So...this weekend sucked. Friday I overslept by like 3 hours on my core. Saturday, all day, I was very depressed. So Saturday and Sunday night, I reverted to a regular schedule. It's definitely not worth going through depression in order to get accustomed to this -- I've been generally happy for the past year, so the only thing I can think that would make me depressed is the schedule.
On the other hand, I started researching sleep deprivation and depression. And sleep deprivation actually CURES depression. "About 60% of patients, when sleep-deprived, show immediate recovery, with most relapsing the following night." So I wonder if it was my relapse Friday night that caused the crappiness.
Either way, I'm going to try something new this week. Instead of limiting my core, and napping when I'm tired, as I was doing before, I'm going to nap at least 3 times a day, then, for my core, just sleep until I wake up. And force myself to get up the first time I wake up. If I can pull this off, this should be a much easier method of adjusting.
In other news, I slept 7-8 hours last night, and still got tired about 3pm at work, so I laid down for a nap. It was one of my best naps yet. I woke up after about 12 minutes, and I think I might have actually dreamed.
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