Blaze detecting sleep when laying still in bed but actually awake

[smillinglulu]

Sleep Log is inaccurate. Well, maybe that is a bit strong... It might be working for you, but not for me.

I never (NEVER) get more than 4 hours sleep. I know this for a fact, because I've been part of military sleep studies.

Because of interrupted REM cycles and other broken sleep issues, I often get up during the night and read. However, most nights the Fitbit software logs this time I'm reading as sleep. It also logs the time I'm in bed, wide awake, but not moving as sleep.

I bought the Blaze primarily for the sleep tracking function. When I first purchased Blaze, it was accurate, but that was before the current sleep tracking software was introduced. I've called and requested the old software back, but have been told it is impossible to do that.

Yes, I've adjusted the band. Yes, I've adjusted the sensitivity setting. Yes, I've reset the watch. Sigh...

Have you had this issue? Were you able to resolve these issues? What was your solution? 

Moderator edit: Clarified subject

[FerdinandFitbit]

Hi there @smillinglulu. Great to see you in the Fitbit Community Forums! 🙂

I'm sorry to hear that it seems that your tracker is not logging your sleep properly.

When it comes to sleep autodetection, this is in part to the way your tracker detects your 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 (such as rolling over, etc.)—help confirm that you’re asleep. Morning movement tells your tracker that you’re awake. If you’re not moving but not asleep for long periods of time it’s possible for your tracker to falsely record sleep, in which case you can delete the sleep log from your history.

Since you're using the Blaze, which has a heart rate monitor to sleep, Fitbit uses a combination of your movement and heart-rate patterns to estimate your sleep stages, so in this situation, the best thing you could have done was to change the sensitivity and this will detect your sleep in a better way but laying without moving but awake will for sure make your tracker to log it as sleep as long as it's for more than one hour.

Hope this answers your question and if you need anything else, I'm here to help!

[smillinglulu]

Well, that is interesting information, but it doesn't solve my problem.

And yes, as I said before, I've changed the sensitivity already. I'm uncertain why the moderator deleted the list of things I said I already did. That hardly "clarifies" the subject.

Deleting the log means I have no data, right? If so, how does that help me?

Truly, the old software seems like the best solution... I don't believe it ever gave me bad data. I used it at the same time I was in a sleep study, and the results were very similar.

[FerdinandFitbit · Accepted solution]

Thanks for getting back @smillinglulu! 🙂

I edited your post and changed the title of it with key words for others who might be going through the same to find your post more easily and to be able to participate in it.

Now, I would recommend the following... Since you've changed the sensitivity on your tracker, just as a test, for a couple of nights make sure that whenever you go to bed, you don't remain still but try to move your hands or do something with them until you completely fall asleep and the same thing when you wake up. Try to be active with your hands or at least move around in your bed but avoid staying still for more than 30 minutes for your tracker not to count this as sleep. Then, compare and see if there's any difference.

Let me know how it goes!

[smillinglulu]

OK, thanks. I've resigned myself to living with it not being accurate.

This one issue isn't going to stop me from using fitbit's products.

I love the Blaze. It does so much, and it has really improved my health.

I'll just into other products specifically made for sleep monitoring.

My sleep issues are probably way out of the norm.