Seeing/hearing things that aren't there.?
Question:
It's starting to happen to me more and more. I am usually kind of tired when it happens, I wonder if it's just not getting enough sleep. But lately I have been sleeping more, yet I keep having more of these episodes of seeing/hearing things that aren't there, and now I am starting to interact with these imaginary things.
Should I be worried?
Answers:
sounds like you are having hallucinations, this is common if you do not get enough sleep. the longer you go without proper sleep the worse it will get. If it continues to persist even though you are getting adequate sleep, I would see a psychiatrist.
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You should immediately contact a doctor. If this continues to be worse...you could endanger the lives of others as well as your own. I do this sometimes when I am asleep at night. I'll wake up and think someone is standing next to my bed...and then I realize no one is there. Or, I'll wake up and think there's a bug or something on the floor and there isn't. Don't be afraid to talk to a doctor about this. Many factors could come into play.
Are you taking any kinds of medication?
How much sleep are you getting? (Normal is 8-9 hrs)
Seriously, call the doctor immediately!
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appliances such as a gas stove/gas fire place/old fridge.
Gases could be leaking.
If your tired when it usually happens, then you really shouldn't be too worried, everyone is wonky when they're tired.
Are you taking any medications? They have side effects.
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You want to go see a psychiatrist that specializes in hallucinations and you want to do it today. Call an inpatient psychiatric hospital and get a referral to a doctor who has open office hours. Book your visit through his office. You probably don't have to go to the hospital itself.
Make sure you are not consuming anything that affects the brain such as drugs or alcohol. If so, mention this to the psychiatrist.
The reason you want to do this today is that while these events may not be all that troubling in their current form, you are slipping and you could have a strong break with reality which would require hospitalization and perhaps commitment by someone else without your approval. It is possible that other people and hallucinations could gain control of your life and you want to keep the control. Additionally, the further you sink, the harder it is to regain your old self.
You will want the psychiatrist to do a complete medical exam or to refer you to someone who can. You want to rule out common medical causes of hallucinations.
The psychiatrist will give you medication and sometimes it takes awhile to find the right medication. That is another reason why you want to start today. You want to try out medications while you are still fairly healthy and not when you have frightening hallucinations. Additionally it is hard to make the correct decisions when the hallucinations get worse. Many psychotics can not make constructive decisions and they end up living on the streets. You don't want to lose your current lifestyle. You want to fight to maintain it.
This past year I had a friend with delusions (probably due to a treatable thyroid disorder) which have many things in common with hallucinations. Rather than seek appropriate medical treatment, he abandoned his legal practice, left his wife and boarded a plane to another country because he thought the FBI was going to kill him. You want to avoid things like this.
You should test to see if you are capable of touching somthing that your seeing or hearing. (Are the things your seeing, and hearing, tangible, can you hold and prove the matter being right there when you are seeing or hearing the images you are refering to. If you can't withhold what you are seeing and hearing, than maybe the second question you should ask are what was last nights dream. Did you dream of somthing during the week, and wake up in a state of fright in the middle of the dream. If you did than the dream could be affecting your audio, and visual images. Lack of sleep, can somtimes be caught up when one is awake, which will entail a dream being visualized or audiolize during ones awaken dream. It is mandatory, that one has at least six to eight hours sleep every night to prevent this from happening. That is why most people cannot drive when lack of sleep is an issue, because lack of sleep can provoke optical allusions, where whether day or night your perception can create a turn as an example into a to sharp of a turn. A better example of an optical allusion is when you are basically anywhere and see a shadow, or a leaf blowing on a tree, and your vision can see it as somthing else. These are all the symptons and answers to your questions, that should be extreamly evaluated, before you run off to the phsycriatrist, seeking prescriptions medication needs.
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