I'd assume Ambien (Zolpidem), which is probably the most commonly prescribed sleep aid.tthor said:mind telling me what kind of medication these are? and where I can get some?
(screw this, i wanna hang out with spiderman and green lantern!)
OH GOD.DrRockor said:I've had weird dreams from a fever but then I have weird dreams anyway..
Yeah, you've really convinced me there pal.Salad Is Murder said:No, and I'm guessing neither have you.SpectacularWebHead said:Anyone experienced anything like this?
This is also completely untrue.DoomyMcDoom said:Dude, life is a hallucination of sorts, after all everything you observe is just what your brain interprets your occular input as, which means what you might see as red could be what someone else calls turquoise, but since turquoise looks like something else to you, and they always called what you see as turquoise red, that you see that and identify it as red, but when someone else looks at it, it totally looks like a different colour, now apply that to EVERYTHING, now reassemble your brain.
Perspective is life.
the main reason i wont use it to help me sleep. Im afraid i would far too easily become relient on it. that coupled with the fact most sleeping pills cant be taken with my lithium.KingHodor said:I'd assume Ambien (Zolpidem), which is probably the most commonly prescribed sleep aid.
There is actually a game out there called the "Ambien challenge" in which you pop one or more pills, then try to stay awake in order to drift into a hallucinogenic dreamlike state.
Problem is that this stuff can be highly addictive, both psychologically and physically (it is chemically classified as a "non-benzodiazepine", meaning that despite its distinct structure it produces effects similar to the extremely habit-forming "benzos"), so my advice would be not to screw around with it.
Sounds like you have (had?) Old Hag Syndrome. A room mate of mine had the same issue, he'd often complain of waking up in the middle of the night, unable to move while he thought he saw some creepy old woman standing over him.The Rogue Wolf said:I used to have night terrors. Wake up with my heart racing in fear, unable to move while some indistinguishable but terrifying shape seemed to loom over me, eventually fading away and leaving me able to move. Haven't had that happen to me since I was around 20 or so, thankfully.
But yeah, OP, tell your doctor about these hallucinations. Hilarity aside, they could be a somewhat serious side effect and you might need the dosage tweaked downward.
That's creepy. I get sleep paralysis every once in a while, but since I'm used to it, and it doesn't feel threatening, I usually feel restful, and can drift back to sleep.Syzygy23 said:Sounds like you have (had?) Old Hag Syndrome. A room mate of mine had the same issue, he'd often complain of waking up in the middle of the night, unable to move while he thought he saw some creepy old woman standing over him.
http://roohikhan.hubpages.com/hub/Do-you-have-Sleep-Paralysis-The-Old-Hag-Syndrome
Wait a second... were you actually expecting me to give responsible, and medically sound advice?Esotera said:Sorry but that's terrible advice...this clearly isn't something that OP was expecting of the medication, and a lot of sleeping pills can have the side effect of triggering psychosis. While the hallucinations themselves are most likely harmless it wouldn't be something most people would want on a permanent basis, so OP should be talking with a doctor about the side effects.Kargathia said:As long as he sticks with hallucinating superheroes on an idle loop then he might as well stay on them.
Um, I did, that's how I got the medication. He warned me about it, I thought I...Kendarik said:You need to see your doctor, NOW.SpectacularWebHead said:So I've been given some medication for a minor sleep disorder, and a listed side effect is that I have begun hallucinating. VIVIDLY.
I'm Not Erin, I'm Rick James *****.Angelblaze said:A...Are you Erin from Critical Mass with a minor upgrade?SpectacularWebHead said:So I've been given some medication for a minor sleep disorder, and a listed side effect is that I have begun hallucinating. VIVIDLY.
To give you an example of what I'm talking about, I'm currently sitting opposite black suit spiderman, hanging from the ceiling. I've written down the recurring ones, Black suit spidey, batman and robin, green lantern and commander shepard. Each of them are stuck on a loop of some description. Spidey hangs on a web, gently swaying, batman and robin have some unclear dialogue they repeat, green lantern appears, makes a cup of coffe, and leaves, and commander shepard stands in the middle of the room dancing. Yeah...My psyche is clearly very weird.
Not just them, though. Celebrities, animals, videogame characters, inanimate objects. It's weirding me out. Earlier I thought I saw a cup that I had been looking for, and it turned out to not be there. It's weirding me out.
Anyone experienced anything like this?
And no. But drugs do that to you.
Cocaine is a hellova drug.
However, in your own defense I've had weird dreams involving video game characters too. Everything from Samus Aran to the Brute from AmnesiaD. I prefer the former rather then the latter though.
I do remember one specfic dream I had where spiderman and I went to a coffee shop and, interestingly enough, talked about politics, the weather and other things. They were all things that I agreed with so maybe my mind was superimposing me onto Spiderman (at the time, I was playing Spiderman 2 the video game ALL THE TIME when I wasn't sleeping) and trying to show me my own beliefs, shown through something I had taken a fondness for.
Perhaps to prove to me that my beliefs weren't bad or flawed but were still imperfect or slightly shambled.(Spiderman couldn't get his life together remember? lol)
And you say I'm a liar?Salad Is Murder said:False: The Shepard Shuffle is a tried and true, get down and boogie wit'cho bad self dance move. Only the Running Man is more beautiful in its execution and grace.Alternative said:Oh god i feel sorry for you, i cant imagine how horrible that would be. i mean Commander Shepard is a horrible dancerSpectacularWebHead said:Spidey hangs on a web, gently swaying, batman and robin have some unclear dialogue they repeat, green lantern appears, makes a cup of coffe, and leaves, and commander shepard stands in the middle of the room dancing.