High REM Sleep. Though i'm lying down!

My main concern is that of SLEEP, and the lack of "deep" sleep which I feel I'm missing most nights. I have had fairy vivid/strange dreams and dream recall for much of my life. I understand that the REM stage is an essential component of sleep, but I feel that I have it in excess. I wake up frequently in the night, always from a dream, and seem to continue dreaming as soon as I fall back asleep again. I cannot remember the last time I woke up without a recollection of what I dreamed.  It seems like my mind does not shut off. I can stay in bed for ten hours and still need another quarter of an hour or more to drag myself out in the mornings. Sleep has become a hindrance as well as it is a help, because I often wake up exhausted, like I've been running, fighting, arguing, contemplating of generally being highly active all night long - which is not surprising when I consider how conscious I am of dreaming. I do not usually fall asleep within an hour or two, though I'm lying down