Relating to my last post, I did uberman from Dec 20th to 29th, and everyman from Dec 30th to Feb 4th, for a total of ~45 days. I stopped because of a poor weekend, poor napping conditions, and missed naps due to midterms. I started again on Mar 16th (as soon as I felt safe with finals) and it has been going acceptably well. I feel like I all of a sudden need less sleep, for no reasonable explination, even polyphasic.
I've found that keeping track of my sleep schedule and recording my actual sleep works much better in Google Calendar than blogging it. I sort of blog it in a way since I try to add a short note to every entry. You can see it at hunnur.com (it's the red blocks) and if you click the records you'll most likely get whatever I spewed right after the nap, or if I didn't record until later anything I could remember. I'll be updating there instead of here, but I'll still try to make posts here for jorel314's blog.
Polyphasic or bust!
;hunter
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Pushpop
Short update, because there's not much to say. Everyman is going great, but I think my core cycles are more like 75-80 minutes long than 90 so I'll shorten my core a bit.
Lots more people in irc://irc.freenode.net/#polyphasers than last time, which is nice.
;hunter
Lots more people in irc://irc.freenode.net/#polyphasers than last time, which is nice.
;hunter
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Prepare to make the jump
Okay, time for an update. I did uberman from the 20th to the 29th, then began the transition to everyman on midnight of the 30th. My core is 2am to 5am, and three 20 minute naps at 10am, 3pm, and 10pm.
This uberman adaptation went so well that I can really see how messed up my original attempt was. I had the totally wrong mentality about getting my naps mostly on time vs. exactly on time, and where I was sleeping played a big role in it. This time I have gotten them all in bed and on time, and I feel much better. By the time I switched to everyman I was sleeping deeply for all of my naps, feeling rested most all of the time, and not oversleeping.
Everyman so far seems much more convenient than uberman because there is no 6pm nap, there is greater spacing between naps, and moving naps is much more flexible. I haven't moved them yet, but I can tell that uberman allows none of that, and people report everyman is more lenient.
I have had trouble getting up and staying up from my core (I start dozing off in my chair) but I have made it these three days with no major oversleeps and it's only getting easier. Switching from uberman meant that I start out being able to get sleep during the naps, but I think the core overdosed me on REMs and caused some vibrations for the rest of the sleep schedule, but they are receeding.
This next quarter I may have a problem with my physics class which runs TTH from 14:00 to 16:50, so I'll have to see how taking a 20 minute nap in the middle of class works. (I didn't have problems with it before in physics ;) )
I am only posting a little information here because most of the details get spewed into #polyphasers on irc.freenode.org. There are a lot (10 or more) people on there who are also doing polyphasic sleeping. It's been really nice to have people to talk to in real time who are also figuring this out.
;hunter
This uberman adaptation went so well that I can really see how messed up my original attempt was. I had the totally wrong mentality about getting my naps mostly on time vs. exactly on time, and where I was sleeping played a big role in it. This time I have gotten them all in bed and on time, and I feel much better. By the time I switched to everyman I was sleeping deeply for all of my naps, feeling rested most all of the time, and not oversleeping.
Everyman so far seems much more convenient than uberman because there is no 6pm nap, there is greater spacing between naps, and moving naps is much more flexible. I haven't moved them yet, but I can tell that uberman allows none of that, and people report everyman is more lenient.
I have had trouble getting up and staying up from my core (I start dozing off in my chair) but I have made it these three days with no major oversleeps and it's only getting easier. Switching from uberman meant that I start out being able to get sleep during the naps, but I think the core overdosed me on REMs and caused some vibrations for the rest of the sleep schedule, but they are receeding.
This next quarter I may have a problem with my physics class which runs TTH from 14:00 to 16:50, so I'll have to see how taking a 20 minute nap in the middle of class works. (I didn't have problems with it before in physics ;) )
I am only posting a little information here because most of the details get spewed into #polyphasers on irc.freenode.org. There are a lot (10 or more) people on there who are also doing polyphasic sleeping. It's been really nice to have people to talk to in real time who are also figuring this out.
;hunter
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Neophasic
As mentioned, I have plans to do everyman. With further reading it appears that long-term (one month plus) überman sleeping patterns are near-unheard of, while there are many long term (and currently ongoing) everyman sleepers in excess of one year.
This time around I've decided to count days starting at midnight instead of 6am like in my previous posts. I've entered the 2nd 'day'. This point corresponds to nearing the 3rd day of my original attempt and just as I had hoped the second adaptation period is easier than the first. I haven't overslept yet (by this time I had a 3 hour over sleep originally) and I have made all of my naps comfortably in bed and on time (previously I had slightly sporadic naps and several were uncomfortable, like in a car).
Much of my excitement and textual output has been spent in irc://freenode.net/#polyphasers which is why I have not posted much information here. The polyphasic sleepers there with me are Loïc, Netopalis, Bobrobyn, and Kurou.
Note to other poly-sleepers: Dymaxion is not real! Don't bring it up if you can help it, and never paint it in a positive light. We need to work to get this 'deadman schedule' out of common usage because many newbies are attracted to it like flys to a flyzapper. They attempt it because it looks the most attractive. They fail and falsely assume that polyphasic sleeping is impossible.
;hunter
Rather than attempting to start everyman from scratch and endure the initial month of warmup, I decided to use my practice at uberman and transition to everyman after a short acclimation to uberman. I believe this will be simple to do as many oversleeps of the uberman schedule parallel everyman, and will shorten adaptation to only the length of uberman, which is about 10 days. I also only have about 14 days total before school starts again.My wife was very much against me trying polyphasic and only let me because she could see it was something that I really wanted to do[...].
