[Hbhigg]

Hi, I wear a Fitbit that tracks sleep, I was wondering if people think it is accurate. I find it shows more sleep than I think I have, it does show the same awake times that I think I have, but it shows that I get back to sleep quicker than I think I do.
When doing a sleep log should I use the tracker information or my perceived sleep durations.

[Scott]

Hi @Hbhigg,

Welcome to the forum! Are you tracking sleep because you’re experiencing insomnia or out of curiosity? Depending on which resource you read on the Internet, sleep trackers are either very accurate or poor tools for determining sleep quality. Without relying on data from the Fitbit, how do you feel the next day, which is usually a better indicator of sleep quality? Generally, when someone is updating a sleep log, it’s approximations that are encouraged to use for times. Can you tell us a bit more about your current sleep and maybe we could offer some guidance?

Scott J

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[Hbhigg]

Hi Scottctj
I am suffering with insomnia at the moment and am on day 11 of Martin’s free course. Keeping the sleep log without looking at the clock is proving more troublesome than I thought.
Last night I got out of bed once during the night after which I thought I had only a little sleep, my tracker said I had a further hour and a half.
I did feel more refreshed today so I thick the tracker may be correct.
My problem is if I go by my perceived sleep I would reduce my sleep window to less time than I am sleeping at the moment according to my fit bit.
I wonder if for some people not looking at the clock may make them feel they have worse sleep than they actually do.

[Chee2308]

Greetings!
I really don’t think wearable sleep tracking is useful to you in any way. It just gives you your sleep history which is already in the past, nothing you can do about it and does absolutely nothing to help you sleep well in the future. On the other hand, it could give more butterflies in the stomach. Because if it says you slept less, you get anxious over it. Then when it says you actually slept more, you get anxious either because you start developing questions and what-ifs senarios. So when will the lesson ever be learnt? Nobody ever sleeps well from obessesing over it. Truly giving up control over sleep means no clock watching, no sleep tracking of any kind and absolutely not caring how you sleep.

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