Paragraphs 2 and 3 read: “I had a bout of hallucinations about 10 years ago. I was suffering quite badly with depression and had been on anti-depressants for years. Then came along Prozac®. The doc thought they would be good so off I went!
The three stages of my hallucinations always happened at night and in bed. I had always been asleep for a while and was awakened by the goings on. They happened in quite quick succession, perhaps over the space of two weeks, then stopped.
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August 1, 2009
Dear Clusterflock: Have you ever hallucinated?
I had a bout of hallucinations about 10 years ago. I was suffering quite badly with depression and had been on anti-depressants for years. Then came along Prozac®. The doc thought they would be good so off I went!
The three stages of my hallucinations always happened at night and in bed. I had always been asleep for a while and was awakened by the goings on. They happened in quite quick succession, perhaps over the space of two weeks, then stopped.
1. I woke violently as a tiger jumped from sitting above the bedroom door, onto my pillow and then jumped up onto a shelf (which didn’t exist in reality) above the bed. I woke my wife, quite calmly pointed out said tiger, but was told to return to sleep as there wasn’t one. He only appeared once.
2. I woke to see a man standing in the doorway of the bedroom — that would have been about 4 feet from me. He didn’t scare me. I came around slowly to see him standing there. I don’t remember colour — I do remember him being an Abe Lincoln type stovepipe hat, and a beard. He wasn’t moving. I woke my wife and asked her quite calmly if she could see the man stood in the corner she could not. I lay there for a while looking at him, closing my eyes and opening them. He stayed for a while and then left.
He returned for quite a few nights. He was always in the same place, always in monochrome and he never spoke. Unfortunately, I never spoke to him.
3. I woke one night. I was lying on my back, and as I looked up at the ceiling it was alive with a sea of frogs all moving as one. I again woke my wife just for the reality check. They stayed until I closed my eyes, say 20 minutes, then disappeared.
I did not take my Prozac for a few days and this morning I seemed to be having hallucinations. It did scare me, and I called my wife at home when I got to work. She told me to take my Prozac, and I did. I do not want to go through that again. I am afraid, now, that it will happen again. I do want to stop taking the Prozac, but my depression is very difficult to deal with without it. Any advise? Thanks.