maybe he should come of MILD for a while then. this might not be for everyone, but with me, MILD actually works in the opposite direction–instead of getting me an LD, i hardly remember my dreams. it might be the same with him. dry spells (as i’ve been told) are usually the product of someone trying too hard, and maybe that’s what he’s doing. alarms are fine, as long as they’re set to the right times (after a sleep cycle), but he might want to experiment a little with the different times (4.5, 6, 7.5, 9 hours). but yeah my suggestion is to come of MILD for a bit and see if that works