I stumlbed across this site yesterday and I was so interested that I, ignoring advice, attempted to have a lucid dream without first practicing dream recall. I got into bed and started following the MILD strategies. I cleared my mind and felt my body begin to rest. I then started a countdown in my head that I could see. Starting from 10 and ending at 1 then I saw a fast blur of lines, like warp speed in Star Trek, blaze into my mind. I felt a wave come over my head, my heartbeat and breathing increased rapidly, my eyes started to move violentley and then it passed. I focused again and then I had no trouble focusing at all. My mind was clear and seemed very calm. I felt like my mind was shaking and bumping into something, I focused on the blood flowing through my eyes and could see very blurry black and white images that evaporated when I focused on them...like the atmoci bomb effect. I also woke up periodically throughout the night. Was this normal? I remember having one dream, but I do not remember being aware of the fact that I was indeed dreaming.

PS: Sorry for mispellings, I have class in 10 mins!