[yesterdaysangel]

Hi. I am a 16 year old diagnosed with long-term depression with underlying suicidal thoughts at times, possible cyclothymia, severe ADHD and GAD, and i think that's it. anyway, in the past month or so i have been seeing things. It hasn't been so much like full sensory hallucinations so much as recurring paranoia with no trigger and seeing people or body parts or things that aren't there. Another example besides seeing the people or whatever was yesterday when I was doing arts and crafts I kept trying to cut the string to make it a certain length and I kept seeing it as the correct length so I would cut it only to discover that was only 2 inches long instead of a foot and half long and this happened more than once. clearly i don't have it as bad as so many other people but i feel like i'm losing it a bit and i don't like it at all. at first my mom thought i was being overdramatic but then even she, the skeptic, began to get scared of whatever **** i was seeing. i'm just wondering what to do, because it's only getting worse. also does anyone have any insight into what this may be?

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by yesterdaysangel

Hi. I am a 16 year old diagnosed with long-term depression with underlying suicidal thoughts at times, possible cyclothymia, severe ADHD and GAD, and i think that's it. anyway, in the past month or so i have been seeing things. It hasn't been so much like full sensory hallucinations so much as recurring paranoia with no trigger and seeing people or body parts or things that aren't there. Another example besides seeing the people or whatever was yesterday when I was doing arts and crafts I kept trying to cut the string to make it a certain length and I kept seeing it as the correct length so I would cut it only to discover that was only 2 inches long instead of a foot and half long and this happened more than once. clearly i don't have it as bad as so many other people but i feel like i'm losing it a bit and i don't like it at all. at first my mom thought i was being overdramatic but then even she, the skeptic, began to get scared of whatever **** i was seeing. i'm just wondering what to do, because it's only getting worse. also does anyone have any insight into what this may be?

my suggestion is get your eyes examined there are many disorders/diseases and problems that can cause things like seeing things that are not there, seeing things in parts rather than whole and having problems with depth perception like how long or short something really is vs how we perceive that when doing something.

another suggestion contact your treatment providers. sometimes medications can cause these kinds of problems.

another suggestion check out whether you are getting enough sleep and are on the right dietary eating. all of these things can cause the problems you posted about.

[iwonderaboutstuff]

I'm thinking it might be a reaction to meds. Have your mom call the doctor