After a couple weeks on the schedule she got to be a huge fan of it and is now my best supporter, she gets very annoyed when I mess up my schedule and miss naps, etc. She has said many times that she has seen a complete change in me since I started polyphasic, I used to be useless in the evening but now I am alert at any time in the day and happier since I finally have time to work on my own stuff.
Also just so you know, I am a pretty long term polyphaser, I have been on the Everyman schedule for about a year and three months now.- Marcus Weidner
This time around I've decided to count days starting at midnight instead of 6am like in my previous posts. I've entered the 2nd 'day'. This point corresponds to nearing the 3rd day of my original attempt and just as I had hoped the second adaptation period is easier than the first. I haven't overslept yet (by this time I had a 3 hour over sleep originally) and I have made all of my naps comfortably in bed and on time (previously I had slightly sporadic naps and several were uncomfortable, like in a car).
Much of my excitement and textual output has been spent in irc://freenode.net/#polyphasers which is why I have not posted much information here. The polyphasic sleepers there with me are Loïc, Netopalis, Bobrobyn, and Kurou.
Note to other poly-sleepers: Dymaxion is not real! Don't bring it up if you can help it, and never paint it in a positive light. We need to work to get this 'deadman schedule' out of common usage because many newbies are attracted to it like flys to a flyzapper. They attempt it because it looks the most attractive. They fail and falsely assume that polyphasic sleeping is impossible.
;hunter
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Day 25
Ah, I'm back monophasic for a few days. It feels so good and is easier on everyone's schedules, though I don't want to stick with it.
I want to try everyman in a bit, with a 2-5 or 3-6 core. The problem is that a 2-5 core puts naps right in the middle of class on T/TH, and on Fridays I'm busy from 2-6 (Which was okay with Uberman and moving the 2pm to 1:40pm). Even moving the core to 3-6 means I still have a nap at 4 on Friday, but also introduces the problem of 11am Sunday instead of 10am.
I play bass for my church pretty much every Sunday, and if I nap at 10am then I miss the end of the service, but it doesn't interfere with people. The second service starts at 10:45am and music goes until 11:20 or so, but during second service I have class then. I may have to wait until this quarter is over.
See you later.
;hunter
I want to try everyman in a bit, with a 2-5 or 3-6 core. The problem is that a 2-5 core puts naps right in the middle of class on T/TH, and on Fridays I'm busy from 2-6 (Which was okay with Uberman and moving the 2pm to 1:40pm). Even moving the core to 3-6 means I still have a nap at 4 on Friday, but also introduces the problem of 11am Sunday instead of 10am.
I play bass for my church pretty much every Sunday, and if I nap at 10am then I miss the end of the service, but it doesn't interfere with people. The second service starts at 10:45am and music goes until 11:20 or so, but during second service I have class then. I may have to wait until this quarter is over.
See you later.
;hunter
Monday, November 10, 2008
Day 23/24
I would say that I am adjusted now, in the sense that I can maintain the uberman schedule without needing extra sleep, and it now I'm experimenting with messing my schedule up and then returning back to it.
The previously mentioned 6:20am to 10:20am nap was joined by a 2pm to 5:30pm napping as well. It felt like I slept for days and was wonderful. I also slept from 2am to 7:30am on Sunday morning, and even though it wasn't as restful as the Saturday morning/afternoon naps it was still nice.
Basically I didn't have more activities planned that I had to do, so I indulged in a little free sleep. Kind of like a hobby :).
Going back into the week on Sunday night and I'm back to staying awake when I should (I never stopped napping at the correct times, I just stopped getting up when I should). Maybe I can get everything done during the week, then grab some sleep on the weekends if I feel like it. Not saying I need it, but not sleeping longer than 20 minutes sure throws a new light on a little extra sleep.
;hunter
The previously mentioned 6:20am to 10:20am nap was joined by a 2pm to 5:30pm napping as well. It felt like I slept for days and was wonderful. I also slept from 2am to 7:30am on Sunday morning, and even though it wasn't as restful as the Saturday morning/afternoon naps it was still nice.
Basically I didn't have more activities planned that I had to do, so I indulged in a little free sleep. Kind of like a hobby :).
Going back into the week on Sunday night and I'm back to staying awake when I should (I never stopped napping at the correct times, I just stopped getting up when I should). Maybe I can get everything done during the week, then grab some sleep on the weekends if I feel like it. Not saying I need it, but not sleeping longer than 20 minutes sure throws a new light on a little extra sleep.
;hunter
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Day 22
Last night was a little different. I made my naps on time, but because I didn't have anything that I wanted to get up and do I added extra sleep.
- 10am, 2pm, 6pm, 10pm, and 2am were all on time or started 20 minutes early to make way for the day.
- 4am I added an extra nap for the fun of it.
- 6am I slept until 6:20 as usual, but when I woke up I decided that I'd rather sleep more than do anything I had thought of, so I set my alarm for 8 and went back to sleep.
- 8am I woke up, but I forgot that this was a poor choice for a length of nap (they should be multiples of 90 minutes) and accidentally fell back asleep until my 10:20am alarm. For once I'm not that mad about oversleeping, though.
;hunter
- 10am, 2pm, 6pm, 10pm, and 2am were all on time or started 20 minutes early to make way for the day.
- 4am I added an extra nap for the fun of it.
- 6am I slept until 6:20 as usual, but when I woke up I decided that I'd rather sleep more than do anything I had thought of, so I set my alarm for 8 and went back to sleep.
- 8am I woke up, but I forgot that this was a poor choice for a length of nap (they should be multiples of 90 minutes) and accidentally fell back asleep until my 10:20am alarm. For once I'm not that mad about oversleeping, though.
;hunter
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