Thread: Lucid Dream, Followed By Sleep Paralysis?

Hmm, well it would appear I have a very strong capacity to dream right now. I know I could lucid dream if I wanted most likely, I can almost feel it mentally in my head. I can't explain. Honestly it kind of scares me to do so though. Like my last lucid dream was kinda creepy. It just was this weird, dark version of my bedroom. But if I would have really tried, could I have eventually started to create landscapes and gain full control over the course of the dream? And also lately I've been mixing up my dreams with real thoughts. Lately dreaming just hits me really strong even before sleeping. I just have all these thoughts going in my head. So should I begin lucid exercises and see how it goes? Scared I'll get stuck in some nightmare, or weird place again. Hate waking into paralysis too. I have yet to hallucinate there, but it can still happen. Also say I did begin lucid dreaming, would it happen every night or mess with the course of how I sleep at night? Or does it require the mental focus each night to induce it?
If I do lucid dream, I would probably place something in my pocket as a reality check, then just allow myself to fall asleep as usual with deep mental focus that I will be dreaming and will control it with a landscape and setting in my head. Does that sound like a good idea? And can these lucid dreams turn out to be very frightening? I'm ADHD and have some history of anxiety in the family. I sometimes can't control some of my thoughts at times, and being I'd be in a dream anything I think of can become real to me. Can this happen, like the whole "bad trip" kind of situation when people are on drugs?