Thread: Vitamin B6 + 3 hours of sleep beforehand= succesful WILD

Well I finally had a successful WILD. I thought I'd share my experience, both to help those seeking success in a WILD and to see if there is anything I can do to improve.

Three or four days ago I broke down and got some vitamin B6 at the local pharmacy. I got reamed ($5+ for 100 tablets) but oh well. They came in 100 mg pills. The first day I took two of them: one in the afternoon before attempting a WILD (abysmal failure) and one at night. I decided 100 mg would probably be sufficient and started just taking one per night. The first few nights I didn't notice a thing, not even a better dream recall. That changed last night.

Unrelated to any desire for lucid dreams, last night I went to bed at about 8:00. I slept until 11:00, when I woke up for about a half hour and went back to bed. I didn't try to WILD, and in fact when I started feeling uncomfortable or odd, as if sleep paralysis might be coming on, I changed my position and shrugged it off. After about two or three of these shifts I got a relatively powerful feeling of oncoming SP. I knew that this wouldn't be a waste of time and would at least provide some nice practice for a WILD, so I let it go. I actually did clear my throat and swallow, but I brushed if off and stayed calm. There were a few images, but they didn't materialize beyond a few colors and flashes of light. After about two or three waves of vibrations I started to think about performing an activity and all its attendant sensations. I won't divulge the specifics of this activity, but I think it may have worked. It's difficult to tell, as the dream I was transported into had nothing to do with it.

A couple minutes after the vibrations and such, I started to feel like I was being transported into a dream. For about two or three seconds I felt as if my entire body in space, on my bed, was turning 90 degrees so that instead of being on my left side, I was now on my back. I opened my eyes and sat up. I remember wiping my hand over my face and thinking, "wow, this feels real." Just to be sure, I did a reality check. I had always thought my brain would give me every sensation I would expect in real life and I would fail the RC, but to my amazement I could still breath after I had pinched my nose shut. This alone was fantastic, as I actually felt the air flowing in and out of me, and heard the breathing.

I fumbled to turn on my light. After I got it on, I looked at the poster across my room (which does exist, though not quite in the same position I dreamed it did). I pushed off my blanket and decided to try some flying, or at least some levitation. I sort of bounced up and/or toward the poster. Now, I can't remember if I went out my window or just looked up and there was no roof, but I was looking into the sky and seeing the stars. It was great, since it's usually overcast here and I don't get to see the stars that often. I flew up and up, and after maybe ten seconds of this I decided I would try to go somewhere else. It was a bad idea, but hey, it was dark out and how much fun can you have in a dark and gloomy dream? I closed my eyes, but before I could even think of any place to transport myself I felt like I was leaving the dream. Unfortunately I was in the air so I couldn't spin around in circles. : (

I woke up and almost posted this story right then, but I was tired and figured I would do it tomorrow.

Well, that's it. Although it was dark and not really fun, I am SO excited that I had a lucid dream on purpose. It was my first time outside of a few accidental ones when I was very young. Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can learn to better control them, and in other words make them more fun? I have a few ideas, but I suppose it's implementation I have a problem with.