Failed WILD, please help.

Everyone always says that the WILDs were there best lucids, so I wanted to try it. Maybe my technique needs tweeking, please critique it and maybe answer some questions.

Straight from my dream journal:
The I got up around 5 and figured that I would try to do a WILD. I went downstairs and fed the dog, then took a leak, took 50mg of Diphenhydramine before going back to bed. I was up for about five minutes. I layed on my back and slowly (5 or 10 minutes) white hypnogogic lights started to appear. Most were soft and plasma-like, but occasionally there would be a small bright one.

Then my arms and legs started to tingle and feel heavy. As the lights got a little bit more intense I suddenly felt as if I was falling. Then the imagery stopped and so did the falling feeling, but my arms still tingled.

Then with I started to feel as if I was upside-down and with each breath I was rotating backwards. Every-so-often, usually with an exhale, I would hear the sound of metal jingling like keys or a dog tag.

Now the lights turned blue and danced around beautifully, but I didn't really concentrate on them. Then they stopped again, but I still felt fairly heavy and tingly. Then the lights started again after a minute, this time white and orange, and with a few minutes the orange turned to blue. Then went back to white, then they were gone and I gave up.



Even with the sleeping pill I couldn't get to sleep, what gives?

Do the colours mean something? (Blue, orange?)

Did I just try it too late? The sun was already poking through when I tried.

Usually when I fall asleep I'm on my stomach or side, but usually wake up on my back, should I try to WILD on my side or stomach instead?

Would the sound of a bird chirping outside make a difference? Because there was.

how many times have you tried WILD? cause that was amazingly close for someone new at it :) The colors dont mean anything they are just clues, but ive even WILDed without the HI before. Just try WILD in a comfortable position. for me its my side or my stomach, but you got pretty close on your back. I dont think that the birds made much of a difference, they are distracting sometimes though.

And about the sleeping pill...

...I heard somewhere that sleeping pills make WILD harder dont some sleeping pills hinder rem sleep? I dont know much about them though so dont take my word for it.

i think you just need a little more practice. you had already got to the vibrations from all the vertigo you expeirenced maybe you just need to do a reality check when the feeling start to subside. Thats how i WILD. Mine start with a FA always :) good luck!

I had a similar experience yesterday morning. I woke up from a nap after returning home early from the final day of school. When I woke up, I immediately tried to WILD. Within about 20 seconds, my vision twisted into a powerful blue vortex and I had minor sleep paralysis. I felt myself entering an LD, and I was so excited, but SP scares me, so I fought it and forced myself to wake up. I attempted it again today, but it didn't work.

Maybe I was in a WILD and didn't know it. Where will I usually end up in a WILD? ei: A random dream, in my bed with a false awake? Anyone else?

i usually end up with a false awakening, but ive had a WILD where i felt as if i sunk through my bed and started falling, and ended up falling into the back seat of a purple truck. That was probably my favorite lucid dream now that i think of it :)