Tactile hallucinations

I can’t tell if I’m hallucinating or if I’m just getting weird sensations for some other reason. I keep feeling bugs crawling on me, sharp pains like if someone were to cut me how it hurts then gets hot, and twice now I’ve thought my husband bumped into me on purpose only to turn around to get angry at him and he’s not even next to me.

I feel like I’m doing pretty well other than these things, and usually tactile hallucinations are one of the first to go and last come back when I up my meds, so it seems unlikely. But what else could it be? I feel like I’m going crazy feeling these things.

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I get tactiles sometimes, though they’re more rare after I switched to Invega.

Has anything been stressing/worrying you recently?
How is your sleep?

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Did you change your meds at all or accidentally miss a dose? Cause it sounds like tactile hallucinations

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I mean, the place is a mess because we’re in the middle of moving and clutter makes me stressed. And we don’t have the security cameras set up yet so I’m pretty much always anxious that someone is going to come murder us or kidnap my daughter and there’s going to be no video and Mr LED will have no idea what happened.

But, typically, voices come back first. So this is just unusual. I can take some extra haldol tonight and see if it helps. I’m just not convinced it’s not something else. Like, maybe it’s something neurological?

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Definitely sounds like you might be hallucinating. Tactile hallucinations would kill me. I can’t stand being touched by unknown things. Hope you feel better!

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I just got my shot Monday, so it should be in my system by now. And I’ve been taking the same dose of oral for a couple weeks now. My sleep has been kind of ■■■■, but I’ve been taking Klonopin so I’ve actually been getting more sleep than normal, though only by an hour or so.

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This is seriously going to drive me to drink. Not really because I’m not drinking this year, but it’s going to make me really regret that decision.

I need to find out what else this could be. I’m not totally convinced it’s hallucinations. Why don’t I have any voices?

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I want to say that you know yourself best, and that if you’re worried, you should see a doctor.

But another part of me wants to say that a hallucination is a hallucination. Even though the voices usually come first, maybe the tactiles just came first this time. Or maybe the new medicines are working on the part of your brain that makes voices, but not the part that makes tactile hallucinations?

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It’s all haldol, though. And I’ve been on the shot for 3 months now. I’ve been on oral haldol for like 4 years now. My meds haven’t really changed.

What if someone is poisoning me? Or maybe it’s something about this new apartment. Ugh. What if I’m doing this to myself and don’t even realize it?

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I doubt anyone’s poisoning you.
It’s most likely just the stress of moving and such.

But like I said, if you’re in doubt, it doesn’t hurt to see a doctor.

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I hope youre okay @LED. It sounds like schizophrenia to me. Try to calm yourself down. Hopefully the paranoia and hallucinations will go away. If not, like @Berru said, call your doctor. It may be as simple as them advising you to take more medication.

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I think it’s the stress, dear. Just try to take sometime to try to relax. And call your doctor.

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I have extra haldol I can take PRN. My oral dose is all up to me, I’ve just been at 10 mg for a few weeks now. I can take up to 20 mg a day, but I never go up that high because then I’m a drooling zombie.

I already took an extra 5 mg. Hopefully it’ll help.

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I hope so too. If you need to talk I’m here for you.

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I read that insecticides can cause peripheral neuropathy. Maybe it’s that. A symptom, besides the stabbing pain and crawling feelings, is instability and falling. That could explain my weird wobbly feeling I had yesterday, or the day before, I’m having a hard time remembering days.

Maybe when they treated our carpets Monday they used the wrong stuff and it’s poisoning me. I’m sure they’d never admit it. They’ll all just say I’m crazy.

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Go to the doctor if you are experiencing symptoms that lead you to believe you are unsafe.

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It’s 8:30 on a Saturday night and I can’t afford emergency care. I’m stuck speculating until at least Monday, but my pdoc isn’t in until Tuesday. So it depends what happens tomorrow if I believe it’s mental or physical.

I already have a few different physical pain disorders, so it makes me really not sure. For all I know it could be one if those acting up in a new way.

Or maybe I’m just crazy and the extra haldol will help.

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I genuinely don’t believe that poison is causing your problems. I hope you feel better soon!

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Honestly, I don’t either. But I’m desperate for answers and I don’t want it to be that I’m crazy.

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I can understand that. But you have to take care of yourself.

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