Does anyone here ever get Visual Hallucinations ?

I've only had one myself, but they aren't uncommon.

No, not me. Only auditory thank God. My daughter has - an allergic reaction to prednisone. She was so angry that I couldn't see this man standing next to the tree... I called her doctor and they wanted me to take her to a childrens psych ward until the medication wore off. I didnt but it was pure hell while getting that out of her system. If she ever has to be on steriods again (she's asthmatic) they have said they will hospitilize her.

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I've had some really frightening hallucinations which I won't describe, but mostly I hallucinate cats which is fine because I love cats. It just gets a bit confusing as I have two 'real' cats!

the worse one i have ever had was when i was in the shower, a spider with a one foot body(and legs at least 3 times that size) was coming down from the ceiling, i could see it fangs and its(several) eyes, i jumped out of the shower and ran out of the bathroom... yes naked... lol it was not funny in the heat of the moment, however it was quite funny once i had some time to think about it

I often see tracers and shadows and aperature changes .... mostly due to lack of sleep i think :S

Hi,

I am in Merlin's shoes I see cat's and mice, not normal mice but the old Tom and Jerry mice with the big round ears. I also have some pretty weird one's which might trigger someone so I won't post them I also hear things whisper my name sometimes or smell roses and I don't have roses in or around the house.

i just had my first tonight. i was in bed thinking about stuff and i opened my eyes and i saw what appeared to be a white haze or mist above the end of my bed. I was like wtf? i then turned the lights on and it was gone. but when i turned the lights of it was still there. i did this for about 10 min and it would apear with the lights of, but dissapear with the lights on. it was so strange, and now i dont want to go back to bed for fear ill see it again. lol. stragely aswell, now after seeing it a feel nautious and sick in the stomach.

Yes, I have experienced visual hallucinations during manic episodes, but I have far more experience with auditory hallucinations.

Yes.
But I think mines were out of lack of sleep.

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No, I've not experience any hallucinations.

I've had very similar ones to this from Low Blood Pressure, often when I am really tired.

Trace

I am not schizophrenic but i do have depression. There is actually a disorder called psychotic depression or something like that. i donno it may explain the hallucinations. Ive had all kinds of hallucinations, visual, auditory. They started when i was in my early teens. Used to be a lot worse before i was getting treatment. Once i was home by myself upstairs and i heard 2 men talking on the first floor. It was completely black downstairs and i called out but nobody was there. Ive also had atleast two times where it felt like i was in an earth quake. The class room just started shaking. I asked my freinds if they felt it too and they just looked at me strange. Sometimes i will hear, very faintly, a voice on the wind. calling out a greeting, or my name. Once when i was much younger i was actually in the middle of a soccer game and someone started poking me. Was a very odd experience. On yr 10 camp i was standing outside my tent and i looked to my left and i say myself crouching behind one of the buildings. It was very very strange to see myself. Its gone away now. But sometimes i will start answering questions that none of my freinds asked or hearing things that aren't there. I do worry though. I do worry that there is no hope for me. They biologically i am disfunctional and the lexapro im on is the only thing standing between me and oblivion. What do you guys think?

I'm not sure if halos and auras are considered hallucinations, but if they are, then count me in. When I get totally manic I have all sorts of visual "enhancements", but never saw something that wasn't there. However, I have odd reactions to a number of drugs, maybe related to the brain wiring that leads to my bipolarism, including quite vivid visual hallucinations. Novocaine, for instance, and some other anesthetics. I refuse to let my doctors prescribe anything with hydrocodone. I always figured that if you knew it was a hallucination, then everything was OK, the problem begins when you don't know you're seeing things. And hydrocodone makes me really wonky: I don't mind the foot-tall chipmunks dancing on the bed, because I know they're not real, but I had a conversation about them with my wife and she wasn't even in the house at the time. That's scary. Still, I say that if you know it's not real, don't be afraid, just sit back and enjoy the show (in my case, the laser lightshow).

