My first lucid dream was 10/01/07 (it lasted about 5 seconds) after i had that dream, i started researching about lucid dreams and i found out about this forum. Since then im remebering about 3-4 dreams per night. I've have 3 more lucid dreams since i joined. But i have one big problem, everytime i do the reality check in my dreams i wake up with no time to rub my hands at all. Yesterday night i even had a second chance after my lucid dream, because i woke up with sleep paralysis but i couldn't control myself from moving and ended up losing it before falling asleep again.

Can someone give me any advice as to how stay lucid for longer than 1-2 second or how to go back to a dream from sleep paralysis?