hypnagogic hallucinations

[i_am_who_i_am]

for as long as i can remember i have been having hypnagogic hallucinations off and on. there seems to be sometimes in my life where they occur a little more often than others. sometimes i will hear someone talking, sometimes i will feel like im falling or floating, sometimes i will feel like my breath has been taken away from me, sometimes i feel like someone touched me and sometimes it feels like im going through an elaborate scenario in my head like a dream that feels real but im not quite  asleep but as soon as i open my eyes i snap right out of it. what am wondering is what causes these and does it mean i have something wrong with me? i always just shrugged it off as something normal. it dosent interfere with my life except the odd time i will be going through high anxiety and seem to have racing thoughts before i go to bed where it just sounds like a bunch of noise going on in my head but nothing i can point out i describe it as if i were standing in the middle  of new york city listening to all the noise. that dont happen often though. i am a person who suffers with anxiety and diagnosed to have ocd. does these hypnagogic hallucinations sound like something to be worried about or can they just be normal? i do have an appointment with a therapist next week and i will ask them to but for the mean time what can you tell me.?

[Brianlame]

I'd also like to add........it only happens when my eyes are closed.  When I open them there is no hallucination......also sometimes there is noise....like a 3 minute drum solo......which was actually pretty cool to a girl screaming and loud bangs

Last night I saw some weird half human half cartoon thing with bugged eyes and it's toung stuck out of its mouth and it squeeled.  I notice it seems to happen when I take benzos for my anxiety.  So far kolonipin seems to be the worst...lorazepam was sort of calm things

[Brianlame]

I just started getting a panic disorder a little over a month and a half ago....and this just started.  It's probably anxiety related.  It's some scary ****.  I mean last night I saw some awful crazy things then had apocalyptic nightmares. (probably cuz I'm reading the stand)  The nightmares aren't too bad I can usually draw something from them or I usually end up winning.  It's just sometimes what I see right before I fall to sleep startles the hell out of me.

[heyjude1]

Hi, I am not trained to make any type of dx.  It is probably a sleep disorder if you do not have the halluciations when you are awake.