As I promised yesterday — well, this morning — here’s my initial sleep diary.
Thursday 2/1 Went to bed around 1 AM, fell asleep around 2:30, woke up around 9:00
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Friday 2/2 Went to bed around 11pm previous night. Fell asleep around 3. Up at 6am. Heading to chicago with Ann, had mom call and wake me up.
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Saturday 2/3 Went to bed around 3AM I think. Time zones had me confused. Woke up around 6, fell asleep again around 7:30, slept til around 9.
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Sunday 2/4 Long drive home, then into the office. Exhausting day. Left office around 12:50 AM, got home, spent an hour or so unwinding, went to bed at 2:30 or so, woke up at 10
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Monday 2/5 Worked til 1 or so again, went to bed around 2:30, asleep around 3:15 I think, woke up at 10:45
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Tuesday 2/6 Went to bed around 12:30 AM, fell asleep around 3, woke up around 9:30
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Wednesday 2/7 Went to bed around 1am, fell asleep around 4:30, woke up about 10:45. Think I got up to use the bathroom around 6. Should have stayed up.
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Thursday 2/8 Went to bed around 2am, fell asleep around 3, woke up around 10.
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Friday 2/9 Went to bed around 1am, fell asleep around 3:30, woke up around 10.
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Saturday 2/10 Went to bed around 7am, fell asleep within minutes, woke up around 3pm
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Sunday 2/11 Went to bed around 4am, fell asleep around 4:30, woke up around noon.
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Monday 2/12 Went to bed around 1am, fell asleep around 5:45, woke up about 11:15. Package at the door when I left for work — provigil arrived. Took a pill and went into work.
Initial impressions of Provigil:
About 60-90 minutes after taking it, I noticed a sort of odd dichotomy. On the one hand, I can tell I haven’t slept enough, I could easily lay down and fall asleep, and my back and neck are sore; but on the other, I’m… how to describe it… bouncing off the walls is a little too strong a term, but I’m much more energetic. Euphoric is probably too strong a term as well. I’m finding myself drumming my fingers alot on the desk, bouncing my leg, I don’t exactly feel more motivated to work but I feel like I could get more done faster. It’s a little annoying, actually, I’m not a particularly “bouncy” person and there were moments when I felt like I was “bouncing up and down like a jack russel fucking terrier“. It seemed like a bit too much. It seems mostly to have worn off around 5 or so, and as I type this now at 7:30 I’m not feeling much of anything. Still noticing a little ‘bounciness’… but that might be normal, I have a tendency to bounce my leg sometimes without noticing for hours at a time anyway, though today is the first time I recall doing it in months. I’ll get someone to wake me up early tomorrow, take it again and head into work and see how the day goes.
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