Hallucinations of spiders after waking up

I have no idea what it would be diagnosed as but I am experiencing the same thing too. It hadn't happened in awhile so I attributed it to not enough sleep. Well I have been getting at least 7 hrs a night and it happened again last night. I screamed and was up out of bed before I could make myself realize it wasn't real.
I find it to be very scary and my heart pounds when it happens. I want to know what it is so I can figure out how to treat it.

You guys are having hallucinations, and it is not very common in most people. I am 31 yrs old and finally decided to go to a sleep doctor after years and years of expierences like hallucinations and night terrors with paralysis. Everything started for me when I was 19 and away at college...it was very scary for me and I waited a long time before I even mentioned it to anyone...thought people might think I was crazy lol. I turned out finding that I have narcolepsy with cataplexy. There are lots of different sleeping disorders out there so I would just suggest see a sleep doctor...wish I had done it sooner.

I went through this for years myself, I would see spiders often running along the walls, or falling from the ceiling onto me, or a mattress falling on me or a bike cycling diagnally into the ceiling, etc. It was very strange. I would "wake up" and gasp, and freak out saying "can you see it? It's RIGHT there! There's a spider right there!" and my boyfriend would say "there's nothing there, go back to bed" but I would have to get out of bed and turn on the light to believe that it wasn't there and see that everything was normal.

What worked for me was ensuring that I did not eat or drink 2-3 hours before bed, ESPECIALLY with SUGAR! When I stopped eating junk food before bed, my night terrors/hallucinations stopped for several years. It also helped when I was able to see the hallucination and laugh and say "I know you're not real" and close my eyes again and go back to sleep. I stopped seeing them after that too.

I had a night terror again about half a year ago (I'm 30 years old now)and it was the night that I had a big slice of chocolate cake, and fruit juice before bed.

I went through this for years myself, I would see spiders often running along the walls, or falling from the ceiling onto me, or a mattress falling on me or a bike cycling diagnally into the ceiling, etc. It was very strange. I would "wake up" and gasp, and freak out saying "can you see it? It's RIGHT there! There's a spider right there!" and my boyfriend would say "there's nothing there, go back to bed" but I would have to get out of bed and turn on the light to believe that it wasn't there and see that everything was normal.

What worked for me was ensuring that I did not eat or drink 2-3 hours before bed, ESPECIALLY with SUGAR! When I stopped eating junk food before bed, my night terrors/hallucinations stopped for several years. It also helped when I was able to see the hallucination and laugh and say "I know you're not real" and close my eyes again and go back to sleep. I stopped seeing them after that too.

I had a night terror again about half a year ago (I'm 30 years old now)and it was the night that I had a big slice of chocolate cake, and fruit juice before bed.

Hi guys! I am a 23 year old girl who suffers from the same thing. I've bloodied my boyfriend's nose trying to escape imaginary spiders, kicked him, and often hurt myself. I fell down running out of my room and skid on my knees. Often, I wake up from such a deep sleep and go into a complete sprint out the door, which gives me really terrible leg cramps and pain throughout the day. Here are a few solutions I've found:
-No sugar before bed (limit throughout the day in general)
-Limit caffeine
-Talk to someone close to you about it everyday. This helped me wakeup faster from night terrors, because I would realize what was happening.
- No alcohol. Seriously, now everytime I drink I have night terrors.
-Get a flashlight next to your bed. Its much better then flipping on all the lights if you sleep with someone. Shining a flashlight on my hallucination always makes it disappear and helps me wake up.
- Don't go to bed with too many clothes on. When I get too hot, I have night terrors.

I hope some of these tips help!

