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    You're not crazy, but you might want to see a psychiatrist about it if it's bothering you that much. It sounds like you have a lot of anxiety in general, and taking care of the hallucinations might help. A psychiatrist would most likely prescribe medication...

    I've never hallucinated, but I'm pretty sure I'd be scared if it happened to me. Do you have health insurance? I'd try talking to a psychiatrist or at the very least, a regular doctor, and see what they can do for you.

    (I'm extremely tired, so I'm sorry if this is really fragmented and doesn't make sense... rofl)

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    Write down everything you see, read, feel.. with as much detail as you can. You might be hallucinating, you might be seeing events, you might be day dreaming.. Sometimes if your not sleeping enough you can take little memories and replay them. They don't even have to be something that really happen to you, it could be a scene from a movie or something you put together from a book. By writing things down you might find a pattern and if not, its a good way to help you better with a psychiatrist.

    I see things.. At first I thought I was hallucinating but with writing things down and goggling I found events I didn't know about but match perfectly. I also see events that haven't happen yet.. And believe me it makes my life very boring..

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    Are you getting enough sleep? I have a friend who told me that the other night, as she was driving home from my house, she kept hallucinating men on the side of the road waving tires at her and yelling. She was awake, but she was so tired, she was hallucinating. I also tend to have minor hallucinations when I'm sick and haven't been getting good sleep - I once shot up in bed as I was about to fall asleep because I swore there was a little boy in my room. And even though I knew there wasn't, it took me about 30 minutes to calm myself down enough to go back to bed. When you're tired, it's easy to hallucinate and it's really hard to tell if it's real.

    But if these are happening even when you're well-rested, go to a psychiatrist. Hearing voices and seeing people who aren't really there, especially if you also have anxiety and paranoia, can be a sign of schizoaffective disorder. It usually comes in early adulthood and is more common in females. It doesn't mean you're "crazy" - but if it is a mental disorder, you will need some therapy or medication to stop the hallucinations and anxiety. I would go take care of it before it possibly gets worse.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aurora_Sunset View Post
    Are you getting enough sleep? I have a friend who told me that the other night, as she was driving home from my house, she kept hallucinating men on the side of the road waving tires at her and yelling. She was awake, but she was so tired, she was hallucinating. I also tend to have minor hallucinations when I'm sick and haven't been getting good sleep - I once shot up in bed as I was about to fall asleep because I swore there was a little boy in my room. And even though I knew there wasn't, it took me about 30 minutes to calm myself down enough to go back to bed. When you're tired, it's easy to hallucinate and it's really hard to tell if it's real.

    But if these are happening even when you're well-rested, go to a psychiatrist. Hearing voices and seeing people who aren't really there, especially if you also have anxiety and paranoia, can be a sign of schizoaffective disorder. It usually comes in early adulthood and is more common in females. It doesn't mean you're "crazy" - but if it is a mental disorder, you will need some therapy or medication to stop the hallucinations and anxiety. I would go take care of it before it possibly gets worse.
    Good info - I can't say it any better, but just wanted to add that I have heard it explained that the reason why hallucinations happen when you have lost a lot of sleep is that you are actually dreaming while awake.

    This normally will go away once you get enough sleep but yes, if it's happening while well rested definitely see a psychiatrist. There are plenty of people taking medication for that who function perfectly well, but definitely worth looking into very soon if it continues.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aurora_Sunset View Post
    Are you getting enough sleep? I have a friend who told me that the other night, as she was driving home from my house, she kept hallucinating men on the side of the road waving tires at her and yelling. She was awake, but she was so tired, she was hallucinating. I also tend to have minor hallucinations when I'm sick and haven't been getting good sleep - I once shot up in bed as I was about to fall asleep because I swore there was a little boy in my room. And even though I knew there wasn't, it took me about 30 minutes to calm myself down enough to go back to bed. When you're tired, it's easy to hallucinate and it's really hard to tell if it's real.
    Quote Originally Posted by laurielegs View Post
    Good info - I can't say it any better, but just wanted to add that I have heard it explained that the reason why hallucinations happen when you have lost a lot of sleep is that you are actually dreaming while awake.
    Agreed. I'm one of these people that stays up very late and tries to get by with the least amount of sleep and I have hallucinated. If I'm up at, like 3am, working on something, I might nod off and hallucinate.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sammii View Post
    Thanks so much to everyone who replied! I feel more normal hearing about other people who also hallucinate, which was my goal iin this post. I do get more than enough sleep, but I suffer from a few things (anemia, low thyroid), which constantly makes me feel tired and ready to sleep, so it could be day-time dreaming, as you guys call it.
    Oh! you didn't mention the anemia and low thyroid before. That can affect a lot of things.

    I would try your very best to get those corrected first before start on psychiatric meds because you may not even need them. (Especially the anemia). I had some really bad anemia and it really will throw your body off.

