[blackwhitered]

So just before Christmas I felt a hypomanic episode coming on. And I went off my meds (don't try this at home). And there was this one night where I stayed up and I felt like my senses were on overdrive. I could feel everything, hear everything, see everything in technicolor, etc. It got kind of overwhelming so I closed my eyes and tried to stay still. And gradually the sounds I was hearing started to "translate" into pictures and sensations. Not like visualizing a door closing when you hear a door close, but mentally seeing different shapes or feeling a sensation that corresponded to different sounds. It was actually pretty pleasant for an hour or two before I got sensory overload and had to take some hydroxyzine and tylenol.

ANYWAY... Has this ever happened to you?

[Faraway tree]

Yup I had it my whole life.

Until I started meds....

Hmm

[IndieVisible]

Yes I have experienced this sensation and even sounds turning in to words with meanings. I didn't know they had a name for it. I thought it was just another delusion

[hamster-bamster]

I have had synesthesia since very early on. It is not dangerous or anything (per a licensed neuropsychologist who knows about it).

I would say enjoy it!

[BipolaRNurse]

I've always been a synthesthete, although I didn't even know there was a word for what I experience and the (very) few people I told about it thought I was weird. I learned about it when I was in my 40s, and now find that it's relatively common in bipolar disorder.

I see numbers, letters, and words in colors, and I can "taste" colors as well. To someone whose wires aren't crossed this way, that makes NO sense, but to me it's as natural as breathing.

[Happy Camper]

I'm not sure. I have a very visual-spatial mind, and I almost seem to hear shapes and see writing on surfaces when there is none.