This is a summary of my progress with polyphasic sleep. I will update it several times per day, whether or not I write any related posts.

 

The Schedule

Naps: 2:30, 6:30, 10:30 (each ~25 minutes long)

Alarms
1) Cell phone after 24 minutes
2) Vibrating disc and water after 25
3) Loud music after 27

 

Day 0

*Brain Power (Baseline) - 4:30pm
Performance: 116.52
Reaction Time: 656
Accuracy: 96
Concentration Level: 71

Nap 1 - 6:30pm
Time in bed: 6:30-6:54
Time asleep: None

Post: Polyphasic Sleep: Day 0

Nap 2 - 10:30pm
Time in bed: 10:30-10:54
Time asleep: None

 

Day 1

Nap 1 - 2:30am
Time in bed: 2:30-2:55
Time asleep: Most of it

*Brain Power - 4:30am
Performance: 107.23
Reaction Time: 617
Accuracy: 85
Concentration Level: 78

Nap 2 - 6:30am
Time in bed: 6:30-6:55
Time asleep: Most of it

Nap 3 - 10:30am
Time in bed: 10:30-10:54
Time asleep: About half of it

Nap 4 - 2:30pm
Time in bed: 2:30-2:54
Time asleep: Most of it

*Brain Power - 3:15pm
Performance: 96.52
Reaction Time: 571
Accuracy: 75
Concentration Level: 81

Nap 5 - 6:30pm
Time in bed: 6:30-6:54
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

Post: Polyphasic Sleep: Day 1

Nap 6 - 10:30pm
Time in bed: 10:30-10:54
Time asleep: Woke up and fell back to sleep around 10:45

 

Day 2

Nap 1 - 2:30am
Time in bed: 2:30-2:56
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

*Brain Power - 3:15am
Performance: 103.35
Reaction Time: 661
Accuracy: 85
Concentration Level: 77

Nap 2 - 6:30am
Time in bed: 6:30-6:55
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

Nap 3 - 10:30am
Time in bed: 10:30-10:54
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

Oversleep!
Time: ~11:00am-12:00pm
Cause: Lying down in bed after 10:30 nap
Impact: Probably minor

Post: Polyphasic Sleep: Day 2

Nap 4 - 2:30pm
Time in bed: 2:30-2:54
Time asleep: Until 2:45 (awoken by phone call, did not return to sleep)

*Brain Power - 3:45pm
Performance: 119.73 (Above baseline!)
Reaction Time: 537
Accuracy: 90
Concentration Level: 63

Nap 5 - 6:30pm
Time in bed: 6:30-6:54
Time asleep: Most of it

Nap 6 - 10:30pm
Time in bed: 10:32-10:54
Time asleep: Most of it

 

Day 3

Nap 1 - 2:30am
Time in bed: 2:30-2:54
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

Brain Fog!
Time: ~3:00-5:15
Effect: No recollection of anything that happened during that time. Asleep?
Impact: None short-term, long-term unknown

*Brain Power - 5:45am
Performance: 110.80
Reaction Time: 683
Accuracy: 93
Concentration Level: 74

Nap 2 - 6:30am
Time in bed: 6:30-6:55
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

Brain Fog!
Time: On-and-off consciousness between 7:00 and 10:30
Effect: Very foggy recollection of a few things, likely caused by “microsleeps” (almost falling asleep, but not quite).
Impact: None short-term, long-term unknown.

Nap 3 - 10:30am
Time in bed: 10:30-10:55
Time asleep: Most of it (woke up once, returned to sleep)

Brain Fog lifted (after 10:30 nap)

Post: Polyphasic Sleep: Day 3

Nap 4 - 2:30pm
Time in bed: 2:29-2:52 (Woke up just before first alarm!)
Time asleep: Most of it

*Brain Power - 3:45pm
Performance: 135.12
Reaction Time: 525
Accuracy: 96
Concentration Level: 78

Nap 5 - 6:30pm
Time in bed: 6:30-6:54
Time asleep: Some of it (trouble falling asleep)

Nap 6 - 10:30pm
Time in bed: 10:31-10:54
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

 

Day 4

Nap 1 - 2:30am
Time in bed: 2:41-3:05
Time asleep: None (Partially because I spilled the water on myself before falling asleep. Grrr…)

Nap 1, Part II - 3:30am
Time in bed: 3:30-3:54
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

Oversleep!
Time: ~4:00-4:45
Cause: Lying on the couch after second “2:30″ nap.
Impact: Probably minor, but I hope these “minor” screwups don’t add up.

