Thread: Gymboss MiniMAX for WILD and DEILD purpose (test and discussion)

So this morning, after having been awoken from a REM Dream from my Rem-Dreamer, I immediately turned my Gymboss on, without WBTB, to test this setting:
1 second vibration at 3min,3min,3min,15 min.
4th vibration was supposed to wake me up to see what happened, but I stopped the experience between the 3rd and the 4th anyway.

What happened:
I lost consciousness very fast, but each vibration gently pulled me back from unconsciousness, and each time my awareness was greater.
I felt that I was close to the REM, but I don't know how close I was since the 3rd vibration was yet passed by but I was still not in REM.

This experiment seams to show that even without any WBTB, when I am awoken from a late morning dream, as I move to turn the RemDreamer off and turn the Gymboss on, I have to deal with some N-REM sleep for at least 10-15 min before REM kicks in, a N-REM sleep where I loose consciousness very fast(because of no WBTB) but the delayed stimulations from the Gymboss let me stay in the game.
Vibration after vibration, arousal after arousal, I felt that my awareness was merging in but that I was relaxed enough to let the sleep process continue.

I am quite exited with this experiment.

Next time, I will try this setting :
1 second vibration : 4min,4min,4min,15min

The new setting, with 4min intervals, was less promising than the preceding, with 3min intervals.
I will come back with the 3min stuff, but I will probably add a 4th alarm before the final one.

Something like
3min,3min,3min,3min,15min.

Still experimenting with no WBTB, as soon as my RemDreamer wakes me up, I just turn it off and turn the Gymboss on, and I loose consciousness in few seconds.
at this point of my experiments, it would be a good idea to test a real 5min WBTB after the RemDreamer wakes me up from a REM Dream, to see what happens.

I have tested the new setting, but my night didn't start very well, I slept only at 2h30 AM and made my attempt too soon.
Anyway, I have other ideas to test (this vibration is sometimes too stressing), like clipping the gymboss on my REM-Dreamer and using the weak beep instead of the vibration mode.

Despite the fact that I will probably make other tries, as I have read several studies about Sleep, REM sleep deprivation, REM sleep interruptions, I am not so sure that this approach (to WILD from a REM sleep interruption) is the most appropriate approach.
It stays a good point of reference about where I am on my sleep schedule however.

If I finish by stopping this experimentations, I could non the less use a similar way of using the Gymboss as a reminder alarm but from a natural awakening followed by a a proper WBTB.
The gymboss could still be a helpful anchor to prevent me from loosing consciousness too much before the REM kicks in.