Hi, I'm a newbie. I'm 39 years old and started what you all call as Lucid Dreaming about a month ago by meditating when I'm going to bed. I didn't really realize what was happening until several weeks ago. While Lucid Dreaming to me is fun, exciting and addictive, I have found myself extremely fatigued afterward and all day long at work. I'm figuring, it must be due to the fact that my brain is conscious during these dreams, thus, I'm not getting true deep sleep each night which is leaving me drained during the day. Now, I'm finding myself trying to talk myself out of dreaming before I go to bed just so that I can get a good nights sleep. I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this downer?