I think there must be a predisposition in the bipolar mind which gets a bit out of hand during manic episodes. Everyone can imagine and daydream. An artist can portray those images, and many artists say they can see the images before they begin to create. The bipolar mind can see the images better than anyone else.

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Does anyone here ever get Visual Hallucinations ?
The closest thing I get to visual hallucinations is seeing movement that is not there out of my peripheral vision. I will try and catch things that are not there sometimes that I think are falling. Sometimes I will see halos and spot as well. Also the vision in my right eye will sometimes be almost nonexistent. This only happens occasionally and is usually accompanied with a strong feeling of anxiety and mania. I will also sometimes ask people what they have said, and they will not have said anything. I just hear them speaking in garbled voices. Does anyone else share these occurences? If so, are there any suggestions for a remedy?

Hi and Welcome picodegatto

You may want to your pdoc about this, as there are anti physcotic meds than can be given to stop hallucinations and voices.

Trace

I just had a very vivid hallucination about a week ago. I happened to fall asleep in the living room ( because I wasn't sleeping well and watched some TV) and when it was nearly daylight and I could see the room around me, I saw a red parrot struggling to balance itself on the ledge of a bookshelf. The parrot was frantically flapping its wings (which I could also hear) to not fall and finally made its way to the top of the shelf and then settled down. I have no idea why my hallucination was in the form of a parrot. I suspect that the loads of stress I was under all week and the lack of sleep contributed to this. I had to talk myself out of seeing it - because I knew it wasn't really there. It just weirded me out!

I frequently hear music, though, and it also revolves around me trying to fall asleep. It is usually something classical, but occasionally it is rock and I try to see if I know the song. I never do. I think I make it up as it goes! Perhaps I am trying to make sense of the patterns I hear in my fan or noises in the night. I find it a curiosity more than a bother.

Yeah I get sleep deprived hallucinations. The best one I had was when I was in a Park at night with a friend, the whole Park changed, the grass turned into cobbled stones, the trees into buildings, it was like looking into the future or past, I don't know which, what this place could look like. It was so beautiful but crazy at the same time. Otherwise if I haven't slept I see little black figures always in a running position but their body doesn't move. It's like a still picture that jumps a few centimeters ever second. At least those figures are easy to recognize so I don't get confused while driving

I had one over a year ago. I was in bed with my boyfriend at the time, then I woke up and thought there was a GIANT spider crawling on the curtains (the bed was right up against the window). I jumped out of bed and made bf swap sides with me so I wasn't next to the spider. He was really sleepy to kindly obliged, I got into bed the other side and fell straight back to sleep! It wasn't sleep walking or dreaming as I was definitely awake. It was really rather odd.

i have audiotory and visual to some extent... mainly late at night when i am awake sounds slow down or speed up, and the room around me seems realy small but anything i am focusing on(like the computer monitor) seems to be miles away from me...

the pdoc says its technically a halucination

I've not had a diagnosis yet but i've had hallucinations but only at night. I once saw a GIANT spider on my bedroom wall which changed into a moth (these are two things im frightened of!) I've heard people chatting at night.....i'd get this when i was about 10 one night and it wouldn't stop. My mum thought i was dreaming but it went on all night! I've had this a few times since then. I've seen people and heard classical music and singing as well. Oh, and fairies! All this doesn't happen often but its very vivid when it does!

I'm just wondering how to diagnose a hallucination.
How do you guys know something so real is so false? I'm interested.
Did someone tell you, or did they fade away after a while so you diagnosed yourself?

I'm trying to self-diagnose own problems. Can't wait for free assistance with my finer feelings tbh .

The best thing that I could describe mine as are a movie that is out of the film gate....I can kinda see things that arent there but they are all blurry.

I had several experiences with both auditory and visual hallucinations during psychotic depression for a while, I'm unable to describe them as it wasn't very nice but I do remember the most beautiful experience I had when I was on the ward, I was lying on the bed and looking outside to see the clouds movements and it shapes too. Then I heard the music, so gentle and it was coming from the clouds! I was in an awe and watched them and listened them too. Never forget this experience.