When I first started my attempts at lucid dreaming, I was able to stay up fairly deep into SP before falling asleep and losing concentration. Lately, however, I seem to fall asleep much more quickly, before my SP even gets into full swing.

I know a lot of people have explained the transition into a lucid dream as starting to see an environment, then stepping into it, but I find that I only experience some hypnogogic imagery before everything fades black and I lose consciousness.


Any ideas?