Hiya everyone,

Since the summer lucid dreaming has been on my mind, but because of school i thought i would never get around to really devoting time to it but just recently trough pure luck i woke up an hour early for school so instead of stay up i went back to sleep. Little did i know that i would have the most vivid dream that I'd had in a very long time. For about a week I've gotten up early and went back to sleep to try this, and 4 out of 5 days I've had pretty cool vivid dreams.

Now the setback, when i wake up i feel like absolute shit, as apposed to when i sleep through the night and i feel halfway decent in the mornings. How i feel aside, does doing this impair my thinking power (so to speak) During the day? Should i be limiting this or does it not effect me? I really want to go at this every morning, but I'm afraid I'll be sleepier, less alert or energetic during the day. I'm basically asking about general sleep, does waking up then sleeping for an hour effect me in any way?

And opinions on getting up in the morning for LDs? As effective, more effective, less effective than 4-6 hours after sleeping (for me around 3 usually)?