tried. It all felt extremely well and happy: the world was good. Then I realised I had to do something fun to enjoy this great lucid dream. And I decided to look for this cute someone I know to make out (dirty me ). I tried some passive dream control tricks, telling myself Matheus (his name) would be just outside the classroom. I stepped outside (which was such a vivid experience) but he wasn't there. At this moment my dream began to fade, and I could just easily make it last longer. When it was all stable, though, I was at a different place, though similar to where I was before. I took some stairs up, which was quiet an experience, still looking for Matheus and when I got to the upper floor there he was, just two footsteps away from reach. Then the dream finally ended (damn!). I had my 5pm nap normally but I had to skip my 10pm one. I'm feeling a bit sleepy because of it, so I'm looking forward to my core sleep. Today will be the first time I'll try a WILD after turning polyphasic. I have no idea of how it will work. I'll surely post the results.

[Sara]

Hey Kromoh, It's been a while since your last post in you polyphasic journal and I'm really interested in reading more about your experiences! Sounds great that you had this nice LD only 3 weeks after starting polyphasic sleep.