I have been tired for years, I keep waking up through the night and having nightmares, I've been falling asleep at work and struggling to sleep at night, recently I've been waking up shocked and seeing big spiders on ny pillow and wall, should I be concerned?

im 62 in london i see like shadowy shapes that look like spiders running across ceiling, particularly when i close my eyes for sometime open them up then see them - weird. first time i say this was maybe 5 years ago on a ceiling in Sydney. my mother had a car accident and she had an injury to her eye and they (from memory) repaired it somehow and there was a tiny spidery shape she always saw - i thought maybe its something to do with that but its reassuring to know I'm not alone. Micht be something in the brain??? dunno, from earlier evolutionary deep memory, not sure

I looked this up thinking that someone would tell me it's to do with my brain not fully switching from sleep to a wake mode as quick as it should. Hence why I am not a morning person.

This is really bothering people? It did bother me quite a few times too. But I figured out that the spider would follow where ever on eyes would move. If my eyes stay still it's legs would move but stay still. If my eyes moved the spider would move with my eyes. This helped me identify if it wasn't real.

Don't worry I hate spiders to I think that might be why I see them? But I have to wonder why spiders? Wouldn't it be something else now and again?

I looked this up thinking that someone would tell me it's to do with my brain not fully switching from sleep to a wake mode as quick as it should. Hence why I am not a morning person.

This is really bothering people? It did bother me quite a few times too. But I figured out that the spider would follow where ever on eyes would move. If my eyes stay still it's legs would move but stay still. If my eyes moved the spider would move with my eyes. This helped me identify if it wasn't real.

Don't worry I hate spiders to I think that might be why I see them? But I have to wonder why spiders? Wouldn't it be something else now and again?

What most everyone here is experiencing Is called hypnopompic and hypnogogic hallucinations and contrary to popular belief it's a very common occurrence. 90 % percent of people who suffer from this all see the same thing ... Spiders .

Nobody knows why it's spiders most believe it's a chemical reaction inducing visual effects while others believe its a paranormal phenomenon
With the amount of study on the subject neither answer is wrong

The reduction of suger will help keep the spiders at bay for most patients however not for a few if this affects your personal life then you should go see a doctor otherwise I just want you to know

This Is not dangerous

You are not crazy

It can not kill you

You are and will be safe

im29 years old femal and i also wake up seeing spiders im glade to see it dos not only happen to me at forst i thought i might be going crazy lol. or that it would turn out being squizofrenic.

hey,please hear me out, i think this story might help someone who has a similar problem as i do... im only 13 and for the past couple of years i've seen spiders when i wake up, i just shake away instantly and see them, but i also see shapes, lines and stuff but mostly spiders, my breathing starts to get quick and my skin gets hotter. One time it got really bad and my brother woke up cos he heard me breathing that loud (we share a room) I was crying and i saw the spiders everywhere there wasnt just one, when i looked up at my mum, there was a spider in her face, on my shirt, on the walls etc. Even sometimes the room gets fuzzy and red or purple or in a different colour if that helps, i also had a weird experience when i woke up, a song was in my ears, like iw as putting on headphones with loud music, and the room was purple and i couldnt move:/ but now it doesnt happen to me anymore, heres why: When i go to sleep, i make sure i dont wear any clothes 9i know it sounds dumb) but when i get too hot it happens, and i open up my curtains that is right next to my bed to bring light in. And i stare out the window until i've fallen asleep. That seemed to help and the things didn't happen for a while now. I think it has something to do with the light?? Idk. Hope this helped. This thing traumatised me as i now have a phobia of spiders, i cant even look at the word or see a picture of it, im THAT scared of them now i'm also scared of patterns, dots or any form of shape that reminds me of those nights. (I'm terrified only when i think about those nights.)

Hi There,I'm 20 years old and have the same problem, it started when I was about 8 years old, I see spiders in my bed, falling from the ceiling on top of me, even though I know its not really there, I still need to turn the light on to see for myself, I even still have nightmares, its not clear at all, its just things flying into me and im really confused, I can force myself to wake up and sit up and open my eyes, and still see them, I never remember everything, only parts of it, only when people around me asks me about it, I remember parts of it, I talk to people who are asleep and they talk back....but they do not really, its really starting to freak me out, sometimes I even scream until I wake up while im still screaming. I thought these kind of things only happen to children?