    Try Slow-Fe if you don't take those already and take them with some sort of fruit juice that has vitamin C (helps the iron abosrb better). It can take up to 6 months to build your blood levels back up and by the time you show symptoms you are already seriously low.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sammii View Post
    I appreciate you clarifying. It makes a lot more sense now! I'm going to pick up my iron (B-12) and Vitamin C from the pharmacy this week. This is the first time I've been on medication for my anemia. I'll ask them about the Slow-Fe and if it's okay to take while I'm on the other medications since I'm so low on iron. Someone on here reccommended Vitamin A, so I'm going to ask about that as well.

    I never thought about anemia affecting my mind, but it makes sense now. I'm definantly going to do some research until I can go to the psychiatrist. I wish the medications didn't take so long to kick in, but at least I know what's wrong with me. For the longest time, I thought I had HIV when I just had low iron.
    A blood test for iron won't cost you much.

    Iron is tricky - you don't want to overdo it but my doc had me take a double dose of the Slow-FE for 2 months, with a blood test every 4 weeks. I started feeling better the very next day after my first dose. It made a huge difference.

    After I got my blood levels closer to normal I did just one dose a day, then after 6 months now I only take it during my period.

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    ^ I was actually researching iron today because my period started and read about the differences between low hemoglobin and low iron:

    The author points out that the body is essentially a closed system for iron burning off about 1mg a day normally, and otherwise it's stored:
    "Before taking iron you must test saturation and ferritin. Ferritin indicates storage iron, which is not essential to maintain life. If both saturation and ferritin are extremely low, you must find out why. Low iron is a signal that iron is being used by cancer cells or is feeding bacteria, or usually it means there is chronic daily blood loss. The bleeding could be from an ulcer or tumor, etc. The source must be found."

    Having a low hemoglobin level is something different though.
    "The other thing to note is that hemoglobin is not iron! Yes, you are anemic if your hemoglobin is low but that does not necessarily mean your iron is low. Indeed, what might be happening is that the iron is collecting in storage instead of going into hemoglobin. You are actually iron-loaded and need iron removed despite the anemia. The anemia should be treated with B vitamins, especially B12, B6 and folic acid. Many patients with anemia are dying of iron overload, and some are hastened to their death by their physicians who give them more iron."


    here's the article:
    http://www.vitamins-nutrition.org/vi...-overdose.html

    Here's also a couple pages of alt-health stuff from earthclinic re: anemia:
    http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/anemia.html

    What are your periods like?





    If you have two bipolar parents though, doesn't that mean your chances are really high for having it or something similar as well?

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    ^I'm adding this because I personally find it fascinating from an alternative health point of view:

    http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/menstruation.html

    I myself have moderate to moderately heavy periods, and cramps can put me out of whack for a whole day though it's really bad for several hours.

    I've found that using blackstrap molasses (don't have any at the moment) actually made my periods shorter, and if I took enough right when the cramps hit and kept taking it throughout the day, my periods would go away and I'd actually feel "normal" which never happens unless I'm really on top of it with massive amounts of ibprofen and even then that's a crap shoot. I can't really explain it that great but it seemed like it made the passed blood more *solid* and less of a liquid mess so it...I don't know, my periods seemed easier. When I would take blackstrap every few hours I could even walk around without a tampon or a pad (though I'd stick close to home anyway.) Not that you have to go that route, understand, it just was my personal preference and I didn't have really any issues except slight bleeding that meant I'd have to go to the restroom, "pass" some blood, and then I'd be good to go for awhile.

    I also found that I'm prone towards constipation (sorry for the tmi) and when I take blackstrap it almost automatically fixed that, even when I wasn't on my period.

    Now-- it does taste kind of nasty, but if you do shakes, or can incorporate it into your food somehow you don't have to down it straight. But when I have a bottle, I happily chug it (and make no mistake, it is nasty) just because it worked that well for me.

    I also know blackstrap helps anemia.

    The thing that I like about EarthClinic is that they cross reference-- so you can look up a symptom, or you can look up a supplement.

    Check out the Molasses section to see what else it's anecdotally treated:
    http://www.earthclinic.com/Remedies/molasses.html

    For example, you mentioned anxiety and one person wrote that molasses helped them with that. Now, I wouldn't necessarily depend on that, but it's a good start for research, and if you're taking it for other reasons-- you might find it helps other conditions you have.

    Obviously do your research because everybody is different.

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    I haven't been on birth control in ages, but no-- I highly, highly doubt it because it's vitamins and minerals.

    Here's the nutritional info:
    http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?d...name=foodspice

    I've gotten the whole foods brand, and I think I've gotten a bottle with a big yellow label on it, something with plantation in the name. But just make sure you get unsulphered since some brands add sulpher to help extract it from the cane.

    My dad's like me and had bad constipation issues, so I added some to his coffee (3 tablespoons or three "chugs" to me ) and he was able to do that just fine.

