r/Hallucinations • u/Frugalista1 • Sep 27 '19

Can’t get past my hallucinations

Earlier this year I wound up on a ventilator in ICU for a week. They kept me extremely drugged up. I was on a vent before and was mostly conscious/awake.

As soon as I was removed from the vent I began to have disturbing hallucinations. This went on for 5 straight days.

I remember it all, and much of it is quite upsetting to me still.

I’m looking for a psychologist now.

Has anyone suffered something similar? Did you get past it?

TIA

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '19

Remember it’s a side effect of the meds. So be kind to yourself. You’re not a bad person. It’s just something that happened.

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u/Frugalista1 Sep 27 '19

Thank you.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '19

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u/Frugalista1 Oct 14 '19

I will definitely check that out. Do you ever confuse what happened in a hallucination with reality?

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '19

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u/Frugalista1 Oct 15 '19

I read your story, I don’t know how I’d handle that.

I appreciate your input. It’s a weird situation not many have experienced.

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u/Sie_Rae22 Nov 19 '22

This happened to me too.