Advanced LDer, how soon are you lucid?

I was wondering how quickly an advanced LDer becomes aware they are dreaming. Is it always at the very beginning?

i'm not advanced yet, but what you mean?
are they lucid at the very begining of their sleep?

What do you mean with advanced LDers? Cause I don't think I'm advanced, but I've had many DILDs, so I may answer to your question :)

It depends. Wilds and DEILD are normally instantly. A lot of times I am in a dream for a bit and I just realize I am dreaming. Something will trigger lucidity or I will just somehow know.

I've had my share of lucid dreams. Almost all of them were DILDs though. Generally speaking, they happen within 1-5 minutes into a dream, though, I have had some dreams that just peaked my awareness right from the start. I guess because it was either a false awakening or a new dream.

It tends to be near the beginning of the dream, but it varies with me. I used to be lucid from the moment the dream began all the time, but I've gotten a little out of practice so now I get lucid in the middle a lot. It's something I'll have to work on. :P

Well I normally WILD, so I go in right at the start of the dream and become lucid. If I become lucid when i'm not doing a WILD I tend to become lucid towards the beginning or middle of the dream.

I was just wondering because I've been getting lucid in the middle through 3 DILD and one accidental WBTB and I wondered if when I get better I would instantly know I'm dreaming. The sooner I know, the longer I can have fun.

Well if you instantly know that you are dreaming when you fall asleep in REM, then it's a WILD.
But if I DILD on a WBTB I usually dream that I am in a different place and then suddenly realise that I am dreaming, so that's pretty "quick" I guess.
But it's really hard to say because it's hard to differ a normal thought in REM, from a dream if it's vivid.. oh wait it's the same thing :) Well almost anyway.