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Originally Posted by Sinking Feeling
...The worse was when it felt like hundreds of bugs were crawling on both of my arms...
Does any one else with bipolar get this?
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Yes. Not often or by hundreds (TG). A few times very badly (I could NOT get a grip). For me it's not just my arms. Here, there and everywhere. It's like whack-a-mole. That sensation on my head particularly wigs me out.
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Originally Posted by Mikeyboy
There are times, particularly times when I'm restless and agitated in general, that it feels like I have fleas jumping all over me…. But there are never any fleas. It's quite frustrating, even knowing that there aren't actually any fleas, doesn't make the itchy, uncomfortable feeling go away.
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YES! This is the worst part. Rationally telling yourself over and over that it's not real but it won't stop! For me it's because on some level I don't really believe it. That you say fleas reminds me to mention that for me it isn't just "bugs" in general. It's the tiny "invisible" sorts -- like fleas and lice (omg), though I had a bad session over spiders once. Which of course only feeds into my mind not believing logic. Mind thinks that I don't see them not because they're not there, but because I can't see them, being so small. And quick. Or sneaky.
It's probably worth noting that I'm phobic of them. So it confuses the issue. Yes, it is a tactile hallucination (simply by definition), but what is it from? Anxiety run amok? Is it the sensation followed by the panic or is it panic creating the sensation? The worst episode of it that I ever had I don't remember thinking any stressful thought beforehand.
You've got my sympathies. They suck. (I have olfactory hallucinations too and can say that, despite it always being the smell of rotten chicken, I'd hands down take those over tactile(!))