I would also add that lots of stress and not having a set time to go to bed and get up every day can really mess up your DR and LD’ing. 
You didn’t say anything about your DR. How is it? Are you remembering one or more dreams every day? If not, then you may have to work on that befor you try too hard to LD. I know that my DR droped down to nothing when I started the work I am doing now. I get up at 5AM three days a week. Then on three other days I get up at about 7-8 AM and on Sundays I get up at about 9. That is because on some days I have to be at work early, on other days I have things to do until late. I am just starting to get my DR back after about four months of this. Next year I hope to change my work so that I will not have to get up so early durring the week. 
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