Drugs that made you see things

[PratchysRevenge]

For me, I was prescribed Ambien in 2007. I did exactly what the directions said NOT to do and took my meds with a beer.

This was something I did for the next 6 years. It was a low point of sorts for myself. A series of setbacks.

But I SAW things on Ambien. Not like........... well I thought I might have seen something. Full blown hallucinations of things I had a hard time reconciling with my mind. We talk about the paranormal here, but what about when you see and experience things so real you can't tell reality from tricks your mind is playing?

 

[Debi]

For me, I was prescribed Ambien in 2007. I did exactly what the directions said NOT to do and took my meds with a beer.

This was something I did for the next 6 years. It was a low point of sorts for myself. A series of setbacks.

But I SAW things on Ambien. Not like........... well I thought I might have seen something. Full blown hallucinations of things I had a hard time reconciling with my mind. We talk about the paranormal here, but what about when you see and experience things so real you can't tell reality from tricks your mind is playing?

PR, many meds can alter the brain wave activity. The theory goes that when you do that, it may be like opening a doorway to other dimensions or vibrations. Ayahuasca is a drug that is said to do that. After all we're learning about consciousness, this may very well be proven as a fact soon. We are discovering that different brainwave states do seem to alter our abilitiy to see the paranormal.

As one who has had ...errr...."experience"...yeah, we'll call it that...with drugs in her youth, I can tell you that I believe it does open up some doorways. Ambien is considered a "sleeper" type of drug, and I've heard all sorts of stories about it. Including one from my middle son who was found wandering in his underwear down the middle of the road in a snowstorm after taking it. He told us someone was "guiding him down the road". Who knows for sure, but I keep my mind open to the possibilities that these doorways can and do open.

 

[Charleh]

i know from experience that alcohol, and withdrawal from alcohol can open you up to the spirit world, and not in a good way. mix that with a sedative like ambien and i can see that opening things wide up.

one thing i've noticed about a lot of hallucinations is sometimes they're totally disorderly and random, and sometimes you're in an altered state of mind where things just make perfect sense and it's like you've just overclocked your brain for the next hour or something. that's how i try to figure out if something profound is happening or im just tripping balls.

 

[PratchysRevenge]

i know from experience that alcohol, and withdrawal from alcohol can open you up to the spirit world, and not in a good way. mix that with a sedative like ambien and i can see that opening things wide up.

one thing i've noticed about a lot of hallucinations is sometimes they're totally disorderly and random, and sometimes you're in an altered state of mind where things just make perfect sense and it's like you've just overclocked your brain for the next hour or something. that's how i try to figure out if something profound is happening or im just tripping balls.

When I was doing Ambien, things were VERY strange. I was able to perform in ways I couldn't explain. I could do things that required skill and I performed these tasks. But my mind was totally checked out. I shared my script with a friend. He also said he was concerned that he could do things that usually required a lot of focus and attention. But on Ambien, he'd be high as a kite (mixed with alcohol) and the tedious and nerve racking would be carried out. Yet he wasn't really there........

 

[Debi]

When I was doing Ambien, things were VERY strange. I was able to perform in ways I couldn't explain. I could do things that required skill and I performed these tasks. But my mind was totally checked out. I shared my script with a friend. He also said he was concerned that he could do things that usually required a lot of focus and attention. But on Ambien, he'd be high as a kite (mixed with alcohol) and the tedious and nerve racking would be carried out. Yet he wasn't really there........

It's a sleeper type drug. It makes you "check out" with one part of the brain. Things that require other skills could still be done. Combined with the alcohol is a very, very bad risk. I'm glad you are still with us, because that combo can and does kill people.

I also think it may be a drug that can open portals, as I said before. That is a scary thought. What comes through may not be something you wish to encounter. From a paranormal standpoint, I'm not a fan of it at all.

Abien is a drug I feel needs more investigation and testing. I read stories all the time of some really adverse affects from it. Many of the sleeper drugs can have scary affects and in some people serious reactions to it. If you can't sleep, try the herbal remedies. So much safer.

 

[ozentity]

I knew a number of people when younger who took large doses of car sick tablets.They all had the same trip about meeting dwarf aliens and the aliens teaching them things.Seems strange they all had the same type of experience.Dont know what the active ingredient was but was obviously not for misuse

 

[garnetsilver]

I was prescribed Ambien about eight years ago. Several times, I found myself standing in the kitchen with no memory of getting out of bed. I asked my husband (boyfriend at the time) to be alert if I started getting out of bed, and make sure I wasn't just visiting the bathroom. Once I opened the front door but it was cold and that woke me. Later, I was also prescribed Lyrica. I found that the Lyrica made it hard to get drowsy, so I called my pharmacy and asked if it was okay to take one drug whilst on the other? He said it was alright, so I did. That was the night I started hallucinating like crazy. Inanimate objects appeared to have little faces on them and I, who had never experimented with drugs before, totally freaked out. My partner had to tie a scarf over my eyes and guide me to my bed so that I couldn't see all the weird stuff around me. I find the memory funny, now!

 

[ozentity]

I can't believe doctors could prescribe something so dangerous when some herbs or a brandy would help you sleep just fine.Ah yeah, doctors are supported by drug companies,silly me.

 

[Debi]

I can't believe doctors could prescribe something so dangerous when some herbs or a brandy would help you sleep just fine.Ah yeah, doctors are supported by drug companies,silly me.

True to some extent, but we as patients are also partly responsible for this. We want instant fixes for things we can most probably fix by altering our life styles to some degree. Yet most of us just want "the pill fix." There's an expectation that a doctor is a prescriber. A doctor used to actually "doctor", which they no longer have time to do. It used to involve talking and seeing what other ways something could be resolved. Now, the docs have serious time constraints and almost all are working within groups that have "rules" of how much time it should take to be with a patient.

 

[ozentity]

Last time I went to the doctors(to have a skin cancer frozen) the doc had a puffer set up on his desk for people with asthma.I had a slight cough and he was telling me to purchase this brand of puffer,my mate went there a couple of days later and copped the same thing.Neither of us have ever had asthma.He was like a salesman for this product.We are both changing doctors.Even in country NSW now your starting to be treated as a number.