This can only be a quick one because I need to get ready for college. I just need to get this out and down so I can go on with my day a little less scared.
Last night things were back to moving round my room, fine I can cope with that. It was when I was lying down that a face appeared in the darkness and I began to hear whispering. I tried to go get my mum but I couldn’t move, I could feel myself moving but all I could see was the view from my bed no matter where I moved to. I know I was awake through this. That it was real. I could hear the traffic outside my window.
Eventually I managed to crawl upstairs to get my mum and she came rather worriedly to stay with me for the night. By this point I could see again but was terrified of being on my own again and at the prospect of closing my eyes to sleep. Up until the point I must’ve fell asleep, I could see the face. It was human based but bigger with large white slashes for eyes.
This morning I just feel detached.
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Are you taking a lot of zopiclone? I think it’s meant as a short term drug, to break an insomnia cycle. I may be wrong here, but I think any of the insomnia drugs can have side effects including hallucinations.
Bipolar isn’t unusual in causing hallucinations either. I think it all just points to how important it is that you get on some decent meds soon.
I would report the hallucinations to the doctor and see if they can switch the zopiclone out for something else in the meantime.
Seeing faces in the night is not going to help the insomnia much…
I’ve not actuallly taken any zopiclone for a few months now, mainly because I’ve wanted to save it so I could have a long sleep without interruptions of early mornings etc. This weekend will be the zopiclone weekend. My GP only gives me 7 each week, though I have to double them up because they’re not strong enough to get me off, so thats 3.5 okay sleeps in a fortnight. This said, it can’t be the zopiclone, though I wish it was because at least it would have a simple solution.
Take carex
Here’s hoping you get at least 1 decent night this weekend, insomnia on it’s own is horrendous without adding hallucinations to it…take care, hope the weekend improves.
Thankyou x
Sometimes I wish I could experience hallucinations so I could relate to this. But I don’t. All I know is that it must be scary as hell.
May I ask you what other medication are you taking?
I came off my meds a few weeks ago, so nothing but the odd zopi at the moment x
Why did you come off your meds?
Hair was falling out. x
How annoying.
Are you planning on going back? A different cocktail maybe?
Seeing my psych in a couple of weeks to talk tablets x
ugh – all these pills. pills pills pills pills, meds meds meds. i bet the meds mess you up just as bad as the actual problems!
They certainly make life harder rather than better. though I’m coming to realised how muted they must of made me because I’ve come out in my ture colurs now and all my moods have just escalated both ways since. Least now I can hold a cup with out the drink shaking away to the floor.
A couple of weeks seems like a long time to let someone go without meds, support or any kind of backup? Have they formally diagnosed you BP yet? Sorry if I missed a post, I havent had a chance to backread yet…
I’ve got to wait until the 29th before I see psychiatrist again. I seem to have got lost in the system. My care co-ord was ill last time and hasn’t contacted me since. I was asked to leave group therapy. So I’ve not spoken to anyone except my GP which was once a couple of weeks ago and he hasn’t even been sent a letter about anything yet.
No formal diagnosis yet no, but I’m becoming increasingly certain. Psych was “pretty certain” and just wanted me to complete a mood diary for 6 weeks. x