Does an LD in the morning kill your recall?

[RedNaxela]

This is a pretty simple question - more for general curiosity than anything. I keep stats on a number of my dream/sleep variables and have noticed nights that I go lucid are often nights that I recall fewer than the normal number of dreams. I speculate this may be because I often have the LD right before waking up and that the lucid experience is comparable to time being conscious in the real world in the morning - making it harder to recall one's dreams later. Has anyone else found this to be their experience?

[fennecgirl]

That's interesting... it doesn't seem to affect my recall.

[jblb2424]

Could it be possible that when you wake up after a lucid dream, you are ONLY thinking about the lucid dream you just had, making the memories of your past dream become more and more faded? I know that when i wake up after a normal dream, i try to think of ALL the dreams i can remember from the past night. When i have a lucid dream however, i am so excited about the lucid dream i just had that i disregard any other dreams i had on the same night.

[paigeyemps]

I agree with jblb2424. Well, in my case, that is. Whenever I get lucid, I tend to remember the lucid part better than the nonlucid ones. Of course lucid dreams are awesome, so when I have one, it is my top priority when it comes to recall.