LukeSid

I was never going to be one of those "hit the ground running" LD'ers but I've seen enough here to guess that there are probably more baby-steppers like me than there are wunderkind ...people who can instantly fly at a whim

I can now spontaneously wake 3 maybe 4 times a night, usually not spring up and often gather in a few dreams. I am gradually finding my natural REM times. I discovered this The REM cycle, combining rules, and age. [Sleep. 1982] - PubMed - NCBI

Despite its jargon I take it to mean that old males have half the number of REM cycles but twice the REM period length. That explains why my plotting of dreams seems to spread across the night rather than clumped in 5 or more "sweet spots" Interesting.

I'm still succumbing to WBTB + WILD attempts for my (perceived) REM window of 5.30 am but the hot weather here (yes we occasionally have some) is hampering my attempts...even with a fan. The "rushes" have notably diminished at the moment, so I really must lay off WILD's for a while and concentrate on the other methods

I've taken 2 tabs of super-choline (choline+pantothenic acid) two nights running. There may have been a slight improvement in intensity of dreams but certainly not worth mentioning really...I'll try it for a while longer.

Still trying to make sense of my strange dream of 13/7/13...it could be caused by the choline or it might mean that I'm closer to one night picking up on one of the dream signs. So...I'm not disheartened. Slow but steady improvement on waking after a dream...discovering that maybe my REM periods may be spread out further across the night than youngster's dream periods (one up for the oldies perhaps) Sensing that my brain needs time to adapt (maybe with a little help from my friends)

Ever onward!