Thread: Using Caffeine as a Trigger

Dose: 50 mg Pro plus caffeine (with water)
Supporting Supplements: None
Prebed Supplements: None
Bedtime: 11.06 pm
WBTB time and length: 6.42 am (24 min)
Time of dose: 7.00 am
Morning wake time: 9.11 am (rising)
Technique: DILD
Lucid: Yes
Insomnia/loss of sleep: I took at least an half and hour to drop off to sleep last night where I experienced some transient HI beforehand. (Non-caffeine related however.)
Post-WBTB was not a problem. (There was a lot of bright ambient sunlight in the room.) I did feel a bit alert post-DILD which is to be expected.
(Total sleep time = 8.5 – 9.25 hrs approx)
Comments:
I managed to drift off to sleep fairly easily post-WBTB. I had good awareness in the main dream which was fairly vivid which resulted in a DILD. The stability was a bit of an issue however (possibly due to ambient sunlight/time in the morning maybe?)
I was able to visualize scenes and thoughts post-DILD whilst resting but still feeling a little drowsy in bed, inc. a brief transition related sound at one point.
N.B. I managed to recall a pre-WBTB dream which is obviously non-caffeine (supplement) related as such. (I did take a Galantamine-based supplement about 24 hrs earlier also.)
Crystal totem(s) and very basic (occasional) MILD-type affirmations used during WBTB/post-WBTB.