It appears my body is in need of deep sleep. Really deep sleep. The kind that drops you in a state of unconnectedness, where the outside world is distant and silent. Explosive thunderstorms, howling winds, and even a snoring dog are unable to wake you from this slumber. From what I now know, alarms are also exempt from the list of waking sounds.

I have written in the past of how I have missed a dose (usually over halfway through), forcing me to retire the round earlier than expected. This happened again in round 25, but with a twist: I managed to only get nine-doses in before failing. This allowed me to take a nine-dose break (~27-hours) and pick up where I left off. Since I did take a break, I counted the second part as a new dose (round 26), since it really was.

I wonder if I am still in the process of becoming comfortable with the current strengths of ALA and DMSA I am taking. Earlier, I predicted that the upcoming round would be the next increase for ALA strength, but I am reconsidering that. Maybe the deep sleep is a way for my body to let me know it is really tired from the round it is on. I have no way of knowing the true answer to this, but I feel that pushing out the strength increase by one more round can’t hurt.

It happened again. After ten consecutive rounds with zero missed doses, I again missed a dose. It makes me wonder if I have an internal clock that likes to fail on every eleventh attempt. Or maybe it’s a counter issue and my brain requires a reboot while in the loop for the eleventh time. Whatever the reason, I am not happy about the outcome.

I guess ten consecutive rounds without issue is my personal best. This morning at 3AM I missed a dose. I am not sure how or why, all I know is at 7AM I noticed that I still had two DMSA capsules resting on my nightstand.

To say that I am upset is an understatement. I was cruising along so well up until this morning. For someone who can sleep through a “dump truck driving through a nitroglycerin plant,” the fact that I hadn’t yet missed a dose in the middle of the night is pretty amazing.

What am I to do? It appears I will need to make the alarm unreachable from the comforts of my bed. Much like I did with my alarm clock years ago, I will be forced to remove myself from the warm comforts of slumber to silence the nagging annoyance.