How to track sleep if I wake up 3-4 times in the night

[Brianbt]

I wake up 3 or 4 times in the night so my fitbit is unable to record my complete sleep periods. Anything I can do or is the fitbit app  not for me?

Moderator edit: Subject for clarity 

[RicardoFitbit]

Hi @Brianbt, welcome to the Community Forums!

Thanks for the information that was shared with me. To better assist you with this, can you please let me know which Fitbit device you're currently using? Let me share with you that sleep autodetection is based on your movement. When you haven’t moved for about an hour, your device assumes that you’re asleep. Additional data (such as the length of time your movements are indicative of sleep behavior) help confirm that you’re asleep. Morning movement tells your tracker that you’re awake, therefore, if when you wake up 3 to 4 times, the Fitbit device will struggle to track your sleep.

Your device's setting can record your sleep in either "sensitive" mode for extremely detailed sleep reporting or "normal" mode for a more basic idea of your sleep patterns. Note that if you use a Fitbit device with heart-rate tracking to detect your sleep stages, this setting doesn't apply.

• The normal setting counts significant movements as being awake (such as rolling over) and is appropriate for most users.
• The sensitive setting will cause your device to record nearly all movements as time spent restless or awake. This setting may be helpful for users who wake up feeling tired even though their sleep history shows sufficient rest.

That being said, if you're using a device that records Sleep Stages, I suggest you to check the sensitiveness on your device settings, going into your account, tapping on the device itself and then making sure that the sleep sensitiveness is currently on Normal and not Sensitive.

Let me know if you have any additional questions.

[Brianbt]

HiMy device is an inspire hr.  I do suffer from RLS (restless legs syndrome so I my sleep pattern is rather restless but I also take medication to reduce the effect of restless legs.So I need a solution based on full awakeness rather than movement. It presently ignores whole periods of sleep that I have not experienced as being awake.It keeps coming up with message "3 hours of sleep is needed..."RegardsBrian Thomas Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

[Brianbt]

Hi

My device is an inspire hr.  I do suffer from RLS (restless legs syndrome so I my sleep pattern is rather restless but I also take medication to reduce the effect of restless legs.

So I need a solution based on full awakeness rather than movement. It presently ignores whole periods of sleep that I have not experienced as being awake.

It keeps coming up with message "3 hours of sleep is needed..."

Regards

Brian Thomas