Hey

Over the past few weeks I informed myself about lucid dreaming, how it works, what you can do and so on. I didnt use any technics to help get one.

First dream: 1 week ago
It resembled my school time and I was a kid in school. It also contained something about a country I read before going to sleep. I was chilling with other class mates and we were doing some kids stuff. After a while I noticed that this cant be right, im not a kid that must be a dream. At that point I felt like I got the control. I was trying to change the location but it just got shaky and black, and then I woke up, very confused.
I should add that I used 5-HTP which increases dream itensity.

Second dream: yesterday
We were to visit with my grandfather. I saw him clearly how he was. At some point I noticed, this cant be right he died years ago so I checked the calender and it was 2018 (i think) and we have 2022. At that point I knew it was a dream and I also once again felt like I can control what I do now. I tried to change the location but that didnt work. I walked out of the house and started to fly up like super man but after 50 meters or so I once again woke up.

On both occasions I was really tired and sleepy.

Im unsure if this is just pretending to have control or if its really a luicid dream. And is there any way to not get kicked out immediately? In the dream I was thinking that I need to stay calm to not wake up, but on the other hand I tried hard to not get kicked out. And also, does changing location work or im just failing at it.