Okay, so I'm mellowing out a bit, not sure what kind of a mood I was in. Lemme reword it so I sound like less of an asshole.
I was mixing up two of the perks. That's on me. Sorry about that.
As for the timing, I guess I must just be absolutely god awful at timing everything, because I was just never able to get any timing related perks to work. If someone could give me some pointers on how time time my thrusts better, I'm all ears.
Oh and the sleep going down automatically after a bit is a game mechanic. Again, I was just annoyed by something.