There seems to be a lot of "I almost had a WILD" threads, so I thought I'd share mine.

I've been trying WILD for a few days since MILD LDs have seemed to slow way down for me. Last night was the closest yet.

I woke up as usual about 4:30 and went to the bathroom. Got back in bed and started the 61 pt. relaxation technique. After that I turned over on my side and just concentrated on counting breaths. After a few minutes of that I felt like I needed to move so I just blew off WILDing and turned over onto my stomach. Within minutes, I started getting the wave-like throbs through my body. Also, there was an almost violent buzzing in my whole body. It was so loud and freaky that I almost stopped. Strangely, there was no HI.

Well, right after that I had an FA. I got out of bed (in my dream,) and I remembered that I had been trying to have a WILD so I did not one but TWO RCs and they both failed! I poked my finger through my palm but since it was dark and I couldn't really see my hand so I held my nose and tried to breathe. It seemed like all was normal. It was really strange because I strongly suspected that this was a dream (partial lucidity?) yet just didn't connect all the dots. I woke up a few minutes later and was pretty mad.

Well, the good news is I eventually went back to sleep and had my first LD in almost two weeks (DILD) so it was a success after all.

There are a couple of things I leaned from this that might help others trying to WILD for the first time. First, make sure your RCs are done often and thoroughly. My RCs lately have been pretty half-hearted and if I had been doing them correctly, I'm convinced that I would have known that I was dreaming immediately and my WILD would have worked. Secondly, don't worry about changing positions with WILD. In the past I was so hung up on not moving that if I had to move I would just end the WILD attempt. Last night showed me that if you can remain relaxed, moving slowly into new positions shouldn't matter (unless you're already seeing HI or feeing vibrations in which case you'd better remain still.)

Sorry this was so long but thought it might be useful for some folks. Happy dreaming!