Fear of Hallucinating When Having Panic Attack

i have exacly these feelings i feel as though i will start seeing things/hallucinating how long have u been like this for?

What things do people see when they hallucinate? Do you see like, a demon or a monster or something that just doesn't exist or what? Do you know it's not really there?

This post is in reply to eOns of gREy's reply to my original message.

Well, in this post I was only talking about the fear of hallucinating. I never actually hallucinated while having a panic attack.

I do, however, know some things about hallucinations that might help answer your question. To hallucinate is to perceive something that is not really there. There are many types of hallucinations because hallucinations can affect any sense. So this includes taste, touch, auditory, olfactory (smelling things that aren't there), and as you mentioned...seeing things.

Most of the time people think that hallucinating is just seeing things that aren't there. It is not just generalized to that sense. However, a visual hallucination could be seeing demons like you said, but it could also be seeing ANYTHING. It could be just a strange pattern on the wall, seeing objects, people, animals, anything really.

With other hallucinations, you can experience things such as feeling somebody touching your shoulder when nobody is there, hearing voices when there's nobody there, and also smelling and tasting things that you aren't acutally experiencing.

People can often tell that it's not real and that it's just a hallucination. It can still be very disturbing (such as when you hallucinate as a result of taking drugs or as a symptom of a mental disorder that causes hallucinations). Sometimes, though, people cannot tell if the hallucination is real or not.

Hopefully that answers some of your questions.

i know that.. i wonder if i have auditory hallucinations. the other night.. i heard lots of noises... and there was no one there.

trash can opening
people stomping in my backyard
a hugeass boom like a someone slaming the back of a car door

wow that must be so scary! especially when you feel someone touching you when no one actually is!! arghhhh

Actually Chelsipie84, I've had some of those things happen to me. I felt a hand on my shoulder(multiple times) and no one as there. I've heard noises when no one was there. And then the things I said two posts above.

Are you having these hallucinations in your sleep (sleep paralysis) or are you just having hallucinations when you are fully awake?

Chelsipie- if it helps, hallucinations are not common with panic attacks.

However, they are possible to occur along with any other disorder really, but then that makes it a different diagnosis. The sense that you are kind've apart from reality is normal during panic, and doesn't necessarily mean you are going to hallucinate.

okay not to worry people. i feel like you're all worrying yourself. It's perfectly normal to convince yourself of abnormal slight hallusinations. i used to always feel tapping on my shoulder, it would more be a thought like "maybe i felt a tapping on my shoulder... im not sure?". theres nothing to worry about. oh and hearing things. often people can hear something slight. like cracking in the walls, and your mind will percieve it as something else. it can happen to any of your senses. stop freakin yourselves out =D nothing to worry about.

I've had this kind of episode for over 20 years. It might be a year between episodes, or a day. I get hot & sweaty (probably adrenaline) and experience weird, nightmare-like effects. At the same time, I'm aware that I'm having this thing, so I'm aware of being in both places at once.

I have anxiety, depression, allergies, migraine-like headaches, and tension headaches. I take meds for these conditions, but the docs don't know what to call or do about the going-away episodes.

I dont personally trust pills. i feel like they could often be the cause of anything abnormal. and i only base that off personal experience, so im not just pulling that out of the air.

I get panic attacks but it seems different than hallucinations. I haven't had a BIG panic attack in over a year where I called 911 but I didn't go to the hospital. I truly thought I was going to die but I talked myself into that this is just a panic attack and I'm going to be okay.
The wierd thing is I'm hallucinating that Heath Ledger is in my family room in his Joker costume even as I type this ( and haven't even seen the movie). I'm in my 3rd trimester of pregnancy. I don't know, maybe hallucinations are common during pregnancy, and I haven't had any panic attacks durign my pregnancy at all since I've been relaxed and excited. I don't think hallucinations are always part of panic attacks, it depends on the individual. I haven't suffered from them until now, and it's freaky!