I think I'm starting to hear and see things that I know aren't there and I'm wondering what your experiences are with this.
I'm thinking of mentioning this to my pdoc but I'm trying to figure out if this is really a thing I need to be worried about or whether it'll pass.
Basically like the title says I am seeing things I know are not real and hearing voices I know are not present. It happens randomly and lasts just a couple of seconds each time.
It's nothing threatening or scary but when I see something it'll be a person that's just sitting around or standing someplace. When I hear something it's a voice saying random words that don't make any sense most of the time. Sometimes it's clear but there's no context so I don't understand what it is saying. Both are intense enough to grab my attention from what I'm doing at the time.
I thought that since I'm taking an antipsychotic that this shouldn't happen but it seems it is happening.
I have a feeling this is related to my lack of sleep during the past several weeks.
What are your experiences with this and when did you tell your pdoc or treatment team about it?
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