Given that I am more groggy after and before each nap now than I was a few days ago, I am inclined to believe that my body is making the adjustment, and the 5 hour sleep I accidentally got 3 days ago did indeed set me back to the beginning (or near it).

From what I’d read, days 3-10 are the hardest.  Well.  Here we go.

Like I mentioned before, I’ve been much more groggy today.  Before and after naps I feel almost drunk I’m so tired.  It’s a struggle to keep my eyes open if I sit for even a minute.  So I tried to keep myself busy with physical tasks, but I ran out of them, or it got too late.  So I tried mentally stimulating next.  Work was good because it forced me to focus, and gave me clear challenges to overcome.

I skipped my afternoon workout today, since I worked out in the morning, plus I was feeling very tired and worn out at the time.  My muscles are still recovering from the last workout.  To make up for this, I’ve been using push-ups and sit-ups to wake myself up after my naps.  It works great, but wears off pretty quickly. 

One problem I’m noticing is that when I get very tired, I clench my jaw to stay awake.  This is causing some soreness throughout my neck and jaw, and is just plain annoying on top of that.  But I’m trying to notice whenever I do it so I can stop.

The 2am – 5:30am block continues to be the greatest struggle.  I think that if I had a "simulated dawn", it might help.  Maybe I’ll give this a try if I can figure out a way to slowly turn on the lights while I’m asleep…