This is something I struggled with, which I think has a great deal to do with my reluctance to chelate. I hated it. I had to actually stop turning off the alarm - but instead I would reset the clock whilst the alarm was still going because otherwise if I turned the alarm off, I'd too quickly fall back to sleep without resetting it or turning the alarm back on after resetting it. SO I simly didn't turn it off, it only stopped from being reset.

That way, letting it continue to beep until it was reset made sure it was done. i would also make sure I sat up, turned my bedside light on. Everything was habit for me.

Loss of sleep etc? It's part and parcel of this protocol. It is a real issue and I wish there was some other way. I could only chelate for about 3 days every week or so. I would give myself longer inbetween for better sleep. Like about a week or something like that. Make sure that my off time was longer, which would help me recuperate better. I dreaded those 3 days. What on earth must it be like for people that work full time and chelate on weekends? Their weekends are taken up with 3 hourly chelation with broken sleep. Then they have to go to work on the Monday....