haha, that sounds EXACTLY like me D:
I've yet to LD, and that has happened about 6 or 7 times.
What i think will work is that when i know that i am dreaming, and thats usually when things are failrly hectic, i'll try to stop time or freeze everything around me, and just focus on attaining more control. Lets hope i can tell that i'm dreaming tonight so i can give it a shot.
But if that fails, i would make sure to reality check when you wake up. about half of my awakenings were false.