Sleep stack log — what I'm feeling at week 6

R
Joined 2026
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restwiseMember
2/25/2026 · 2405 views

Sleep has been garbage for about a year. Oura averaging 6h10m, HRV tanked from a prior ~55 to ~34, too many wakings. Trying a stack focused on sleep architecture rather than chasing the GH axis.

Stack:

  • DSIP 100mcg pre-bed
  • Epitalon 5mg every other day for 20 days
  • Glycine 3g pre-bed (not new)
  • Magnesium threonate (not new)

Baseline (2 weeks tracked):

  • Oura total sleep: 6h09m avg
  • HRV: 34
  • RHR: 66
  • Deep: 38m avg
  • REM: 1h02m avg
  • Wakings: 2.3/night

9 Replies

R
Joined 2026
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restwiseMember
3/4/2026

Week 1: Oura 6h28m avg, HRV 38, wakings 2.0. First night on DSIP I slept like I was in a coma, then it normalized.

D
Joined 2026
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dreamlineMember
3/4/2026

The 'knock you out' first night on DSIP is a known thing and then tolerance kind of sets in. You get a milder effect from then on.

R
Joined 2026
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restwiseMember
3/11/2026

Week 2: Oura 6h41m, HRV 44, RHR 63, wakings 1.4. Deep sleep 55m avg. This is a real change on the deep number.

R
Joined 2026
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restwiseMember
24d ago

Week 4: Oura 6h58m, HRV 48, RHR 62, wakings 1.2. Deep 58m, REM 1h18m. Morning energy is clearly better. Finished the epitalon round this week.

E
Joined 2026
36 posts
24d ago

Epitalon tail lasts a while after the round ends. Don't be surprised if the HRV bump holds for another couple weeks.

R
Joined 2026
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restwiseMember
10d ago

Week 6: Oura 7h04m avg, HRV 51, RHR 60, wakings 0.9. Deep 62m. Going to stop DSIP at week 8, hold the epitalon schedule (off-cycle currently), and see what sticks.

N
Joined 2026
31 posts
9d ago

Curious what your caffeine cutoff time is, that's usually the silent killer on sleep logs.

H
Joined 2026
22 posts
9d ago

HRV up 17 points in 6 weeks is not nothing. This is a well-run log.

R
Joined 2026
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restwiseMember
8d ago

Hard cutoff at noon for over a year. That's held constant throughout.

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