Polyrestart

It was day 7 yesterday, I had been napping for 7 days…up until day five I didn’t have a single oversleep or missed nap or anything of the like….however after a 40 minute oversleep on day five it started becoming obvious that something wasn’t right. I didn’t have any more oversleeps, I didn’t miss any more naps. I slept during all my naps. I’d wake up before my alarm, often 10-15 minutes after laying down. The problem has been that I haven’t been getting any rest from my naps, after one day of this I thought it was only temporary. However, upon reaching the end of day 7 without any restorative naps for two days I decided that a restart is needed.

I found it quite surprising to have this happen. I’ve read about other people’s problems with keeping the schedule and all that. Most people start oversleeping regularly because of one slip. I never heard of anyone losing their 5 day progress to a 40 minute nap.

I will have another go very soon. Depending on how much time is needed to come back to monophasic schedule for the restart, it might be ok to start already this week, towards the end of this week…landing day 3-4 on sat-sun, or maybe waiting until next week.

It is very clear to me that any oversleep at all will cause way more havoc than I thought it would, so I will start compiling a list, the big fat list, of things to do while sleep deprived. A list to keep me off my bottom during the early hours of the day. The experiment is shaping up to be an even more interesting one than I thought. I did get many new exciting things to think about on the first run, and now on the second run I can compare the things I experienced with the first attempt.

What would be great is having someone to do it with, considering stories like Puredoxyk’s where the having a partner seems helpful in making sure you keep on schedule.