Originally Posted by
AndresLD
@BigFan: I'm not sure about REM periods, I know that they are different for everyone, but that everyone has from 4 to 6 REM periods per night (They get longer towards the end of your sleep). Your problem might have to do with your REM periods, I believe it is better to wake up at the very beggining, or during one of your REM periods (definitely not at the end of it, or close to the end of it). Your problem (like my problem, and mostl people's problem) might also be that you are not awake enough, so you actually fall asleep before SP sets in (That's why I do 30 push ups before going back to bed). To find out when your REM period is: write the time you go to bed (just so you don't forget it), drink a LOT of water before going to bed. At the end of each REM period we wake up, but most of the time we just fall asleep again without noticing. Since you have drank a lot of fluid, when you wake up from a REM cycle, you will become aware, from the urge you have to go to the bathroom. Look at the clock, and your REM might have started 10 to 25 minutes before that. Then the next morning you put your alarm at the time you suspected you REM cycle started.