Hey there,

I’m pleased to be on this forum. Here’s a little background of my experience with lucid dreaming as well as what I’m trying to accomplish

I only recall 2 instances when I could “lucid dream.” One instance was when I was a child and the other was when I was in high school and I am much older now.

When I was a child I had a bad dream but I somehow was able to control the dream and I ended up waking up. As for the instance in high school I think I might have somehow controlled my dream so I could have sex with my ideal partner…ironically enough the high school dream memory is not as clear as my child dream.

I just decided to take up lucid dreaming a couple days ago after reading parts of Exploring the world of Lucid Dreaming. I so far have 4 days in my journal.

Day 1
Recorded signs.

Day 2
Recorded signs

Day 3
Attempted to do WILD for the first time, but too hard, lost focus. Took melatonin (3mg) and fish oil capsule (apparently melatonin makes dreams more vivid but I didn’t experience that but I did have better dream recall). Recorded signs. Did reality checks during the day; I did 38 checks on my hands to see if they were blurry. I also woke up about 3 hours after sleeping and did MILD. MILD didn’t work.

Day 4 (Today)
Recorded signs. I will check my hands 60 times today.

My questions:
1) Are there any beginner pointers for doing WILD? If not what induction techniques would you recommend for a beginner?
2) Do you recommend any lucid dreaming supplements besides melatonin and fish oil?
3) How many times should I idieally check my hands? Would 100 times be good?
4) Do you have any other pointers for MILD? I did what LaBerge said and I feel its good. Perhaps I just need to be more persistant with the MILD technique?
5) Are there any music, software, devices, etc that can help me learn lucid dreaming faster?
6) Any other pointers?

PS I do not feel disappointed in myself since apparently thinking lucid dreaming is hard is counterproductive.