Trying to sleep more than six hours a night, I developed narcolepsy -- sleepy during the day and alert at night. In order to give myself 8 hours of sleep recommended for a healthy life, I started to sleep late in the morning because by habit it is impossible to get sleepy enough to go to bed before midnight (5 July, "Night owl sleeps"). Getting up late in the morning, like 9:00, kept me awake later and later at night into wee hours, like 4:00 and 4:30. So, I set the alarm at 7:00 and forced myself to get up early so that I would get sleepy earlier at night. Provisionally, I established the regimen of retiring at midnight and getting up at 8:00. But I was still tired and sleepy most of the day -- morning, afternoon, and evening. My circadian cycle was totally skewed, and I was suffering narcolepsy.
Then, even rising at 7:00, it became difficult to fall asleep easily at night. I would toss and turn and the sleeplessness got worse because I became conscious of the difficulty of falling asleep and the moment I find myself about to fall asleep I realize that I am about to fall asleep and then start thinking if I would successfully fall asleep, and instantly I am alert. I could count sheep but I could go to 500 and the mind gets clearer. I could get some sleeping pills; but I don’t like to resort to pills in general. I had a glass of wine one night before going to bed, and that worked. I had some beer another night somewhat earlier at night; I tried brandy, too. But nightcap is not good for my diabetes. Finally, I succeeded in maintaining wakefulness during the day and enjoy a good sleep at night -- for five days or so. Then, I reverted back to sleepy mornings and afternoons.
The 8-hour sleep apparently does not agree with me. If I go to bed at midnight and fall asleep immediately, I have to sleep until 8:00 in the morning. If I get up at 7:00 in the morning, I have to go to bed at 11:00 to make 8 hours. So, I decided my constitution is genetically made for 6 hours of sleep at night. The daily schedule of retiring at 1:00 a.m. and rising at 7:30 (for now) or perhaps 7:00 (eventually) seems a workable routine, and after three days I seem to have adjusted my circadian cycle and it looks like I am getting out of narcolepsy. My mind has always been clearest at around 2:00 a.m., however.
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