Ask a Doctor: Why do I have disturbing dreams right before I wake up? Experiencing realistic, intense, and disturbing dreams right before you wake up is a phenomenon known as “hypnopompic ...

The idea of having hallucinations can be upsetting. Hallucinations are usually associated with serious mental conditions or with the effects of drugs. If you have an unexplained hallucination while ...

About 8 percent of people 15 to 44 reported experiencing these, a Stanford University study found. You feel like you’re still asleep during these episodes, but you’re actually in the transitional time ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Hypnopompic hallucination' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The ...

A neuroscientist describes particular sleep disorders that occur while falling asleep and waking up. Hypnopompic hallucinations can happen with sleep paralysis, when body paralysis lingers during the ...

Pilot data from a recent study suggest that sleep paralysis and dream-like hallucinations as you are falling asleep or waking up are widespread in student athletes and are independently associated ...

You may experience sleep paralysis if you wake during the dream phase of sleep. You may be more likely to see hallucinations during the rapid eye movement cycle. You wake up in the middle of the night ...

Have you ever hallucinated getting out of bed, only to find out later that you’re still asleep? How about multiple times in a row? Ben Rein, a neuroscientist at Stanford University and a social media ...