Seeing things

Today at work, I was reading email and all of a sudden the screen looked like waves. It was like I was looking at an overhead view of the ocean when it’s windy. It only lasted a few seconds. But later in the morning, I could clearly see a face a few feet to my right out of the corner of my eye. When I looked, there was no one there.

The only thing I’ve ever hallucinated before were bugs. Black bugs that crawl just outside of my main field of vision. But I can see their legs and things. When I look directly at them, I know they’re not there.

I’ve heard this is called pseudohallucinating because I’m aware that what I’m seeing isn’t real.

Does anyone else get this? Could it be a med side effect?

Yes its happened to me several times. I ususally end up getting worse though.

In my case, my pdoc said the waves thing is normal.

I've seen my desk ripple like the ocean, and it's from the way I look at it. It's difficult to describe, but it's basically my eyes playing tricks on me, not a hallucination. People's eyes work in a way such that staring at something (or even being fixated on something) can cause waves and warping, but that's because of the way saccades work. Your brain wants your eyes to be moving at all times (which they almost always are), and when they're fixated too much, that's when you see the waves and warping. Your eyes and brain aren't used to being steady. So usually, that warping/waves stuff only lasts a few seconds... max.

I've also had the face thing. That's not a hallucination for me. It's an illusion.

Try staring at something for about 10 seconds without moving your eyes. Basically, do with your eyes what happens when you space out. You'll see the waves again.

I saw the ground ripple through an intersection from my right to the left like in a pool...it was no small wave either....enough for me to go ho ****! Lol.

This was no eye trick.

Look up optical illusions on you tube....there some really kewl ones there that causes waves and ripples...but they aren’t nothing like a visual hallucination.

I wear glasses and attribute all the corner of the eye stuff to it...even the ones that feel like a presence...it keeps me calm.