Yes, I read the tutorial a few days ago when I first heard about lucid dreaming. I think I did much of the same thing here, except for that I didn't sleep for about 5-6 hours then wake up, stay up for 20-90 minutes and go back to bed again.

I was for sure between entering a dream-stadium and being consious for most of the time, atleast of which I can remember. My explination to this must be that I actually fell to sleep a few times, but woke up again and thought that I was about to go to sleep, in which I forgot to continue counting. Could it be that I was way too obsessed by this counting technique?

Another thing I began wondering about was the numbness in my arms, which slowly spread to my sholders and some of my back. At first i thought it could have been because I was pressurizing my arms by having them under my head or something, but I had both arms on each side, free of any pressure, so some part of my brain must have gone to sleep there I guess, awesome feelnig for a while there, not being able to move anything. The only thing I cant really figure out is why exactly my arms was so paralysed and numb, while the rest of my body was only tingeling, and I was able to move the rest of my body when I woke up. My arms was totally paralysed, I couldnt move them at all and I didn't feel anything when I bounced my head to my thumb. Could it have been that I some how cutted off the circulation to my arms or something simular? Its much of the same feeling you get if you sit on your arm for long, though this felt stronger.

After what I think, my arms was placed on each side parallel to my head, my head might have been placed a bit lower down, my arms wasnt stretched, they were bent.