I'm sorry to bring an old topic back to life, but I've tried the things in the suggested threads before posting this.

Even though I'm relaxed when I discover I'm lucid, I start to wake up almost immediately. I'm starting to wonder if lucid dreaming occurs more naturally during certain phases of sleep?
If I hold onto my lucidity, I find myself slowly waking up. But if I tell the lucidity to go away, or I let it otherwise slip away, I'll continue dreaming though I still *seem* to wake up a tiny bit and the dream I was having either shifts or ends in another one.

I frequently tell myself: "You're lucid!" then "stay asleep, continue the dream" and even though I go through the motions of the dream, I'll start waking up.
I was able to do this months lucid task but it was very rushed. Slowing down doesn't seem to help me hold on.

Suggestions?