I came across this discussion through Google looking for people with similar experiences. I started taking 80mg of Propranolol in July of 2022. Within the first month I had the craziest hallucination waking up. I'd wake up seeing numbers, letters, & math symbols of various sizes everywhere. I would be able to see my room, but with all that non-sense superimposed over it. The vision would eventually fade away pretty quickly the more awake I became. I've only experienced it about 4 times. Each time I'm waking up. The last one I had was capital letters in various sizes but in spirals. I told my neurologist on my follow-up and they called it Hypnopompic hallucinations. They and another neurologist had never dealt with an adult having hallucinations as a side effect on Propranolol. They said hallucinations was a side effect children had taking the medication. So of course I had to google search cause I couldn't believe just children were hallucinating on this medication. I take my medication at night before bed. I'm thinking maybe that could be part of the problem too, so I'll be taking the Propranolol in the morning and hopefully the hallucinations stop. I just don't want them getting worse.
please KNOW these hallucinations are not ok. If a dr says it will go away.. not true. I am off Prpnl 3 weeks now and finally panic & "visions" disappeared. SEE WELLNESS FOR WHOLE BODY AND MIND. it is not "quackery". check in your community about treating source for cause NOT symptoms. Wake up to this nightmare.. its dangerous medicine
Has anyone experienced auditory hallucinations on propranolol? I've had these mainly up to now a couple of times. Then last night I also saw a shadow in the corner of the room move. I heard music (which I've had before) and I also heard a repetitive noise like something tiny was being thrown at me in bed or water dripping on the bed. I was terrified. I've been on propranolol for about a year and a half for migraine (lifelong migraine but put on propranolol after I started with hemiplegic migraine which was a bit scary) . At the moment I take 80mg a day. Any other migraine sufferers with alternative medication ideas please ?? TIA