My bed is east-west, head to the east, and I haven't had lucid dreams previously, but haven't had problems having them after I started trying.
ShadowHammer's log, day 16
I did test 1-1 last night, "Extended FILD", and finger-tapped for two hours rather than the usual one. Initial observations indicate that this resulted in night terrors, but without repeated testing, it could just be coincidence.
I had a nightmare in which I dreamed I woke up a couple times, but I also actually woke a couple times and then immediately fell back asleep. In my brief moments of awakeness, I RC'd, so when I fell back asleep and then dreamed that I was my bed right after waking up, I was convinced it was reality, so when things got freaky I got really really scared.
On a side note, touching a bunch of things did help stabilize my lucid dream, and I discovered that closing my eyes and rolling them up in my head wakes me up from nightmares. Thanks for the tips, people who told me this!
Unfortunately for science, I have to wake up early next week, so after tonight, I won't be able to continue lucid dreaming for about 5 days.