So, I've been having these hallucinations recently...

[SpectacularWebHead]

So I've been given some medication for a minor sleep disorder, and a listed side effect is that I have begun hallucinating. VIVIDLY.

To give you an example of what I'm talking about, I'm currently sitting opposite black suit spiderman, hanging from the ceiling. I've written down the recurring ones, Black suit spidey, batman and robin, green lantern and commander shepard. Each of them are stuck on a loop of some description. Spidey hangs on a web, gently swaying, batman and robin have some unclear dialogue they repeat, green lantern appears, makes a cup of coffee, and leaves, and commander shepard stands in the middle of the room dancing. Yeah...My psyche is clearly very weird.

Not just them, though. Celebrities, animals, videogame characters, inanimate objects. It's weirding me out. Earlier I thought I saw a cup that I had been looking for, and it turned out to not be there. It's weirding me out.

Anyone experienced anything like this?

EDIT: I also need to make clear; the doctor and I were both aware that hallucinations could occur in about 10% of people. and I am one of the ten percent, clearly.

UPDATE: It's worn off. I miss Commander Shepard

 

[repeating integers]

Spidey hangs on a web, gently swaying, batman and robin have some unclear dialogue they repeat, green lantern appears, makes a cup of coffe, and leaves, and commander shepard stands in the middle of the room dancing.

I'm sorry. I should feel sorry for you. I should be giving you advice. But that is fucking hilarious.

 

[SpectacularWebHead]

Spidey hangs on a web, gently swaying, batman and robin have some unclear dialogue they repeat, green lantern appears, makes a cup of coffe, and leaves, and commander shepard stands in the middle of the room dancing.

I'm sorry. I should feel sorry for you. I should be giving you advice. But that is fucking hilarious.[/quote

If I wanted advice, I'd be posting in the advice bit. It is indeed, mostly hilarious.

 

[MortifiedPenguin]

Sorry but when you said that you see Shepard dancing I burst out laughing because it reminded me of this

 

[Guy from the 80's]

Imagine if you started hallucinating naked people. That would be best.

 

[DoPo]

Imagine if you started hallucinating naked people. That would be best.

Like lemon party, right? I hope that doesn't slip into OP's hallucinations.

OT: Well, not any that I remember but apparently I was little I have been sleepwalking for a short time and talking nonsense. My mother told me I once went to her and told her I couldn't sleep and a string of other words which didn't make much sense, so she led me to bed and I only learned of that in the morning.

But a friend of mine, smoked some weed but behaved properly for a while until he suddenly froze mid conversation staring behind me. I turned and there was nothing there - just the door to the hallway, but he was convinced he saw a ninja walk past. I tried to tell him that it was impossible but he wouldn't take it. Finally, I walked in the hallway and pointed out that if there was a ninja in the house I would have been dead already. That calmed him down.

A different friend of mine smoked some shisha. It even had normal tobacco in it (taken from a cigarette) but somehow it hit him hard. In about half an hour he was lying on the sofa barely moving, not talking and wheezing. We asked him if he was OK but he only managed to whisper faintly "It doesn't allow me. It doesn't allow me to breathe. The shisha.". True story that one.

 

[Doclector]

Y'know, you might be onto an idea for a successful webcomic there...

I've never had hallucinations as such, in that I at no point believed them to be real, and in fact summoned them myself. When I write something, I start to imagine the people and places, and sometimes I see them. Sometimes, I talk to them a little, to get an idea of them, question what they would do in the situation. But like I said, I know that not to be real, as hell, I'm making it up.

 

[Esotera]

What's your medication?

If it's just for sleep and it's causing these side effects, you should stop taking it and talk to your doctor or a specialist about getting a different drug that fulfils the same function.

I get quite a few hallucinations, they're more common than you'd think in the general population - about one in ten people will have them at some point.

 

[Hazy992]

Like lemon party, right? I hope that doesn't slip into OP's hallucinations.

Why DoPo? Just why? D:

OT: Don't think I've ever hallucinated.

 

[DoPo]

Like lemon party, right? I hope that doesn't slip into OP's hallucinations.

Why DoPo? Just why? D:

The suffering. It feeds me, empowers me, it tastes...like strawberries.

 

[Hazy992]

Like lemon party, right? I hope that doesn't slip into OP's hallucinations.

Why DoPo? Just why? D:

The suffering. It feeds me, empowers me, it tastes...like strawberries.

You're a cruel and heartless man!

 

[DoPo]

Like lemon party, right? I hope that doesn't slip into OP's hallucinations.

Why DoPo? Just why? D:

The suffering. It feeds me, empowers me, it tastes...like strawberries.

You're a cruel and heartless man!

Hey, I like strawberries! Why are you so mean to me :/ And what if I had my heart amputated - it's not like I'm using it anyway.

 

[Hazy992]

Like lemon party, right? I hope that doesn't slip into OP's hallucinations.

Why DoPo? Just why? D:

The suffering. It feeds me, empowers me, it tastes...like strawberries.

You're a cruel and heartless man!

Hey, I like strawberries! Why are you so mean to me :/ And what if I had my heart amputated - it's not like I'm using it anyway.

Well if you want strawberries I can give you strawberries!

 

[DoPo]

Like lemon party, right? I hope that doesn't slip into OP's hallucinations.

Why DoPo? Just why? D:

The suffering. It feeds me, empowers me, it tastes...like strawberries.

You're a cruel and heartless man!

Hey, I like strawberries! Why are you so mean to me :/ And what if I had my heart amputated - it's not like I'm using it anyway.

Well if you want strawberries I can give you strawberries!

Mmm, strawberries. Totally worth making other people suffer. Say, you wanna have a party? I'll bring the lemons.

Spoiler: They are kind of dicks, though

 

[DrRockor]

I've never hallucinated at least, I don't think I have. I've had weird dreams from a fever but then I have weird dreams anyway.

The one that I can remember the best was when I had flu not long ago and I woke up at something like 3am. I was trying to go back to sleep but when I closed my eyes I would see a percentage going up and what looked like the silhouette of tree branches behind it. When it hit 100% my eyes would snap open. It was weird.

 

[Jedoro]

I have to ask... BroShep or FemShep?

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

I used to have night terrors. Wake up with my heart racing in fear, unable to move while some indistinguishable but terrifying shape seemed to loom over me, eventually fading away and leaving me able to move. Haven't had that happen to me since I was around 20 or so, thankfully.

But yeah, OP, tell your doctor about these hallucinations. Hilarity aside, they could be a somewhat serious side effect and you might need the dosage tweaked downward.

 

[Womplord]

Um, I think that's a sign that you should stop taking the medication... I honestly don't think its worth taking any psychotropic drug for a minor sleep disorder because they all have side effects. Or you could just keep taking it for fun

 

[theswordsmn]

Surprised no one actually has direct info on this. Okay here it is, if it's the same medicine that I have to take for my sleep disorder, then yes, very common. Especially when you first start. You will never completely get used to it, but it gets less detailed. I have been taking it for about 3 years now and while I don't hallucinate anymore, there is one feeling that never goes away. You always feel like there is someone with you. Black Suit Spider-man in the corner is actually a good term for it. Be sure to mention it to your doctor. If they arn't harming you though, it's not a life or death emergency to immediately stop, but be sure to mention it to your doctor.