I am amazed as to how much sleep you get can really hinder your ability to LD. Last night I had 8 hours of sleep and I remembered about 3.5 dreams 1 lucid . but the night before that I had but 7 hours of sleep and I remembered only a fragment of one dream [45 words worth].
I was woundering how much time of sleep people here get? I tend to do better with DR when I have atleast 8-10 hours of sleep. I can remember individual dreams when I wake up in the middle of REM cycles. But I forget those individual dreams if I dont write them down on a short ammount of sleep. whereas if I had about 9 hours of sleep I would remember all of the REM cycles for that night. How much sleep does everyone here get?
The limit to where I usually remember dreams, is 3 hours of sleep. Any less, and I can’t remember anything else than HI. If I got very little sleep the night before, I can sleep for 10 hours and remember nothing! The best dreans usually come after 7-8 hours I usually get 5-6 hours on work days,(too much internet i guess), and more than 10 hours on sundays! More than half of all my LDs come on Sunday mornings…guess there could be a connection.
The first few dreams of a night are the deep ones. It’s very rare to have them lucid and it’s also harder to remember them.
people normally need at least 7 hours of sleep in 24 hours. I think dreams become somewhat softer or lighter after the basic 7 hours. Maybe that’s why you remember them better.
I’ve actually never been lucid before I passed the 7 hours.
For me it depends, sometimes I even remember a dream from the first REM of the night. Other nights I only remember what I dreamt about after sleeping for about 6-7 hours. And I seem to get the longest dreams after about 6 hours of sleep. Before that REM cycles are a bit short and after that I usually keep waking up because of… lots of different reasons It’s either too cold or too hot or there’s some noise outside or I’m just not that tired or… bleh.
Edit: I forgot to add that I’ve been lucid a few times before sleeping for 6 hours, but I usually get lucid after that. And if I sleep more than 10 hours I have almost 100% chance of getting lucid, but then again those LDs seem to be quite short since I’m so close to waking up.
I usually have better dreams after more sleep (8hrs+). But it can be unpredictable. Also with me it depends a lot on my mood. My best LD’s are often when I’m happy or relaxed eg. no work the next morning. I need to have a clear mind without lots of worries.
Pretty odd, how naps always give me the best recall. An hour-long nap usually gives me better recall than nine hours of full sleep, even though I dream less. But that’ll probably change as my dream recall improves.
My first lucid dream was the first day of Easter vacation, I think. I think a big factor of it was because I was able to sleep in. The last stage of sleep is just all REM until you wake up, right?
I usually get 5-6 hours on work days,(too much internet i guess), and more than 10 hours on sundays! More than half of all my LDs come on Sunday mornings…guess there could be a connection. 
It’s either too cold or too hot or there’s some noise outside or I’m just not that tired or… bleh.