The last two days have been pretty good. My energy level is still slightly less than monophasic sleep but only at certain times of the day. Something very interesting is that my dreams are always directly related to what I was thinking about in the hour or so before my nap. My productivity has been great--I often wake up at 4 or 5 am depending on when I take my core sleep in the evenings and exercise and do homework. Unfortunately, I just read in the recent Sleep edition of The New York Times science section that muscle and tissue growth occur during deep sleep stages 3 and 4, which I can guarantee that I'm not getting. Hopefully, my body will find alternative times for that growth? While I'm overwhelmed by my work, for the first time all semester I feel like my head is slightly above water. Though I am not close to testing my naps without an alarm clock, there have been a few naps where I wake up 5 minutes before my alarm. Whether it's because my body is getting used to the nap period or whether I'm worried that I'm oversleeping. Some neuroscience major friends of mine told me that recent research has found that the other sleep cycles affect particular things, for example sleep cycle 1 affects motor skills. At some point this week, I am hoping to speak with a neuroscience professor to learn about some cognitive tests I could take every so often to gauge whether polyphasic sleep has increased or decreased my brain capacity. While I don't intend on blogging daily from here on out, I will make sure to write every few days.
I want to thank all of my friends and schoolmates. My support system up here has been phenomenal. Both friends, acquaintances, and the occasional stranger stop to ask me how it's going. And while I obviously love talking about it, their insight and suggestions have a huge affect on how I conduct this experiment. Beyond that, when I practically quit on Day 13, the encouragement from, friends and even teachers was awesome.
I want to thank all of my friends and schoolmates. My support system up here has been phenomenal. Both friends, acquaintances, and the occasional stranger stop to ask me how it's going. And while I obviously love talking about it, their insight and suggestions have a huge affect on how I conduct this experiment. Beyond that, when I practically quit on Day 13, the encouragement from, friends and even teachers was awesome.
