Triphasic Sleep: Day 18

This is part eighteen of my Triphasic sleep experiment. Please visit this page for more info.

The low down
I didn’t update yesterday. Something must’ve happened. Yes. First, I wanted to let my previous post stay up at the front page for a while, second, I decided to say screw it just this once.

I overdid the tweaking and ended up super exhausted. The changes I made yesterday reduced my nap time to 1 hour and core sleep to 3 hours. Which explains my inability to perform any function today. So after waking up from my midnight nap and making sure that I am fully awake, I thought about what I should do. Problem is, the feeling of vertigo never faded while I was weighing in the options. Something is definitely wrong. An extra 30 minute nap didn’t help the matter. So I said screw it, set my alarm for 7 AM and just slept. I wanted to see, how much my body needed before it automatically wakes itself up.
An hour later, I was awake again. Closed my eyes and willed myself back to sleep. This is very strange, as I recall just 2 days ago, I was enjoying a great weekend with plenty of time and fun. The past two day, with work combined, proves to be hell for me. I noticed an extreme deficiency in memory recall and had to rely on notepads to help myself to remember what to do. Imagine only having short term memory for the day, that’s what it felt like. I am beginning to suspect that the amount of sleep you need, is a function of the brain power you used. More specifically, memory recall.

Since I’ve awakened numerous time having dreams and still feeling groggy, the theory of REM sleep being able to refresh you seems far fetched to me.