*Brain Power - 5:15am
Performance: 122.79
Reaction Time: 514
Accuracy: 88
Concentration Level: 78

Nap 2 - 6:30am
Time in bed: 6:30-6:55
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

Nap 3 - 10:30am
Time in bed: 10:30-10:54
Time asleep: Most of it

*Brain Power - 2:15pm
Performance: 124.09
Reaction Time: 528
Accuracy: 90
Concentration Level: 75

Nap 4 - 2:30pm
Time in bed: 2:30-2:51 (Before alarm)
Time asleep: Most of it

(6:30 nap skipped)

Nap 5 - 10:30pm
Time in bed: 10:38-11:02
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

Post: Polyphasic Sleep: Day 4

 

Day 5

Nap 1 - 12:30am
Time in bed: 12:30-12:54
Time asleep: Not much

Nap 2 - 2:30am
Time in bed: 2:30-2:54
Time asleep: None

*Brain Power - 3:00am
Performance: 129.55
Reaction Time: 523
Accuracy: 93
Concentration Level: 75

Nap 3 - 4:30am
Time in bed: 4:30-4:54
Time asleep: Most of it

Nap 4 - 6:30am
Time in bed: 6:30-6:55
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

Nap 5 - 8:30am
Time in bed: 8:30-8:54
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

Nap 6 - 10:30am
Time in bed: 10:30-10:55
Time asleep: Most of it

Nap 7 - 12:30pm
Time in bed: 12:30-12:54
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

Nap 8 - 2:30pm
Time in bed: 2:30-2:54
Time asleep: Most of it

*Brain Power - 3:00pm
Performance: 133.85
Reaction Time: 528
Accuracy: 96
Concentration Level: 76

Nap 9 - 6:30pm
Time in bed: 6:30-6:54
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

*Brain Power - 7:00pm
Performance: 114.28
Reaction Time: 577
Accuracy: 88
Concentration Level: 76

Post: Polyphasic Sleep: Day 5

Nap 10 - 10:30pm
Time in bed: 10:30-10:54
Time asleep: Most of it

*Brain Power - 11:00pm
Performance: 128.58
Reaction Time: 511
Accuracy: 90
Concentration Level: 81

 

Day 6

Nap 1 - 2:30am
Time in bed: 2:30-2:54
Time asleep: None

Nap 1, Part II - 3:30am
Time in bed: 3:30-3:54
Time asleep: Not much

*Brain Power - 4:00am
Performance: 112.24
Reaction Time: 577
Accuracy: 85
Concentration Level: 82

Oversleep!
Time: ~4:30am-12:45pm
Cause: Trying to catch an extra nap in my own bed.
Impact: Very high, but unknown yet whether that impact is positive or negative.

Post: … Oops.

*Brain Power - 1:15pm
Performance: 141.54
Reaction Time: 527
Accuracy: 100
Concentration Level: 82

Nap 2 - 2:30pm
Time in bed: 2:25-2:54
Time asleep: Not much

*Brain Power - 3:00pm
Performance: 116.51
Reaction Time: 604
Accuracy: 90
Concentration Level: 81

Nap 3 - 8:30pm
Time in bed: 8:30-8:54
Time asleep: Some of it

*Brain Power - 9:00pm
Performance: 115.57
Reaction Time: 579
Accuracy: 88
Concentration Level: 82

