Quote Originally Posted by Reverie Phantom
You could try counting your breaths and saying "I'm dreaming" after each number. (one I'm dreaming... two I'm dreaming... three I'm dreaming...) that way once you fall asleep you don't just forget why you are counting, you have a reason and you become lucid. You'll prolly find yourself in the dream saying "I'm dreaming... I'm dreaming... wait, am I dreaming?" and there you go.
This technique just made me too alert, followed by extreme boredom resulting in me falling asleep.

That pretty much sums up my attitude to DEILD-ing. One other thing I do though is try to trick my senses. If I've woken up just enough to know the dream is ending, I am usually still relaxed enough to imagine seeing and feeling things in the dream scene. I imagine being back in the dream, but also picking things up, or moving around, feeling surfaces. (feel the muscles move etc) I have to simulate these feelings myself at first, but after a few seconds, the dream comes back- making it "real", and hanging on to something is a good way to help draw yourself in.
Interesting. I've never really tried this before. I shall give it a try tonight. Let everything go and just imagine, imagine. It'll help activating your inner senses which is essential to dreaming (according to LaBerge). I suppose having a pitch black room and no external stimuli is critical.