Does REM cycling change from day to day SO must vary Alarm times?

**giogoMoget2** · 01-16-2011 06:48 AM

i set my alarm times based on what Laberge's book says:

4.5 hours after sleep, 6 hours and 7.5

so if i sleep at 10pm. then i set one for 2:30am, one for 4am and one for 5:30am

Many times they work because i wake up and i remember dreams.

But many other times also, i wake up with the alarms knowing that i had a great dream but i can't remember it at all.

that means probably the alarm didn't wake me at REm. meaning my REM cycles probably changed and are different from the day before when i did remember dreams.

So should i vary the alarms from day to day?

BTW, i dont always set 3. sometimes just 2 or 1 alarm times.

**mikeac** · 01-17-2011 01:04 AM

Your REM cycles stay the same every day IF you often fall asleep at a specific time and wake up at a specific time. If you have an indefinite or varied sleep cycle, your REM cycle usually varies.