Nap 4 - 11:30pm
Time in bed: 11:30-11:54
Time asleep: Some of it

*Brain Power - 12:00am
Performance: 137.78
Reaction Time: 494
Accuracy: 93
Concentration Level: 86

Post: Polyphasic Sleep: Day 6

 

Day 7

Nap 1 - 3:30am
Time in bed: 3:30-3:54
Time asleep: Not much

*Brain Power - 4:00am
Performance: 127.51
Reaction Time: 581
Accuracy: 96
Concentration Level: 80

Nap 2 - 7:30am
Time in bed: 7:25-7:55
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

Oversleep!
Time: 8:00am-9:00am
Cause: Groggy after 7:30 nap; 30 minutes was probably too long
Impact: Probably small

*Brain Power - 9:00am
Performance: 124.81
Reaction Time: 559
Accuracy: 93
Concentration Level: 76

Nap 3 - 11:30am
Time in bed: 11:30-11:54
Time asleep: Most of it

*Brain Power - 12:00pm
Performance: 136.00
Reaction Time: 532
Accuracy: 96
Concentration Level: 84

Nap 4 - 3:30pm
Time in bed: 3:30-3:54
Time asleep: Not much

*Brain Power - 4:15pm
Performance: 113.04
Reaction Time: 563
Accuracy: 85
Concentration Level: 79

Nap 5 - 7:30pm
Time in bed: 7:35-7:54
Time asleep: Most of it

*Brain Power - 8:00pm
Performance: 133.71
Reaction Time: 556
Accuracy: 96
Concentration Level: 89

Nap 6 - 11:30pm
Time in bed: 11:30-11:54
Time asleep: Most of it

*Brain Power - 12:15am
Performance: 130.46
Reaction Time: 550
Accuracy: 96
Concentration Level: 75

Post: Polyphasic Sleep: Day 7

 

Day 8

Nap 1 - 3:30am
Time in bed: 3:30-3:54
Time asleep: Not much

*Brain Power - 4:00am
Performance: 126.56
Reaction Time: 584
Accuracy: 96
Concentration Level: 78

Nap 2 - 7:30am
Time in bed: 7:30-7:54
Time asleep: Some of it

(Begin grogginess)

*Brain Power - 8:30am
Performance: 124.49
Reaction Time: 572
Accuracy: 93
Concentration Level: 81

Nap 3 - 9:30am
Time in bed: 9:30-9:54
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

Nap 4 - 11:30am
Time in bed: 11:30-11:54
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

Nap 5 - 12:45pm
Time in bed: ~12:45-2:30 (This was intentional.)
Time asleep: Most of it

(End grogginess)

Nap 6 - 3:30pm
Time in bed: 3:30-3:54
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

*Brain Power - 4:00pm
Performance: 136.78
Reaction Time: 529
Accuracy: 96
Concentration Level: 85

Nap 7 - 9:00pm
Time in bed: 9:00-9:24
Time asleep: Most of it

*Brain Power - 9:30pm
Performance: 131.43
Reaction Time: 534
Accuracy: 93
Concentration Level: 87

Nap 8 - 11:30pm
Time in bed: 11:35-11:54
Time asleep: Most of it

*Brain Power - 12:00am
Performance: 132.97
Reaction Time: 544
Accuracy: 96
Concentration Level: 80

Post: Polyphasic Sleep: Day 8

 

Day 9

Nap Series 1
Time: 4-5 attempted naps between 3:30am-7:00am
Time asleep: Almost none
Reason: Could not sleep at 3:30, and the insomnia kept continuing

Nap Series 2-3
Time: 4-5 naps between 7:30am-12:00pm
Time asleep: ~2 hours (in 25-minute blocks)
Reason: Grogginess, recovery from missed 3:30 nap

Nap 4 - 5:30pm
Time in bed: 5:30-5:54
Time asleep: Some of it

*Brain Power - 6:00pm
Performance: 137.43
(Session ended before I saw the other measures)

Nap 5 - 8:00pm
Time in bed: 8:00-8:24
Time asleep: Most of it

*Brain Power - 8:30pm
Performance: 137.10
Reaction Time: 501
Accuracy: 93
Concentration Level: 88

