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Post ICU Nightmares / Hallucinations
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Hi @abbyweston and welcome to Connect. You'll notice that I moved your message to this existing discussion about hallucinations after being in the ICU. I did this so you can meet others who have had similar experiences and understand, like @kariulrich @deltakay and @jslate. Click VIEW & REPLY in the email notification and you'll be able to see past posts.
Abby, it must be so stressful to have these hallucinations, especially when you think people are trying to impede your care. It sounds like you are able to differentiate between hallucinations that happen before you sleep and dreams that happen while you're sleeping. Are they different? Do the hallucinations happen during the day too or only before going to sleep?
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Hi, I can differentiate between dreams and hallucinations. When I was in the ICU the hallucinations would happen at any time of day. Now they only happen at night. In the ICU they were auditory and visual hallucinations but now at night they are only visual.