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REM being logged as Awake in Sleep Stages

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‎02-26-2018 06:25

‎02-26-2018 06:25

I have my tracker set to normal sensitivity. But I look at my stages and often wonder if it is logging some of my REM as being awake?

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‎02-26-2018 10:03 - last edited on ‎03-28-2025 07:04 by Fitbit Moderator

‎02-26-2018 10:03 - last edited on ‎03-28-2025 07:04 by Fitbit Moderator

Hi there @xforce11. Great to see you in the Fitbit Community Forums! 🙂

I'd say that this is a possibility. I say this because sleep autodetection works based on both your heart rate and your movement. If you're laying in bad awake but you don't move very much for over an hour, this time could be recorded as time asleep or the other way around, if you're sleeping and dreaming but you move a lot or make any violent or sudden movements while you're dreaming, this could be recorded as time awake, so this is something to consider.

Hope this helps. Anything else, I'm always around!

Ferdin | Community Moderator, Fitbit

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‎08-20-2019 03:05

In response to FerdinandFitbit

‎08-20-2019 03:05

Is there a way to correct this?  I am an active sleeper and have noticed that it doesn't recognize a few times i am actually awake and looking at the clock as awake but there are many times when it thinks i am awake in REM.  It is shortening my "sleep" time which then syncs to another app for work that pays me based on certain healthy habits....including sleep time.  So without a way to correct it, it is literally costing me money!

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