Polyphasic Sleep Diary – Day Three 2006, February 16, Thursday
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12:30am
I’ve noticed something weird about my hands. Clamping a finger of one hand with the thumb and index finger of the other hand causes pain, even with very little pressure applied. This is particularly strong on the right hand in the middle section of the fingers. I really don’t know the significance of that but I should keep an eye on it.
I’ve modified my schedule a bit for tonight. After the 10pm nap I took my following one at 11:30, and will take the next one at 1am. Then I’ll continue this 1.5-hour pattern until 7am.
3:50am
Next nap in 10 minutes; I feel pretty awake, nothing like the extreme physical tiredness I felt yesterday before the crash. I can’t believe it’s already getting easier, I’m a somewhat sceptical it won’t get harder in the days to come; I have yet to go 48 hours straight without core sleep, something that may prove harder than I anticipate. I also still haven’t figured out what to do with the extra time at night; now that I’m more conscious I should be doing something useful with my time. At the moment I’m reading a lot of a book, which is OK, but I want to do more than spend every waking night reading; I need to find some nighttime activities. I wonder if there is a polyphasic club in my town; If not maybe I should create on, that would be extremely useful for others attempting to convert. Time for my nap now.
6:30am
My scheduled naps of 4 and 5:30 am went fine. I’ve got the next one coming up at 7 and then at 9. After that I’m meeting a friend to sort out some things at University before the semester starts in 2 weeks. I’ll hopefully get a nap in at around 1pm before we go see a movie.
I feel pretty much awake at the moment but it’s quite cold and my muscles feel sort of tired, so I’ll probably go for a run after my next nap. I went running/walking a couple of times one the first day (my time perception is really weird now so I actually had trouble figuring out which day it was), which woke me up a bit (although perhaps it contributed to the crash). That should hopefully warm me up, get my blood and endorphins pumping and wake me up a little more.
I also have to mention another weird experience. This has happened a couple of times over the past couple of days: When I lie down for my naps near the beginning of the night (around midnight I suppose) I get a very weird feeling in my spine. It’s sort of relaxing but also somewhat discomforting. I try stretching my back a little, and it fades away. Maybe my body just has to get used to the increased time on my feet, but I should probably also do my Sun Salutations yoga routine that I printed out a couple of weeks ago more regularly; Maybe schedule it in after every nap.
7:40pm
I just woke up from a Nap, only the second one for a long time. After the 7 and 9 am naps, I attempted to sleep at about 12:50pm at the movie theatre but the atmosphere (that is the loud music playing), and the seats (I probably really need to be lying down to be able to fall asleep) prevented me from falling asleep, though I did drift out of consciousness at one point. After that my next sleep was when I arrived home at about 5:30pm and then again just now at 7:15.
I feel quite tired at the moment.
Hopefully I’ll be able to catch up the time I lost.
11:30pm
Previous nap at 9pm; just off to take one now. I just have to mention:
Tonight feels a like it’ll be a lot harder than last night.
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