my difficult child had this problem when he was on concerta...hearing things (whispering in his baby sis's room), seeing his toys move. he was up til 12, back up at 3 (screaming he saw bugs and works on the floor next to my bed), and just stayed up from there. at 6am he actually pointed a mouse toy screaming "mom! look! he's blinking! do you see it? don't you see it?!" I'll tell you...it brought tears to my eyes. i asked him "honey, now, do you think mommy would have bugs and worms on her floor?" he said "no" and i continued to tell him his magic eyes must just be playing tricks on him (we all have our "magic" features: difficult child has magic eyes, i have the magic nose, husband has the magic ears).
he went to school the next day and said he continued to see the toys move at school. i spoke with his teacher and, of course, she said he was very tired at school. i grabbed him, early, and we ran to the pediatrician's office.
i ended up taking him off the concerta and he's been alright ever since...sorta.
my son now refuses to sleep with anything in his room. no toys, clothes (in sight)...anything.
AND...at times, he seems to use the excuse that he's seeing things move in order to stay up or just get more attention (i can usually tell if it's a cry for attention or genuine fear).
some people tell me he does this because so much attention was drawn to that initial incident, but who wouldn't want to do a hardcore investigation on your small child hallucinating?
it's tough and tiring. i feel for you and your daughter. some of the questions people had asked (that you may want to question, yourself) are:
did she have a fever at all?
did she eat anything weird?
have there been any large changes in her life?
has she seen anything scary/disturbing, recently?
and, of course, could it be the medications?
see, my husband is a believer in "he's just doing it for attention". this is the case a lot of the times, but i think one of the scariest parts of it all was that my difficult child's eyes were actually dialated when i thought to check them around 6am. THAT was like WOAH! this kid's def not faking.
when he went to the pediatrician., he had a check up with normal results. the dialation had gone away by then, unfortunately, so she couldn't see for herself. this is still kind of unexplained with the only finger pointing to the concerta.
an odd thought of mine was maybe our house was haunted. at a point, you'll look towards anything for an answer.
i hope you can figure this thing out. this is definitely one of those things that will probably haunt your child for a long time (and you).
i wish you luck. please keep us updated... i'd like to know if there's any other explanation, especially, since our difficult child's aren't even on the same medications, yet, they both experienced the same issue.
<3 <3 <3 try to take a day off, yourself, and get some sleep. i know how exhausted you must be. :bloodshot:
