Good time to fall asleep and wake?

**Suck4Luck** · 03-16-2012 11:11 PM

So right now, my sleeping schedule isnt the best.

currently i go to sleep at around 11:30 and Alaram set to 5:45

What would be the best time to lay down and fall asleep and wake up right out of REM sleep?

Thanks!

**Erii** · 03-17-2012 01:59 AM

Well you should probably be getting a little more sleep, first off. Do you not feel tired until 11:30?
Everyone's sleeping and REM schedule is different. You naturally wake up after REM cycles, try to be aware of when you wake up during the night

**Avalanche** · 03-17-2012 04:57 PM

That's not very much sleep.

If you want a good nights sleep then you need to finish whole REM cycles. You know that you can sleep for only 90mins, but if you do it right, you can feel totally refreshed?

Not as good as about 8 hours sleep, but as long as you start and finish REM cycles then you are getting good sleep. They are about 90mins long I think so you can judge it to suit you.
You could actually wake up earlier than you normally do and feel better in the morning. You will still be sleepy when you wake up, but you won't be groggy after you get up.

As for LDing, the more sleep you get, the better, as long as you don't oversleep one morning- you won't feel tired enough at bedtime, and this affects when you wake up then next morning, and so on.