I’m just asking because while they’ve mentioned extreme fatigue and weakness, migraines, muscle and joint aches, hand tremors, dizziness and lack of balance, I haven’t heard too many people sharing my hallucinations as a symptom.
I have heard voices on a few occasions, I’ve been acting out dreams, and I’m getting these olfactory hallucinations now. I’m pretty sure it’s neurological whatever I have, but we’re still testing to find out what’s going on.
I don’t have confusion or loss of memory or problems carrying out tasks, or at least as my kids say, no more than usual, lol.
Feedback welcomed, particularly anybody encountering symptoms regarding hallucinations without mental illness.
I have chronic headaches and migraines and I do hallucinate smells quite frequently. Have been doing so for about 15 years.
It used to be mostly peanut butter, now it’s mostly a specific incense I used to burn when I was a teen (haven’t burned it in years). Which is good because I hate peanut butter.
It’s a bit unnerving, but not actively harmful according to my neurologist; crossed wires. I’ve gotten in the habit of asking people if they can smell anything, or just ignoring it.
People don’t like to talk about hallucinations, because it’s often seen as a sign of being crazy, but happen to more people and more often than you’d think, any type of hallucinations. Our brains are really finicky, and there are more ways to go wrong than work right.
There’s a book by Oliver sacks called hallucinations that’s quite good. He’s a man who studied neurological disorder, and did a lot of drugs to experience some of the same things as his patients. Very good read if you hallucinate, imho.
Thank you. As I’m sure you know, it’s pretty weird and concerning. I’m looking forward to reading that book.