Hello all the lovely people.
I'm going to describe what and how I'm doing and what are the results I'm getting. Maybe you could give me some pointers on what I should change to move forward.
So I have been ON and OFF learning LD/OBE for some years, but mostly OFF. I had a few OBE's in the past. In the last 3 months I really put in the effort into it, unfortunately it's due to the death of a close person... All this time I've been writing my dreams. I have really good and detailed recall now, I remember a lot.
In the first 2 months I've been mostly focusing on phasing but I wasn't able to get anywhere with it. During that time I didn't do much in the night on my awakenings, I only started doing the LaBerges method recently in last month.
On the other hand I had 6 separate OBE attempts of which 1, the first one actually happened. This first one happened when I realised during a dream that I'm Dreaming so I saw the door and immediately jumped through it and ended up what I later found out was a Blackness 3D. I floated there for a while trying to imagine things but somehow nothing worked. I pulled back through the door and woke up in my bed.
All the other five attempts were mostly strong vibrations and loud sounds, I literally felt being pulled out of my body but never actually got out, I tried different techniques. It was like something was holding me strong or I was glued to my physical body.
So I started using Galantamine with Melatonin per LaBerge protocol, although he didn't use Melatonin. For 2 nights now I'm doing the following:
Take 10 mg of Melatonin 30 minutes before bed.
I'm going to bed very early between 18:00 and 19:00 so I get more chances.
Wake up WBTB after about 4.5 hours of sleep.
I Recall a dream and write it down.
Take 8 mg of Galantamine and go back to bed. I don't wait 30 minutes as I usually lay down and struggle to fall asleep for longer anyway.
I Repeat in my mind MILD: am I dreaming? At the same time, I imagine that I'm back in the dream from which you have just awakened.
So my problem is I fall asleep and even my SmartLucider thingy which is blinking when I'm in REM is not working for me, I had a few occasions where it did work but I didn't realise or I just woke up.
So I guess my question is what am I doing wrong that it doesn't work or OBE just shows up suddenly on some nights and then nothing for a while. I haven't been using Galantamine for long but all of my 6 OBE attempts were before it.
I'm going to describe what and how I'm doing and what are the results I'm getting. Maybe you could give me some pointers on what I should change to move forward.
So I have been ON and OFF learning LD/OBE for some years, but mostly OFF. I had a few OBE's in the past. In the last 3 months I really put in the effort into it, unfortunately it's due to the death of a close person... All this time I've been writing my dreams. I have really good and detailed recall now, I remember a lot.
In the first 2 months I've been mostly focusing on phasing but I wasn't able to get anywhere with it. During that time I didn't do much in the night on my awakenings, I only started doing the LaBerges method recently in last month.
On the other hand I had 6 separate OBE attempts of which 1, the first one actually happened. This first one happened when I realised during a dream that I'm Dreaming so I saw the door and immediately jumped through it and ended up what I later found out was a Blackness 3D. I floated there for a while trying to imagine things but somehow nothing worked. I pulled back through the door and woke up in my bed.
All the other five attempts were mostly strong vibrations and loud sounds, I literally felt being pulled out of my body but never actually got out, I tried different techniques. It was like something was holding me strong or I was glued to my physical body.
So I started using Galantamine with Melatonin per LaBerge protocol, although he didn't use Melatonin. For 2 nights now I'm doing the following:
Take 10 mg of Melatonin 30 minutes before bed.
I'm going to bed very early between 18:00 and 19:00 so I get more chances.
Wake up WBTB after about 4.5 hours of sleep.
I Recall a dream and write it down.
Take 8 mg of Galantamine and go back to bed. I don't wait 30 minutes as I usually lay down and struggle to fall asleep for longer anyway.
I Repeat in my mind MILD: am I dreaming? At the same time, I imagine that I'm back in the dream from which you have just awakened.
So my problem is I fall asleep and even my SmartLucider thingy which is blinking when I'm in REM is not working for me, I had a few occasions where it did work but I didn't realise or I just woke up.
So I guess my question is what am I doing wrong that it doesn't work or OBE just shows up suddenly on some nights and then nothing for a while. I haven't been using Galantamine for long but all of my 6 OBE attempts were before it.