Monophasic Every Other Night - Days 1 & 2

Symptoms over the course of the day. (Bearing in mind that the first 16hrs are caused by the last night's oversleep rather than deprivation. My body still uses eight hours of sleep all in one go, which is something I'm not accustomed to anymore after polyphasically sleeping for almost three months)

11:30pm to 07:30am - Sleep.
9:00am - Paranoia & anxiety.
3:30pm - Tiredness, although not tired enough to sleep.
6:00pm - Irritability.
7:00pm - Nausea & headache.
8:00pm - Hot flushes & cold sweats.
11:30pm - Lowest dip, extreme tiredness. (Enter deprivation)
2:00am - Involuntary muscle twitching
3:00am - Euphoria
4:00am - Fight for consciousness.
4:30am - More euphoria
5:30am - Mild hallucinations.
6:00am -15min nap.
6:15am to 7:45am - Sleep inertia & micro naps.
1:45pm - 15min nap
4:00pm - Heavy eyes
5:00pm - Aching muscles
6:00pm -Headache
6:45pm - 15min nap.

Generally - Spaced out, depressed, high blood pressure, feeling inebriated, dark under eye circles, loss of motor coordination, euphoria, low blood pressure, temperature irregularities.

However they're mostly bad symptoms, which didn't usually last long. Most the time my energy levels were so high I'd actually forgotten that I hadn't slept at all the previous night.

I found though that I couldn't go on without a nap. So much for not having to nap. Thing is, because I was so deprived, I found it would take me about an hour and a half to come out of sleep inertia following a 15min nap. It was the worse I've ever been, I was practically a vegetable the time after, and it was a cause of many micro-sleeps. The naps themselves were extremely good quality though, and once I got over the inertia they would keep me on a high for quite a few hours later.

I was thinking about it yesterday and actually it's very similar to the Everyman schedule, except doubled. Instead of sleeping 3 to 4 hrs with 3 or 4 naps every 24hrs, I'm sleeping 6 to 8 hours with 6 to 8 naps every 48hrs. I'm not sure how efficient it is in comparison mind. It may just be better to do and stick with the Everyman schedule.

Saying that I like being able to sleep for as long as I can and wake naturally with no sleep inertia for my core sleep. Then again so far I've had to put up with twice the amount of inertia from the naps. I don't really know.