[[LockedDoor]]

For a while now, I will see something out the corner of my eye. It's always the corner, never directly in-front of me. I see a face, or a person (on occasions), but I only see a glimpse, it kind of like an eye-floaty, you know it's there but when you try and look it, vanish. It gives me chills, I try and use reason to calm myself down, or say my mind is playing tricks on me, but when I think about how vivid the hallucinations are, the sheer terror is indescribable. I truly want to say I do not see anything. I feel sudden bursts of anxiety, this only comes after the hallucination. I felt like I needed to talk about this, somewhere. Please help.

[Piraeus]

Hi Locked Door. Welcome to Psych Central. I too have hallucinations out of the corner of my eyes. It's troublesome for sure. I don't like to tell people, because they just shrug it off and don't believe me. I have paranoid schizophrenia, so this happens often. I also suffer from anxiety too. Sometimes the hallucinations trigger my anxiety.

I take Invega for the schizophrenia. I would suggest you see a pdoc and a therapist asap. They may be able to help you, so please consider it.

Sincerely,

Piraeus

[Skittles56]

I have that kind of hallucination off and on. Sometimes it goes beyond just being out of the corner of my eye. I'll be working on my laptop and see movement over the top of the display. When I look, it's there long enough for me to tell what it was and then it's gone. I also have similar auditory hallucinations. I hear a sound or someone talking and when I pay attention to it, it goes away.

I am bipolar. My psychiatrist has had me on anti-psychotics for a couple of years. I was on Saphris for about a year and now I'm on Seroquel. He's not really sure why the hallucinations continue even though I'm on anti-psychotics, but he said they are so infrequent and they don't stick around, it's likely not something I need to worry about. I'm pretty sure they would be worse if I wasn't on an anti-psychotic.

I know it can be upsetting. For me it's just a bit unsettling. I suppose it's that way because I realize it's just a symptom of my bad brain chemistry. Talk to your doctor. Be sure to tell him/her about them in detail. Having them the way you are shouldn't interfere with your life unless they happen all the time.

Hope this helps.