side effects of nightly LDs

[ParadigmShift]

hi everyone. I'm pretty consistent with LDs now but I used to just do them once in a while because I had many other things to focus on. Lately I've been LDing almost every ngiht for a month or so, and I've noticed some pretty gradual negative side effects including worse short term memory irritability (very surprising) daytime sleepiness muscle fatigue randomly blurred vision I haven't changed my diet and my stress levels are actually down, and my health is otherwise good. The only real change I've made is my LDing patterns. I don't know much about REM restoration and the likes so I'm wondering maybe my nightly LDs are interfering with something that's supposed to be happening instead. Maybe the reason it's so hard to LD is because your mind is trying to do it's job and LDing interferes with it. Has anyone else had similar problems?

[Alex D]

I've never come across people getting these problems myself. Have you been to see a doctor? It's best to check and make sure it's just dreams and not something sinister going on.

[Redrivertears]

Every single symptom that you mention is a symptom of sleep deprivation. Basically, this looks to me like it has nothing to do with lucid dreaming, but rather with your sleeping pattern. Make sure you get enough, restful sleep. -Redrivertears-

[Wavefunction]

Every single symptom that you mention is a symptom of sleep deprivation. Basically, this looks to me like it has nothing to do with lucid dreaming, but rather with your sleeping pattern. Make sure you get enough, restful sleep. -Redrivertears- You're right... ParadigmShift, are you frequently WBTBing?

[ParadigmShift]

No, I don't wbtb anymore. I WILD at bedtime and get 7-8 hours of night sleep and sometimes I even have a short daytime nap in which i sometimes also WILD. I only wbtb when my bedtime WILD fails which is pretty rare now. In all I get around 8-9 hours of sleep daily. I'm confused.

[Wavefunction]

Is oversleep possible? I notice that when I get 10-11 hours of sleep, I'm really tired during the day. 8-9 hours isn't that long, but maybe napping in the day throws off the schedule?