Day 9 - Major over-sleep
I had almost forgotten what it was like to wake up monophasically. With my past week of experience under my belt I can say it definitely sucks. It's an odd mixture of being "rested" but "foggy" that I really don't care for.
It's really hard to describe, but I'll try:
What happened? I laid down at 2:30am for an extra nap in preparation for the 5am block and my sons came in to get me at 8:30am (or 7:30am pre-DST time). So a 5 hour over-sleep, essentially when I slept monophasically.
I'm not 100% sure what happened yet, but I recorded the "nap" so I do have video evidence of what I did. I suspect I messed up starting the nap MP3. The video is transferring to the computer now so I'll know for sure in an hour or so.
Two things:
Since I'm writing anyway I should note that so far I haven't had much luck with my experiments trying to avoid apnea during my naps. I had a number of bad naps yesterday (maybe that contributed to the over-sleep, who knows). I'm not out of ideas yet though.
It's really hard to describe, but I'll try:
- PHYSICALLY: I'm rested, alert, and feel good. I feel like I could stay awake all day.
- MENTALLY: I feel like I've missed 2 naps. I'm processing things more slowly, everything feels sluggish, I'm out of it, and I feel like I need a nap.
What happened? I laid down at 2:30am for an extra nap in preparation for the 5am block and my sons came in to get me at 8:30am (or 7:30am pre-DST time). So a 5 hour over-sleep, essentially when I slept monophasically.
I'm not 100% sure what happened yet, but I recorded the "nap" so I do have video evidence of what I did. I suspect I messed up starting the nap MP3. The video is transferring to the computer now so I'll know for sure in an hour or so.
Two things:
- This just strengthens my resolve to stick with a polyphasic schedule. I really don't care for this feeling at all. Yuck.
- When I started the polyphasic schedule I had planned to do a large block of 5+ hours either every other week or once a month (hadn't decided which, figured I'd play it by ear). I still think it's probably a good idea for health, but I'm going to dread those nights now.
Since I'm writing anyway I should note that so far I haven't had much luck with my experiments trying to avoid apnea during my naps. I had a number of bad naps yesterday (maybe that contributed to the over-sleep, who knows). I'm not out of ideas yet though.
posted by Jeremy | 9:33:00 AM
2 Comments:
brain dump:
I suspect that your feelings after oversleeping would be what other people at your stage of the transition would also feel (but probally be a little more metally alert), since their body is trying to make up for some lost sleep. I'm guessing that your getting hit more metally due to your sleep apnea.
Since your recordings show that you sleep better during the day, when you do your biweekly/monthly hibernation, you might want to schedule during the day. See if that helps any.
Interesting idea! Not that there's a good "day" to donate to it, but I'll have to see if I can try it sometime.
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