anyone else sometimes have trouble waking from dreams?

let me relate...

About three months ago I had an LD that seemed to go on for a long time. Sick of the dreamworld(for the time being) I attempt to wake up.
No problem, I get up out of bed and do my morning routine. However, during the shower I noticed the print on my shampoo bottle was all screwed up.
Then I go into another false awaking an begin to panic, followed by many false awakenings. This was a very frightening experience that I would rather not have ever again. It reminded me of Waking Life and I began to question whether I was alive or not(I had watched that movie only a couple of days before this dream). Scary stuff. I did eventually wake up...in a cold sweat.

Anybody else had similar experiences or have advice for waking on command?

Since then I have been afraid to even attempt lucid dreaming, but recently I've been feeling ambitious(but unsuccessful).