    I think my sister tried it and she said it didn't help She said she took just as much as me, so your mileage may vary

    One other thing, I find myself getting angry more easily, or more easily flustered and wound up and like mentally really frustrated and...panicky is a little extreme but something like that all together when I haven't had a bowel movement in awhile. I'm not a huge fan of laxatives, but occasionally will use epsom salt flushes or vitamin c flushes. I think blackstrap molasses is a lot healthier because it's not causing your body to purge. I think it just softens everything and provides what your body needs that it's not getting from its food.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sammii View Post
    After I finish off the medication that my pharmacy gives me, I'll probably just start taking OTC medication, llike Slow-Fe (thanks for the recommendation, by the way), because I don't see the point in going to the pharmacy for something I can get at Walgreens. So now that you've taken medication for 6 months, do you feel like you did before you were anemic? Like is your sleepiness and low motivation gone or to a minimum? Thanks!
    Yes, definitely! I started feeling better right away and the sleepiness left me within a week actually. You have to keep taking it even after you start to feel better though to rebuild your iron stores, which take months to build back up.

    The B-12 isn't the same thing as iron though so that you may want to continue.

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    I know when I've lacked in sleep I see strange things. The most memorable hallucination I ever had was when I had a high fever with chicken pox. I saw Fred Flintstone on my ceiling and saw the word yabba dabba doo being written on the ceiling by him. Freaked me out and almost 30 years later I still remember.

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    That, my dear, is what is known as an anal fissure.

    The best way to deal with that is two fold:
    1. you have to make the matter so slippery or moist it "falls out." Gross, I know. Black Strap makes it super moist and mushy so that'll help.

    2. If you wait a few days after achieving regular bowel movements, and do some kegals it'll help bring blood to that area and help heal up the area. Cayenne or spicy food also helps boost blood circulation but you don't want to make it too spicy or else it'll burn. I've also found from when I was having a REALLY hard time with this issue and had the fissure as well as the hemmorroids (ah ha ha, yeah-- tmi to everyone who doesn't have this issue) that just resting my vibrator against the backdoor (obviously disinfecting it before and after) also brings blood to that area and helps heal that area faster. I got that piece of tidbit from an online article and between the vibe and the kegels, I hardly have issues anymore and I hardly ever have even a small hemmorroid which is great since they could be so embarrassing in intimate circumstances.

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    The Fred Flintstone thing was bizarre but to this day I can't explain it.

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    Wow. I looked at the first post and jumped straight to the last post to write something. How do you go from hallucinations to hemorrhoids so quickly?

    Anyway I was going to suggest you see a psychologist or psychiatrist. My teenage daughter has seen spirits and heard voices since she was small. After we were almost burnt out by massive bushfires in our area, and experienced a lot of stress, these voices and spirits turned evil on her and she started self harming. As the psychiatrist said- theres nothing wrong about seeing or hearing things but when it starts to interrupt your life then it is a problem.
    These things often escalate after a stressful event it's called psychosis and more likely to be your problem than bipolar. My daughter is now on anti-psychotic drugs which have lessoned the visions and voices dramatically and stopped her self harming. The drugs made her tired and lethargic at first but with some adjustments to the dosage she is happy and active.

    just raead a bit more- Sounds like your body is under a bit of stress. perhaps that is what has triggered it? I had a bout of hallucination and someone shouting my name for a few months- again i was under a lot of stress, and interestingly I also had extemely low iron levels (same heavy period and cramping problems. I just take birth control continuosly and skip periods- with doctors approval). I was so low in energy I could barely lift my feet to walk.
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    ah ha ha! Well, she did sound like she didn't normally feel comfortable bringing this up, and what can I say? When it comes to shit (har har) like this, I have no shame

    Sammii, I wouldn't be too scared about the fissure-- they're painful and it sucks, and luckily you're not bleeding, but in all likelihood, once you start passing your BMs more smoothly it'll just heal up on it's own. Kegels aren't hard at all. You just tense your cooter or your butt. Kegels are done mainly to strengthen the vaginal wall but they're good for the backdoor too

    Anyway, as far as the voices and such go--everyone else seems to have better ideas for that.
    I will be curious to see if there is any influence between getting rid of the toxins in your body more quickly and your brain chemistry (if it is your brain chemistry and not something like what Sananenko posted which I find so utterly fascinating.

    p.s. I just googled kegel and I see what you mean about it seeming complicated. LOL. I wasn't talking about getting the weights I was talking about just clenching your muscle several times over and over whenever you think about it. Nifty little exercise you can do anywhere without anyone knowing.

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    ah ha ha! Well, she did sound like she didn't normally feel comfortable bringing this up, and what can I say? When it comes to shit (har har) like this, I have no shame

    Sammii, I wouldn't be too scared about the fissure-- they're painful and it sucks, and luckily you're not bleeding, but in all likelihood, once you start passing your BMs more smoothly it'll just heal up on it's own. Kegels aren't hard at all. You just tense your cooter or your butt. Kegels are done mainly to strengthen the vaginal wall but they're good for the backdoor too

    Anyway, as far as the voices and such go--everyone else seems to have better ideas for that.
    I will be curious to see if there is any influence between getting rid of the toxins in your body more quickly and your brain chemistry (if it is your brain chemistry and not something like what Sananenko posted which I find so utterly fascinating.

    p.s. I just googled kegel and I see what you mean about it seeming complicated. LOL. I wasn't talking about getting the weights I was talking about just clenching your muscle several times over and over whenever you think about it. Nifty little exercise you can do anywhere without anyone knowing.
    If you find it fascinating we can always go private.

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