Hello dreamview community,
I'm new here and have been reading the forum as of late and It has really helped me with my knowledge of lucid dream methods and lucid dreams in general. I thought I was well versed in my knowledge of lucidity so I decided to try the WILD method. I have been doing numerous reality checks throughout a course of three days since I've joined this sight. And I know, lucidity may take months or years to achieve, but my WILD attempt was pretty horrible. So here is how it went. I recently went to Target, a general goods store, and bought a bottle of Natural Made B-6 vitamins. My plan was to get home by 10 and fall asleep by 10:30. I actually got home at around 10:45. I had a quick bite to eat in the car on my way home so I decided to take a tablet of the B-6 vitamins. I eventually got ready to sleep around 11:20. I set an alarm to wake me up at 4:30 during the day in hopes that I would stick to my plan of falling asleep at 10:30. Due to my poor time managing, I decided to turn the alarm off and just try to remember my dream as much as possible to practice my dream recall. I rarely wake up when I sleep so it was odd that I woke up around 2:20. I decided that this would be the opportune time to try the WILD method. I think I made several mistakes here. Instead of WBTB, I just lied in my bed and proceeded with the technique. I also had no recollection of any dream after waking up. I tried remaining perfectly still and focusing on my breathing and the inside of my eyelids. I counted up to 290 and decided I should rest and it was hopeless. I tried to fall asleep, but I couldn't stop thinking about my breathing and performing the WILD method. Mind it was about 3:10 right about now. I decided to go downstairs and get a glass of water hoping it would help clear my mind. It sort of helped and I went back to bed, but still unable to sleep. I tried WILDing once again. This time I was really concentrated, but it was windy outside and the rattle of my brother's hamsters kept distracting me. I was able to hold still and try to concentrate for nearly 2 hours. I tried and tried to go into sleep paralysis, but just couldn't. I read a thread that mentioned that falling asleep was more crucial than maintaining awareness. So I tried to fall asleep a little more than trying to concentrate on my breathing. I still couldn't sleep. I also went on my phone a lot during the sleepless hours. Eventually I just decided to give up on sleep and did my regular morning routine. Oh and my heart was beating faster than usual while I tried to WILD at first and consisted throughout the night.

If anyone has any suggestions on what I could be doing, it would be much appreciated!