seeing things at night ? spiders and insects and people oh my !!

[kat2913]

i posted this response in another forum , and am re posting them alone because i feel there are some aspects that are different from the other cases , such as the tremors ,and the length in which this is happening to me ... not only in how long these attacks last , but also in the amount of time in my life they have been happening .

there are also some other symptoms i would like to add . such as a low heart rate , that is increasingly lowered during sleep time . and arm and leg pains that only happen at night . ive had an mri , ekg, cat scan , worn a heart monitor , slept at a sleep study clinic , taken vitamins  , gone to routine check ups . and there is nothing "wrong" with me . i am a healthly 26 year old female .

i think that its strange that every case i have read about everyone is seeing the same images , this leads me to believe and im not a doctor that these things are possible stemming form a part of the brain that would trigger these images . hundreds of people from all over the world that see spiders when trying to sleep . just seems odd that people wouldnt be seeing different things depending on the individual

i have been experiencing this since i was a child . when i was young i believed that there were people in my room at night standing over my bed watching me sleep . sometimes they would grab at me , i felt it as though it was really . my mother would tell me that i would wake up screaming in the middle of the night . but the funny thing was i wasnt asleep . i was only laying there ,sometimes i would wake up with strange scratches or marks on my body . the doctor said i was just a restless sleeper and  it quickly got brushed under the table so to speak as night terrors , and i learned to live with it , as time went on and i got older the "visions" changed . i would see what you guys are calling spiders or insects crawling on the walls , only i think your brain is choosing to see it that way because its something its firmiliar with . i believe that its actually more like a ball of electricity (like those balls in science class you touch and the electric charges shoot to where your fingers are )..... the more i focused on them the more it would look like spiders or something i would naturally see crawling on walls . i also still see people standing in corners . sitting on my bed standing next to the bed . always the same things .and unlike when your eyes play tricks on you i find that when i look away from the image instead of it moving to where i look it stays in one place . my "visions" have started to last longer instead of seeing them for 10 seconds and closing my eyes and having them disappear , its lasting 30 seconds or more . giving me time to actually ponder what im seeing . i am also experiencing a different symptom non of you have mentioned . i sake , sometimes either before or after the visions happen my body trembles i thought it was fear , but now i think its as if its decompressing . its hard to explain . ive seen many doctors , had every test you can think of preformed ,done more then one sleep study . and the diagnoses is all over the place ive heard diet , mild narcolepsy ,sleep paralysis , and my favorite that im stressed . non of which i feel is correct im not excessively tired , i eat healthy , and dont consider my self suffering for any extra stress . i think its strange that we are all seeing the same things , the same 5 images , and that there is no study being done that this could be a completely isolated experience / disorder . i would love to have some answers

[stephenmartin123]

hey everyone ive had the same problems but mine was caused from taking sleeping pills and then i see spiders all over the walls,i can see a friend with me and im talking to him,i saw big chipmunks that had fangs crawling around my room it was the scariest thing ever. like the second night i did this i went into my bathroom where i have a hole shot from a beebee on the inside of the window not all the way through and there were spiders on the outside of the window that were an inch to 2 inches big and somehow they were coming through the hole so i was so scared cause im terrified of spiders so i ran into my room and got my electrical tape and taped the hole closed. so that was why i had those problems but both nights were the most hallucinating nightsa of my life. ~stephen

[bhavyya]

i see this image now . recently v shifted into our new house ... since den iam having such problems... i feel its d direction of sleep and ventilation or the direction of wind dat affects our vision and leads us to hallucinate... and worst of all i wake up to the sound of someone pelting stones onto my desk .. creepy yet .. i donno if its a ghost or my hallucination... although my heart beats much faster.. pounding like... but i cant say i wud be scared... how d hell can a heart beat even if ur ina relaxed mood and not bothered ,,, dats my question ...
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[fabcarden]

Man, I'm glad I'm not the only one. At first I thought that I might be schizophrenic but I'm coherent. My visions come day in, day out, day or night. I've heard voices whispering subtle phrases. I've seen numbers appear behind my eyelids. I've seen the name Ulysses appear on the glare of my phone out of nowhere, I was driving and a Odyssey truck pulled up in front of me. Something told me to look it up and the internet showed the story of the Odyssey about Odysseus who also goes by Ulysses...strange, huh. I've ran over the same woman many times, but she always goes through my car. There is a man who never responds to me when I step outstide to smoke a cigarette. I've had my leg and back grabbed a few times. I'be seen spiders and roaches crawl on the floor and up my leg then disappear, but my house is clean. There is a kid's voice who keeps laughing at me, trying to say tomething, while hiding behind my TV  yet every time I check....there's no one there. Everyone once in a while an alarm goes off in the other room, but its empty. Sometimes when I go shopping...its weird because I find things in my basket that I didn't choose and just put them back on the shelf. I started a journal about these occurrences then...I ended up making a script form diary with characters, but now they have a  life of their own and I can hear them at times and they are very helpful. I think they've been with me since I was young. I've told only a few people about this, well except now, but they just kind of blow it off as whatever. I want to understand stand it more than I am concerned.. like I mentioned above, I've looked into it, but I don't think its schizophrenia cause I feel and think rationally. Though I've found myself in other cities when I go into deep thought when I drive. My IQ is a above normal" just not really sure that's the cause. Sometimes I have to take sleeping pills but they tend to work very very late on me. I don't think its a diet issue, I've eaten many things. I think its because I think too much, but then again who knows.

[clhurst]

Have you ever tried to confront what is terrorizing you? Either way when you do confront it or try to confront it again be stern with it, you need to tell it to go away and to not bother you... Enough is enough you know... DO NOT be afraid of whatever it is, you need to let it know that you are in charge of what happens and that you are sick and tired of not being able to sleep. I hope maybe this advice can help you out a little.. I understand completely what you are going through.. I will say a few prayers for you tonight and in the days to come.. I hope everything works out. Good Luck!

[edchu]

I have had a strange entity terrorize my life for over twenty one years. Every time I try to lie down-no matter where it may be, even in hotel beds, couches or chairs, that thing crawls all around and under me in my bed. I have not been able to lie down in my bed for a very long time, and I suffer from osteo-athritis all over my body, with two back surgries. I need to sleep and rest but I can't. Please pray for me.
Edchu.

[crazysleep]

This has been happening to me for a while also. It started with sleep paralysis. Then i started seeing spiders and now it has gone to seeing people. I think that what we have is narcolepsy. I researched a little about it and realized that i have a lot of the symptoms.

Symptoms of narcolepsy include:

Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS): In general, EDS interferes with normal activities on a daily basis, whether or not a person with narcolepsy has sufficient sleep at night. People with EDS report mental cloudiness, a lack of energy and concentration, memory lapses, a depressed mood, and/or extreme exhaustion.

Cataplexy: This symptom consists of a sudden loss of muscle tone that leads to feelings of weakness and a loss of voluntary muscle control. It can cause symptoms ranging from slurred speech to total body collapse depending on the muscles involved and is often triggered by intense emotion, for example surprise, laughter, or anger.

Hallucinations: Usually, these delusional experiences are vivid and frequently they are frightening. The content is primarily visual, but any of the other senses can be involved. These are called hypnagogic hallucinations when accompanying sleep onset and hypnopompic hallucinations when occurring during awakening.

Sleep paralysis: This symptom involves the temporary inability to move or speak while falling asleep or waking up. These episodes are generally brief lasting a few seconds to several minutes. After episodes end, people rapidly recover their full capacity to move and speak.