I can see lights, smell and hear things that are definately not real and strange sensations what is it?

At first I thought I was crazy which stopped me from visiting my doctor, however after 4 months of strange sypmtoms and sensations I was finally forced to the doctors by my mum. Only he doesnt know what is causing my symptoms and has sent me packing with Prochlorperazine. I am certain something is wrong otherwise I wouldn't be experiencing what I am experiencing. I was also unable to tell him everything an it seemed he didnt want to hear it, Im now at my wits end please help me someone!

I get flashes of coloured light frequently that vary in shape, colour, size and brightness these are usually in the centre of my vision or peripheral. I smell this awful smell, at first it is very faint and it gets stronger, I can not tell if its poo or vomit or both. and I can also hear my old home phone ringing though it sounds different but the same, this too starts farway and gets louder.

I'll get one of the three hallucinations and then is always followed with extreme warmth or shocking coldness, dizziness and an intense feeling that im going to through up in peoples faces it is really unpleasent then the tingle starts in my hands and feet I can feel it move up my arms and legs and then a stinging occurs at my fingertips and thats when I look around the room. the walls close in and the floor is up high, i know i am somewhere familar but i cant figure out where i am or who im with. I feel i know my surroundings but something is different. and thats when every thing turns back to normal. during these 'episodes' i really think ive stood still or moved and then get told i was actually doing the opposite. this occours quite frequently however i do experience just some of the above sometimes and not all of them though when its at its worst its really does have a beggining middle and end.

I also have had this minor but sharp headaches everyday fot the past 2 weeks or more and it moves from my forehead and eyes to above my ear and then at the back of my skull and down my neck. However I have had migraines in the past and this is nothing compared to that.

Im waiting to see the opticians too at the request of my doctor, I just dont know what to do if that fails too...

any suggestions

Thanks for your time

[uniqueflower]

Hey I don't know what to tell you, but I'm having similar symptoms. I just turned 20 & I'm starting to have these same relapses into another world. For me it's different every time, depending on my mood. It started at about 18 1/2 for me after some high anxiety events (I've never really had anxiety before, until about 18... even when meeting new people and stuff). It's getting a lot worse now. I had a motorcycle accident about a week ago. Only minor injuries, but I had a CAT scan too. The doctors said I checked out fine, but I think the trauma open another door in my mind.

My grandma has schizophrenia. My moms said when she doesn't take her medicine she thinks people are trying to kill her. I think my problems are somehow related to some genes passed down from my grandma.

It's not too bad in the scheme of things, yet. I just see flashes of light like you & about a couple months ago they are starting to turn into figures. It's really weird when I see them too. They will be like 20 feet away and my vision will like zoom in almost instantly on their face (as if my entire peripheral vision and everything is taken up by their face). They are usually split second visions. The one I had yesterday was in a flower shop. I was looking for clippers and all of the sudden I got a vision of a blank wooden table. There was nothing on the table and I was sooooo worried I couldn't find the clippers. I don't know why I panicked so much... it was all hormones I guess. But when I came back to reality the clippers were right infront of me. It didn't make much sense. I swear I was looking right there before and they were not there.

The worst thing for me so far is the voices. I hear voices calling my name and all sorts of stuff & these last 10-30 seconds. The visions aren't so bad, but recently they're starting to get worse.

I don't want to end up on some medicine somewhere in a doctors office. I would hate to lose any independence, so I haven't told anyone.

My plan right now, is to shock my body. I'm gonna open up this part of my brain that sees weird stuff and then control it. This is how I dealt with ADHD. I had it when I was younger and I just kept eating sugar and going bizerk until I could calm myself down. Now I can study fine in college & I have no more ADHD.

So my plan with this is to take LSD, probably a few times. Hopefully not more than 10. I'm gonna try every major drug to get this disease as bad as possible, then I'm going to shut it down. It's a bad plan to a lot of people, but I'm not like anyone else out there.

So that's my story. I have no ideas for you. These kind of things are really.... i mean really, individualized. Just handle it carefully & only with people you trust. I sincerely wish you the best of luck.

The only thing that keeps re-occurring is my phone vibrating or someone calling my name. I always hear it in the distance. Today was the first time I've ever felt something that wasn't real.