Hi, I've been having these strange experiences and I was wondering if it had anything to do with my LD attempts.

I guess I better tell you a bit about myself. I'm a 17 year old male. I've never had a successful lucid dream, however I have been very close and I've experienced sleep paralysis many times in the past. I have reasonable dream recall, and I have been conscious in my dreams, but never to the point of being able to control them.

It all started about 6 months ago. I had been attempting LD's for a couple of months on a regular basis by then (mostly WILD). I was at work, about 2 hours into my shift. I was serving a customer at the counter, when all of a sudden, my vision went blurry and I felt very light-headed. It was almost as if everything was happening too fast for me to keep up with.

I told my boss I needed some fresh air, so I went outside for a while. Everything looked strangely unfamiliar and I couldn't focus my eyes properly. One of my colleagues came over to see if I was okay and mentioned that my speech sounded quite different as well.

After about 10 minutes, I was feeling slightly better, so I went back inside. I could do most of my work fine as long as it was something I had done before, but as soon as I needed to make a decision on something, I had no idea what to do.

I was getting really scared by this stage, so I told my boss I was going home. I felt dizzy and confused for most of the day, by when I woke up the following morning, things were back to normal again.

The reason I'm asking if this has anything to do with lucid dreams is it is a very similar feeling to being in SP, and I'm worried I might be messing with my body's natural sleeping processes and if I continue I might cause permanent damage. This has also happened to me twice now - both times I had been attempting to LD in the week leading up to it.

I haven't attempted a LD in around 3 months now and it hasn't happened to me since.

Has anyone else had a similar experience?

Thanks in advance