# Hallucinations?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Symptoms šŸŒ”\ **Created:** [January 15, 2012, 5:28am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/hallucinations/3699 "2012-01-15T05:28:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shelly3257](https://mvertigo.org/user_avatar/mvertigo.org/shelly3257/32/1017_2.png) [@shelly3257](https://mvertigo.org/u/shelly3257)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 5:28am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/hallucinations/3699/1 "2012-01-15T05:28:09Z")
Has anyone ever had hallucinations with their attacks - auditory and/or visual? Iā€™ve seen flashing lights, dots etc. but tonight I heard voices in my ear, got awful spins, and then started seeing flying bats and other scary things. It lasted maybe 5 mins but feels like I can still see things out of the corner of my eyes and Iā€™m freaking out. No new meds, nothing out of the ordinary, just a bad spell of attacks. I have basilar migraines if that helps. ---
**Author:** ![ichbindarren](https://mvertigo.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/ea5d25/32.png) [@ichbindarren](https://mvertigo.org/u/ichbindarren)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 5:44am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/hallucinations/3699/2 "2012-01-15T05:44:47Z")
That sounds like an aura? ---
**Author:** ![shelly3257](https://mvertigo.org/user_avatar/mvertigo.org/shelly3257/32/1017_2.png) [@shelly3257](https://mvertigo.org/u/shelly3257)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/hallucinations/3699/3 "2012-01-15T16:59:19Z")
It was definitely part of the aura, total lasted a couple of hours but it was VERY disturbing. Iā€™m used to seeing flashing lights, zig zags, dots etc. but when the things you see actually look like birds, bugs, snakes etc. itā€™s awful. And the voices, I kept jerking up thinking my kids were out of bed. I did some reading and I guess you can get hallucinations as part of the aura (only some sites/articles mentioned it, not all). ---
**Author:** ![longshort](https://mvertigo.org/user_avatar/mvertigo.org/longshort/32/32_2.png) [@longshort](https://mvertigo.org/u/longshort)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/hallucinations/3699/4 "2012-01-16T02:07:55Z")
_ā€” Begin quote from **ā€œshelly3257ā€** _ And the voices, I kept jerking up thinking my kids were out of bed. _ā€” End quote_ Sorry I had to chuckle at this, since it would mean that I am hallucinating too: I always think I hear some noise coming from my kidsā€™ room (I have two girls age 3 and 5). Half the time it really is a sound, the other time I am just being overly diligent and imagining something. Thatā€™s just a parent thing, not a MAV thing. As for seeing bats and stuff, probably that is just a primitive part of your brain trying to make sense of the strange stimuli from the MAV. Have you done a recent MRI of the brain to make sure there is no stroke issue? ---
**Author:** ![shelly3257](https://mvertigo.org/user_avatar/mvertigo.org/shelly3257/32/1017_2.png) [@shelly3257](https://mvertigo.org/u/shelly3257)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/hallucinations/3699/5 "2012-01-18T17:58:58Z")
_ā€” Begin quote from **ā€œlongshortā€** _ _ā€” Begin quote from **ā€œshelly3257ā€** _ And the voices, I kept jerking up thinking my kids were out of bed. _ā€” End quote_ Sorry I had to chuckle at this, since it would mean that I am hallucinating too: I always think I hear some noise coming from my kidsā€™ room (I have two girls age 3 and 5). Half the time it really is a sound, the other time I am just being overly diligent and imagining something. Thatā€™s just a parent thing, not a MAV thing. As for seeing bats and stuff, probably that is just a primitive part of your brain trying to make sense of the strange stimuli from the MAV. Have you done a recent MRI of the brain to make sure there is no stroke issue? _ā€” End quote_ Hahaha, no, I get the thing where you think you hear the kids. This was VERY distinct voices right in my ear saying, ā€œMom, Mom, get up!ā€ and things like that. My last MRI was less than a year ago and all clear. The neurologist said I didnā€™t even have any age related spots that are normally there. Every time I have one done, itā€™s clear. I do have basilar migraine so there is a slight stroke risk there. I have another appt. next month, Iā€™ll see if she wants to redo it. ---
**Author:** ![Onandon03](https://mvertigo.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/f08c70/32.png) [@Onandon03](https://mvertigo.org/u/Onandon03)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 10:28am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/hallucinations/3699/6 "2021-03-29T10:28:21Z")
Both visual and auditory hallucinations can occur both with our condition and as a result of some of the drugs that are used to treat it. However they occur with other conditions too. I was fascinated to see this article relating to visual hallucinations with Charles Bonnet Syndrome. [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-9365135/A-Victorian-girl-visits-Jon-time-knows-shes-not-ghost.html](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-9365135/A-Victorian-girl-visits-Jon-time-knows-shes-not-ghost.html) Just had to find out more about this. > **[Visual release hallucinations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_release_hallucinations)** > > Visual release hallucinations, also known as Charles Bonnet syndrome or CBS, are a type of psychophysical visual disturbance in which a person with partial or severe blindness experiences visual hallucinations. > First described by Charles Bonnet in 1760, the term Charles Bonnet syndrome was first introduced into English-speaking psychiatry in 1982. A related type of hallucination that also occurs with lack of visual input is the closed-eye hallucination. > People with significant vision loss may ... We obviously donā€™t have CBS but the brains the same and these hallucinations are related to brain input/output thatā€™s not functioning optimally. Could be reassuring to know ā€˜weā€™ arenā€™t the only ones to experience such things. [Pushing through side effects to get better](https://mvertigo.org/t/pushing-through-side-effects-to-get-better/1538) [Getting somewhere,visual symptoms and a question](https://mvertigo.org/t/getting-somewhere-visual-symptoms-and-a-question/19362) By the look of it, on here, spiders are a popular feature. All Iā€™ve had, so far, is beautiful colours, either like stained glass in a church window or large bedsheets of colour on the move. And of course the occasional fleeting black bird shaped shadow a very common one I understand. ---
**Author:** ![JonathanT](https://mvertigo.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/a88e57/32.png) [@JonathanT](https://mvertigo.org/u/JonathanT)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 12:25pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/hallucinations/3699/7 "2021-03-29T12:25:20Z")
What a coincidence, I was just going on the forum now to search about visual hallucinations and this post popped up! Iā€™ve actually been feeling quite good these last few days but last night was a weird one! I woke up several times during the night, and most of these times I could swear I saw a giant spider walking on the wall in the dark, getting closer to me every time I wake up. It was pretty scary until I came to my senses and realized itā€™s not possible, there are no spiders that size in my country, and a few seconds (and eye-rubs) later it disappeared. Was really wondering if itā€™s the Ami acting up or something else, so I went on the forum. Good to know Iā€™m not alone. ---
**Author:** ![Onandon03](https://mvertigo.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/f08c70/32.png) [@Onandon03](https://mvertigo.org/u/Onandon03)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/hallucinations/3699/8 "2021-03-29T13:17:42Z")
Often good to discover you arenā€™t the only one. Reassuring. Certainly seems an Ami thing, the spiders. One wonders why. Iā€™m not bothered about spiders as such though in the wee small hours I think Iā€™d prefer a little girl in Victorian dress. Visual hallucinations arenā€™t the only sort. Iā€™ve come across auditory hallucinations reported with Ami too. [Other symptoms](https://mvertigo.org/t/other-symptoms/16652)