Last night, for the first time in months, I was able to lucid dream for a minute. I used to be able to fly and had great recall where I'd remember multiple dreams from one night and I'd like to get back to that awareness.

Last night, I was walking out of some building about to go down some stone steps and suddenly became aware I was in a dream and remembered this thread. My first though was "what do I do now? Where do I go now that I'm in control?". I started walking down the steps very consciously, I don't know if I had ever been that lucid in a dream before, it's hard to describe how heavy my legs felt. Within seconds, though, I felt a throbbing in my head behind my eyes as if the more I tried to walk, the harder my head had to think and work. In order to stay lucid in the dream it felt like I had to have my eyes as wide open as they could possibly be and it quickly became uncomfortable. Ultimately, I forced myself to wake up because the pressure in my head became concerning but I wonder if it's just like stretching a really tight muscle and the pain subsides over time. I wasn't able to reach this state during any other point of the night.

Obviously I'm not OP but since this thread is here, has anyone else experienced this and are there any tips on working through it? My plan is to just keep trying every night and see what happens.