First success with WILD

[DoubleHelix]

Subject line says it all: Last night I took 50mg 5-HTP at bed time (11:00pm) and set my invisible clock to wake me at 4:15am. I ALMOST didn't get up from under the covers because it was cold in the bedroom and I was warm and comfy, but I shamed myself into dispensing 8mg of Galantamine and 250mg of choline and going to the bathroom for water so I could swallow them. I then settled in for an attempt at a WILD and remarkably, had success! At this point my mind was reasonably awake, so it took a while to settle down. I first noted the onset of tinnitus, then got the classic vibrations (not unpleasant) and got excited that "it was happening" and you know what happens when >>THAT<< occurs. The process repeated two more times, and like they say, "the third time was the charm". Either I was just too tired to care, or literally got blase that I was finally slipping into a dream with my mind completely awake - not that I didn't care...it's more that the process was more familiar and less anxiety provoking the third time I went through the cycle. In any event, I got to watch some interesting hypnogogic hallucinations form and then found myself completely lucid throughout five dream scenes. To recap each in one sentence: 1) romping on a firefly filled lawn with Roxy, our deceased female doberman; 2) a doctors office painted a deep vibrant blue during a minor surgical procedure with a small spider hanging from the ceiling that I tried to move away and in which I tried to conjure a nurse to come through the door with whom I could have sex (fail); 3) hide and seek as a child with my cousins looking for me with me hiding behind a door in my grandmother's brownstone in Brooklyn and noting some dirt and electrical cord from the location in which I was hiding; 4) a brief dream in which I was having sex with a girlfriend from over 30 years ago on the very couch we used to own back then, complete with scratchy black and white fabric. I couldn't hold this one very long but it was wonderful to see and hear her; 5) staring at a old document which looked a bit like the Declaration of Independence - which I couldn't read because the characters were arabic or hebrew and watching them MORPH right before my eyes repeatedly. There was even a point where a Notary stamp appeared and disappeared at the bottom! Believe it or not, I found this to be the most interesting of all. I was very entertained by the re-shuffling letters and appearance and disappearance of characters. There were several other notable features w/r/t this experience. The transitions between dream scenes was, for the most part, a short interval of black or non-descript hypnagogic imagery - like a brown moon-shaped two dimensional blob, for example. One slightly disturbing black interval was accompanied by voices of a young person (seemingly a young teenager) which ordinarily I would find very anxiety provoking. I was so completely lucid that I was able to successfully remind myself that my REAL body was safe in bed and it became no concern. I was very proud of that moment because it allowed the lucid dreaming to continue!!! WooooHoo!! Even though there were five scenes, I guess I only get to chalk this one up as one. So, lucid number six is WILD number 1!!!! DH

[ThreeCat]

Awesome, DH! Many more of these to come, I'm sure. Sounds like it was a memorable night.

[DoubleHelix]

Thanks, ThreeCat. Since Thanksgiving is this week, I'm going to make it my goal to try and do a WILD on each night I don't have to go to work the next day. This is a technique I'd really like to practice and become good at. Funny how even the smallest taste of success fuels the desire for MORE of the same. DH

[ThreeCat]

Thanks, ThreeCat. Since Thanksgiving is this week, I'm going to make it my goal to try and do a WILD on each night I don't have to go to work the next day. DH Sounds like a great plan. Let us know how it goes