Nap 6 - 11:30pm
Time in bed: 11:30-11:54
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

*Brain Power - 12:15am
Performance: 147.22
Reaction Time: 505
Accuracy: 100
Concentration Level: 88

 

Day 10

Nap 1 - 3:30am
Time in bed: 3:35-4:05
Time asleep: Most of it

*Brain Power - 4:15am
Performance: 140.40
Reaction Time: 509
Accuracy: 96
Concentration Level: 86

Naps 2-3 (Oversleep!)
Time in bed: ~7:30-12:30
Cause: Slept through phone and radio, didn’t set water.
Impact: Fairly high

Nap 4 - 3:30pm
Time in bed: 3:30-3:54
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

*Brain Power - 4:00pm
Performance: 142.07
Reaction Time: 498
Accuracy: 96
Concentration Level: 85

Nap 5 - 7:30pm
Time in bed: 7:30-7:54
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

*Brain Power - 8:00pm
Performance: 140.85
Reaction Time: 544
Accuracy: 100
Concentration Level: 90

Nap 6 - 11:30pm
Time in bed: 11:30-11:54
Time asleep: Most of it

*Brain Power - 12:00am
Performance: 139.80
Reaction Time: 511
Accuracy: 96
Concentration Level: 85

 

Day 11

Nap 1 - 3:30am
Time in bed: 3:30-3:55
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

*Brain Power - 4:00am
Performance: 133.73
Reaction Time: 545
Accuracy: 96
Concentration Level: 84

Nap 2 - 5:30am
Time in bed: 5:30-6:00
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

Nap 3 - 7:30am
Time in bed: 7:30-8:00
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

(~9:30am - Begin fog/sleep)

(~1:30pm - Wake up from sleep)

Nap 4 - 3:30pm
Time in bed: 3:30-3:56
Time asleep: Not much

Nap 5 - 7:30pm
Time in bed: 7:30-7:55
Time asleep: None

Nap 6 - 11:30pm
Time in bed: 11:30-11:55
Time asleep: Some of it

Post: Polyphasic Sleep: Days 9-11

 

Day 12

Nap 1 - 3:30am
Time in bed: 3:30-3:54
Time asleep: Most of it

Nap 2 - 7:30am
Time in bed: 7:30-8:00
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

Nap 3 - 11:30am
Time in bed: 11:30-12:00
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

Nap 4 - ~12:30pm
Time in bed: ~12:30-4:00
Time asleep: Most of it

Nap 5 - 7:30pm
Time in bed: 7:30-7:56
Time asleep: None

Nap 6 - 11:30pm
Time in bed: 11:30-11:55
Time asleep: Most of it

 

Day 13

Nap 1 - 3:30am
Time in bed: 3:30-3:54
Time asleep: Not much

Nap 2 - 6:30am
Time in bed: 6:30-6:50
Time asleep: Not much

Nap 3 - 7:00am
Time in bed: 7:00-7:25
Time asleep: Not much

Naps 4/5 - Sometime during that afternoon
Time asleep: Not much

Nap 6 - 4:00pm
Time in bed: 4:00-4:30
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

Nap 7 - 4:45pm
Time in bed: ~4:45-7:30
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

Nap 8 - 11:30pm
Time in bed: 11:30-11:55
Time asleep: Most of it

 

Day 14

Nap 1 - 3:30am
Time in bed: 3:30-3:55
Time asleep: Most of it

Nap 2 - 4:15am
Time in bed: ~4:15-6:15
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

Nap 3 - Noonish
Time in bed: A few minutes here and there
Time asleep: Not much

Nap 4 - 4:00pm
Time in bed: 4:00-4:25
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

Naps 5/6 - 4:45pm
Time in bed: ~4:50-8:30
Time asleep: Nearly all of it

Post: Polyphasic Sleep: Days 12-14

 

*For this measurement, I use MyBrainTrainer’s Brain Power Test.

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