I assume you have been doing WBTB and are probs applying WILD-type tech.
There is a possible chance the micro-doses cause tolerance or badly timed crashes to occur. Are you not taking doses every third day? If so, could be a weird tolerance or crash that interact with serotonin. (I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT BTW. TAKE IT WITH SOME SALT AND MSG)
There is also a chance that you exhaust your tryptophan (Serotonin and melatonin precursor) by taking serotonin inducing drugs or not let any serotonin turn into melatonin (Serotonin can be converted to melatonin) as drugs make the receptors keep serotonin more. (Again, idk what I am saying)
(Also, melatonin is important when it comes to dream clarity, although too much may be problematic)
Anyways, there may also be recalling problems occuring too. Try playing n-back, a brutal but a very helpful brain training exercise which was anecdotally shown to help with lucid dreaming and recall as well too.
Mugwort has some body load already, so going for those as well may cause vasoconstrictive stuff to occur (blood doesn’t flow much pretty much) which is generally not a problem unless if your body or brain is not fine with it (I do not recommend you to “counter” this with more stuff btw, if you do try to do so. I don’t know though, but still. Although, you can try doing exercises during your WBTB long rest, even though that would jolt your body awake. Experimentation may be needed for this)
Have you also tried:
- Mindfulness meditation during your WILD attempt
- Applying body scans onto your jaws and eyes as those store a lot of stress that is hard to notice
- Not caring too much (still a bit though) about swallowing or minor jerks as they don’t (I think) interfere with your attempt much
- Having stronger expectations of success and intentions of goal, that you remind to yourself and your mind directly (Especially if doing MILD since that is what that tech is pretty much, and also very helpful for DILD based tech too, lol. Would be helpful even for WILD, though it doesn’t suit it much. Does intention help with lucid dreams? - #2 by Marvin)
- FILD (cheat code for lds)
- Putting more effort into your sleep hygiene and routine by adding stuff like going for a colder sleeping environment if the env is hot (over 18-24 degrees centigrade) or avoiding blue light 1 hour before sleeping (you probs do this alr) etc
- Ask yourself what you were doing a few minutes ago, both while you are awake and while dreaming. It should be kinda like a RC style ritual I assume, but it can later on be turned into All-Day-Awareness I think (I just made that up. Haven’t tested it, but it is pretty much ADA so it may be helpful)
— Prooceed with more patience, as the first success may take some more time and energy then what is generally told, if you ask me. Try to not have a LD on the “first night”, and attempt to acknowledge your unsuccessful attempts as not complete fails, and consider progress within your attempts as inducing LD is a skill that requests practice and technique tbh.
Try seeing how far you got by observing your hallucination levels (Check those out, referring to wikipedia btw), signs like buzzing or shaking, the time you spent on your attempt, your mental serenity during the attempt etc; to then better understand how far you went on your attempt, to find problems and obstacles are there to solve those, and for more stuff.
Also, I haven’t achieved my first LD too. Lololololol. I guess I need some help too. Hope these help you though.
And again, I dunno ■■■■ about what I said when it comes to drug stuff, apply harm reduction and tread those carefully etc. For the LD tips though, you can rely on those more I guess (I am still a newb though lol).
Have a nice and lucent night.