Why Do I Get So Exhausted?

I went to bed last night and slept about 5 hours (maybe more, I'm not sure) before my alarm went off, then I went to the bathroom, and then to the kitchen to take 300 mg of Choline and 8 mg of Galantamine for a supplement induced WILD.

When I sat back in bed, I felt like I had an uncomfortably full bladder, even though I just went to the bathroom and only had a small cup of water with my pills, and I was very alert. I tried to relax and lay there for maybe a half hour, and when that wasn't working, I decided to play a game on my iTouch to distract me and help me wind down. After 15-30 minutes playing that, I actually did start to feel tired, so I dropped my iTouch and tried sleeping again.

Eventually, sleep paralysis started to kick in, and I didn't like the feeling at all so I resisted and moved out of it the first few times, feeling physically exhausted as well, before I remembered that I want to accept the paralysis and move into the dream state. It was hard, especially because I was afraid of having creepy dreams, since before I woke up they were starting to get creepy, but I took the plunge and just let it wash over me. I felt the sensations of a wave of water pushing me back and forth, although I don't remember if this happened next or if it was just a part of a dream I was already having earlier or later. I was, however, focusing on the vivid and relaxing sensation.

I then had a dim false awakening of getting out of bed, going into my mom's room and talking to my mom and sister. Then I woke up. The dream couldn't have lasted more than a couple minutes. I kept waking up and falling asleep for short segments with these false awakenings. None of it was very vivid and I was nowhere close to lucidity.

I was notably exhausted and it was hard to get out of bed. I think this happened to me the last time I tried to take these supplements.

Why do I have such bad luck with attaining lucidity? I've never induced a lucid dream that lasted longer than maybe 10-20 seconds and it was never very bright, clear or solid. It always noticeably deteriorates when I become aware of the dream, and the tactile sensations go the quickest. Even with supplements, which are supposed to kick start lucid dreaming, I can't get the amazing results that others seem to be getting so easily. Any suggestions?

I'm not doing the supplements again until the night after next, to recuperate.

For one I would suggest not taking the supplements, I think they help but its better in the long run not to rely on something external. Remember you go in to sleep paralysis every night so there is nothing to be afraid of. If I ever pay to much attention to SP it causes me anxiety so I just focus on counting or a dream scene I want to enter. Also, when you get lucid to you stabilize your dream? Like, touching things, rubbing your hands?

-always do an RC when waking up, especially when taking Galantamine
-i'd try 4mg of G
-i'd also take the G right before I went back to sleep, not at the first of the WBTB, unless you are trying to WILD on it

-are you solidifying the dream? focus on touching things and grounding yourself in the dream reality before doing other stuff
-lucidity isnt a matter of luck (well maybe a bit of it is...) its practice and determination

-you also said you had creepy dreams and didnt want to have more... do you see where this could set you up for failure?