Day 58 - Stay awake

No oversleep again. My down-phase seems to be finally over and done with. Now it's time to concentrate on staying awake again. I was successful for 2 days now, so the next night will be critical, as it is the end of the usual 3 day rhythm I tend to have.

So far the night went great. I was a little bit tired right before my 11.20pm nap, but after it I had no problems at all. With Mario Strikers Charged Football and Counter Strike I encountered no fatigue so far. Now it's time for my 3.20am nap. I am a little bit afraid. This will be crucial. My critical nap. Good luck for me.

See you soon!

Day 57 - A new nap

Hehe, finally. Last night was great, I was completely awake all the time and neither oversleep nor fatigue didn't stand a chance against me. I watched some episodes of Dexter and even at 4am (my critical time) I could lay on my bed watching it.

I will now start/continue to add an extra nap at 5.20am, in the middle between my 3.20 and my 7.20 naps. I hope it will not only helps me to stay awake at my critical time, but also to to prevent general fatigue by adding another 15 minutes of REM sleep to my day.

Well, I still have to report a bit of extra sleep. I overslept after my 32.0pm nap today. It was only one hour, but that is still too much for me. Since it happened in broad daylight I think I didn't set up my alarm properly.

Week 8

What can I say? Shit. This week was utter shit. I stopped my core sleep a week ago, but somehow I still had about 4-5 hours of sleep almost every night. Seems as if the recovery from my bad eye isn't over yet.

One thing that bother me even more than all this sleep is the quality of my naps. After I went on and on last week about my beloved naps, I have to report now that they are not good at all at the moment. I rarely dream, and it takes me about 5-6 minutes to even fall asleep. Thus I decided to extend my nap length to 25 minutes, just like in the beginning of my experiment. This is really annoying and I hope I will be able to get rid of this with a bit sleep dep next week.