Sometimes you might experience inevitable disruptions in the middle of your sleep restriction program. For example, you might fall sick, or you might have upcoming travel plans. 

Our first advice is for you to wait and only start your sleep restriction program when you know you would be able to dedicate at least 2 weeks without any disruptions. But that is not always possible (e.g. if you fall sick in the middle of the program, or if you have to travel due to an emergency).

In that case, we recommend that you pause sleep restriction and return to it afterward. You can pause sleep restriction on the Profile tab, and you can always resume it at a later time. You don't have to restart the program from the beginning, although you can do so if you would like to (refer to the article How do I restart my program?).