Barely any deep/REM

[ElephantB]

I pretty consistently get very low deep/REM numbers even with decent overall sleep time. How is this possible?

I'm a 31 year old male, don't drink alcohol or caffeine, exercise pretty much every day and an in good health overall. Only thing I can think of would be eating too close to bed but I find it hard to sleep on an empty stomach. Room is cold and I wear a sleep mask, use a noise machine. Estimated oxygen variation is low and I don't snore much. I know the Fitbit isn't super accurate but results are consistent and I generally do feel better when I get higher levels of deep sleep in the app. I also do manage to get higher levels of both on edibles.

Am I dying?

 

[RiekoC · Accepted solution]

Hello @ElephantB 

Most of the time I get good percentages of REM & deep sleep. On other nights, especially recently, my sleep log shows hardly any deep sleep and shorter periods of REM. 

As long as I wake up alert and don't feel tired during the day, I don't worry too much about my sleep stages. Other than the recommended sleep "hygiene", most of which it looks like you're already doing, I find it's hard to improve/increase REM & deep sleep. If I do come across any good sleep tips for REM & deep sleep, I'll report back.

[Brometheus90]

You may have too much going on in the background inadvertently. Your noise machine may be too high in volume, keeping your mind alert, your room may be too cold, keeping your body tense. Thc is actually not good for sleep right before bed. Deep sleep is for physical recovery, maybe you're not pushing hard enough. Do you break a sweat during the day? I know zone 1 and 2 are fat burning but don't require sweat, but you may have to really breakdown your body from resistance or cardio to tap into a lot of deep sleep.