Day 14 - Post Core

Alarm: 12:00am

Geez, what a bumpy night. At least I don't feel completely horrible; just a little dizziness and eye pressure. I hope that I don't develop further sleep dep. symptoms through out today because of this interrupted core.

For the last week or so, laying down for sleep has meant slipping almost immediately into a dream with some degree of lucidity. Lucid dreams aren't by themselves unusual for me, however when I was a mono-phasic sleeper, they usually occurred in (or I only remembered) the last dream cycle.

I think that it is likely that I am so quick to wake up after early REM cycles during core sleep because, while I'm used to lucid dreams only being in the last REM cycles, I'm now experiencing them in the first REM cycles, therefore subconsciously I think that I must be close to missing my alarm and thus wake up once I drop back up to light sleep.

This effect, I imagine, is probably intensified by my recent adaption to nap sleeping; as I am waking after falling up into light sleep after but a single REM cycle characterized by a lucid dream experience. But why I am actually turning off the SleepBot when I do wake up early? I think that is because my phone's clock is set to 24hr display and in that foggy state, I'm not being quick enough to realize that 2200 isn't 2400.

8:30pm - 9:57pm

9:57pm - 10:06pm

10:06pm - 12:00am

Day 11 - Post Core

Alarm: 12:00am

Core sleep did not completely successful and I fear that today's requirement of SWS (slow wave sleep / delta wave sleep) may not have been fulfilled. 

Upon waking, it was extremely difficult keep my heavy eyelids open and when I did, I was punished with a strong sensitivity to any light. That was followed by a medium headache, some pressure behind my eyes, slight dizziness, and a vague discomfort overall. 

I found my self pacing from the living room to the bedroom, waiting for myself to "really wake up", which didn't happen until at least 12:10am (but it sure seemed 10x that long!).Depending on the severity of sleep loss symptoms, I may attempt an extended nap later today to ensure the integrity of my sanity.

According to SleepBot, I was physically active at 9:20, 10:15, and 11:30. My phone had found its was under my pillows, so even though no there does not appear to be much noise, there still could have been sounds coming from outside that caused me to wake up (even higher probability given that it is Friday night).

Day 9 - Post Core

Alarm: 12:45am

Slept poorly. :( Kept waking from dreams and looking at the time. This is unusual for me, and unfortunately I can't blame it on sounds... those are all from me moving, not causing me to move. Symptoms this morning include: a reluctance of getting out of bed, eye pressure, yawning, and a hollow stomach feeling. 

Blecchh. I am really looking forward to Nap 1, but not before I switch my wife's Android phone ROM from AOKP to Blu Kuban.

Day 8 - Post Core

Alarm: 12:00am

For whatever reason, I was pretty restless in this core sleep. I fell asleep rather quickly, but my dreams all had some sort of anxiety about the alarm having already gone off and me feeling as if I were sleeping through them. Reviewing my SleepBot log for movement spikes coupled with rustling noises shows that I did that at least 4 times.

Perhaps the two hours before bed spent rushing to finish chores and eat are what effected me in this way?

I ended up getting out of bed about 6 minutes before the alarm sounded, the first 30 minutes of which, were very difficult for me. Symptoms included a light headache, dizziness, yawning, heavy eyelids, and confusion. After walking the dogs, I was left with only the light headache and some eye pressure.

I'm still getting work done, but I can't wait until Nap 1!