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Sleep Disorders |
Sleep Hallucinations08/28/2006 |
I am a female 15 year old. When I lay down to sleep, I sometimes hear voices. They are not commands telling me to do bad stuff. It sometimes calls my name or says stuff like "good job", I get a feeling like someone touching me after that. I usualy have trouble sleeping.I also get very sleepy during the day. I heard these voices when i was younger, but my mother didn`t know what to do. I have also been having strange emotions lately. I will smile and then tell myself not to be happy. I was depressed I while ago but I thought i was over it. I don`t know if this could be somekind of REM that has hallucinations or deppression. Maybe its just me overreacting?
I don’t think this is simply overreacting.
Hearing voices when lying down to sleep can be a sign of several different kinds of problems. Hypnagogic (onset of sleep) hallucinations are sights, sounds or feelings occurring at the interface between wake and falling asleep. These hallucinations may be pleasant or terrifying. Although hypnagogic hallucinations in someone with excessive daytime sleepiness usually suggests a diagnosis of narcolepsy, they can occur in anyone with disturbed sleep or a disrupted sleep schedule.
Partial seizures can also be activated by drowsiness and may include hearing voices. People with toxic or psychotic states often believe that the hallucinations are real, whereas patients with hypnagogic hallucinations usually know that they are not.
Another cause of hallucinations includes medication side effects. You don’t comment about whether you are taking any kind of medications, so this may need to be looked into as well.
Given your history of depression, I think it would good for you to talk with your family physician or psychiatrist about these events. If you have history of daytime sleepiness, snores or other symptoms they may refer you to a sleep specialist. They will want to know if you hear the voices at any other time other than when falling asleep.
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Mark Splaingard, MD Professor, Clinical Pediatrics Pulmonary Medicine Nationwide Children’s Hospital College of Medicine The Ohio State University |
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