toni Posted March 24, 2009 Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 hello everyone,i have some strange symptoms going on the past couple of days and just wondering if anybody else has expierenced any of these?-i noticed that my blood pressure drops really low at night right before bed-i wake up every morning with acid in my throat, sometimes it feels like its in my ears too?? sometimes it lasts all day, sometimes not. it just BURNS!-i've looked at the past messages and i've noticed alot on sleeping. i've been having real trouble sleeping - everytime i close my eyes i get flashing images, somtimes of actual things like people, sometimesof just light. AND this morning when i woke up i was just lying in bed when i heard someone say my name in my ear!!! and nobody was home!!! I'M HAVING AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS NOW??? i'm sooo fricken scared!!i feel like i'm losing it!!!!!toni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GayleP Posted March 24, 2009 Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 My BP is usually very low before I go to bed. 80/50 is a typical bedtime reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken_Shell Posted March 24, 2009 Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 Hi Toni,Did these strange symptoms start after you started a new medication, specifically an anti-depressant or a beta-blocker? If so, these medications can cause a lot of bizarre symptoms (more so the anti-depressants, but the beta-blockers can cause nightmares and unusual nightime disturbances), so perhaps that is the cause. You should check with your doctor if these happenings seem to be related with starting a new medication because they certainely seem scary. Hang in there! Any word yet on getting an appointment with an autonomic specialist?~ Broken_Shell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masumeh Posted March 24, 2009 Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 Hallucinations can happen with severe depression. Not all hallucinations indicate psychosis (as in detachment from reality). Try not to be alone too much. If your hallucinations have a theme, try to resolve feelings related to that. Ditto about medication and side-effects. Are you on steroids? Like Florinef? Steroids are famous for inducing psychosis, hallucinations, and more. Don't be too scared. These things happen more frequently than imagined, to perfectly normal people who are under totally abnormal stress or medication that does not suite their body chemistry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firewatcher Posted March 24, 2009 Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 Hi Toni, Welcome to the forum! It sounds like hynogogic hallucinations. Very common with sleep disturbances. People see and hear things when they are going into and coming out of sleep, sort of a half-awareness...but really freaky! There are also REM sleep intrusions when dreams happen during partial or complete awakenings. Fortunately they can occur due to simple sleep deprivation, unfortunately they can also happen due to other disturbances (like ANS problems.) I had what I believe now was REM sleep intrusion in my doctor's office, in front of him: his carpet turned into worms and crawled across the floor. If I had actually believed it was happening, I would have freaked out completely! Fortunately I was so exhausted that I accepted whatever I saw as coming from sleep deprivation and did not believe what I was seeing. I'm not sure I was physically able to freak out at that time anyway. At the time I was in the worst POTS crash I have ever had and I don't want to ever be that sick again! Try to calm down, and don't think you are going crazy!from Wikipedia:Hypnagogic hallucinations and hypnopompic hallucinations are considered normal phenomena. Hypnagogic hallucinations can occur as one is falling asleep and hypnopompic hallucinations occur when one is waking up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlefairy5 Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 As for the burning in your throat/ears, that sounds a lot like GERD to me. I felt/feel the same way with GERD. Expecially when I wake up in the morning. Your throat feels hot, your ear tubes like they're burning. I know.Good luck,Amber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajw4790 Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Hi,I agree with what everyone else has said. The acid symptoms does sound a lot like GERD/reflux. If you haven't already discussed this with your dr, try and do so. You could possibly try treating it with medication. For the sleep stuff, it does sound semi-similiar. I know some meds for me cause more vivid and weird dreams (and before I don't even remember dreaming...). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toni Posted March 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 thank you everyone for your responses! i feel so much better after getting all your advice!!i love this forum - i find everyone so helpful!x antonija Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toni Posted March 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 i just realized that i didn't answer any questions that you guys asked?! sorry - brain fog!regarding the auditory hallucination i had - i started effexor a couple of weeks ago and i haven't had a hallucination prior to that so maybe it's from the medication??and in regards to the autonomic specialist - i'm going to ask my family doctor to refer me to dr. carlos morrillo - i'll let you know how it goes tomorrow - hopefully successful!x toni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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