Has Fitbit helped you to sleep better?

[MatthewFitbit]

Calling all Fitbit users! Has Fitbit helped you sleep better? If you have a slumber story to tell, let us know!

[JlTDC3]

Wish I could say the same. FB has made me AWARE of my current sleep deprived status. So far as providing a hack or fix for that, I’m still a Sleep Seeker.

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[BruceM]

Sunset Runner;

"when I wake up too early I force myself to lay there until I fall back asleep"

Instead of forcing yourself to fall asleep you might just see how much you really need. Go to bed when you're tired and get up when you wake up. 

I'm 76 (Walk 10 miles a day) and an extreme morning person. When I was in my 30's - 60's I always woke at about 5AM. I worried a lot about that but when I was in my 30's I read an article about using morning time to get necessary tasks done. I lived comfortably with getting about 5 1/2 hours sleep. However in the past couple years I sleep longer, now wake at about 6 and I simply go with the flow. On average I sleep more than 6 hours/night. I generally go to bed about 11.

Try getting the sleep that your body tells you that you need.

[irakez]

- Has Fitbit helped you to sleep better?

- No. Especially when you started shoving down my throat some judgemental grades and unsolicited advice, also known as sleep score. This was the worst idea Fitbit could come up with. That last dashboard update fail was ridiculous, but became a mere nuisance. While this new score is actually actively damaging my sleep and my health.

[SleplssElsewher]

I think the measure of how much sleep you need depend on how you function during the day rather than what time you wake up. A few years ago a sleep specialist diagnosed me with a "pathological sleep disorder". I retired this summer and now don't let myself get of bed until 7. So, if I wake up at 4 or 5 or 6 I just lie in bed and wait to see if I fall back asleep. I usually do and feel better than I would have the next day. I think your suggestion that the body knows how much sleep you need is right, but for many of us our brains have trouble going along with our bodies. Anxiety is a weird thing in that you can have an underlying anxiety and not even know it. They say coffee is bad for sleep. An unrecognized anxiety can be worse. 

[jeramyutgw]

Seeing my sleep data does help me think more about my pre-sleep habits (bedtime, alcohol, exercise, etc) and how tweaks in those habits can and do help my sleep quality and length.

[Marty19]

No, how can it.

I don't see how it can make me rotate through the different sleep patterns. So it might be good at telling me how much sleep I've allegedly had but doesn't help with much else.

[JC1131952689]

Is Fitbit planning on making sleep score vs hours and minutes slept an optional choice? I preferred my sleep and weekly sleep averages displayed in hours and minutes

thanks

[JLS450]

It has definitely made me more aware, though beyond the standard 4 or 5 best sleep practices, not a lot of actionable help. I recently signed up for the premium package for more details and, well, meh. I am consistently behind in restorative sleep, which means my heart rate isn’t below my resting heart rate for as long as it should be. There are no tips to deal with that. Do I talk to a doctor? 

[philchenevert]

I have no tips about lowering heart rate during deep sleep but I would appreciate you sharing more about what the Premium package enables you to see and evaluate.  Now I know it compares resting vs. deep sleep heart rate, what else does it tell you ?   and what other algorithms does it seem to apply?  Anything new or that gives you insight into your sleeping habits and health?  (Yeah, I'm apparently too lazy to take the free trial!)