I just woke up a bit ago from my nap. Surprisingly, I’m relatively refreshed. It could just be the excitement from trying a new experiment or it could actually be that I somehow managed to hit REM. In any case, I don’t feel tired at all right now.
Unfortunately, there’s a slight problem: I’ve been sick for the past few days and after doing some research, it seems that the body is particularly susceptible to sickness during adaptation due to increased sleep deprivation. To be clear, sleep deprivation is theoretically not a consistent theme of polyphasic sleep–rather, during adaptation, when the body is readjusting to entering REM faster, sleep deprivation is a likely side effect.
In any case, as much as it saddens me to say this, in light of my responsibilities with law school, I cannot in good faith risk being sick any longer than I have to.
In other words, I’m going to have to postpone this project for a few more days until I’m back at 100%. Once I’m recovered, I’m going after this full-throttle. Until then, I’ll keep posting on new information I find.
