Talk:Alice in Wonderland syndrome
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There is some suggestion, unsubstiantated, that certain ingredients of cough syrup may help cause micropsia.
Your damn right it does. Anyone who has ever taken a high dose of Dextromethorphan knows that it can cause visual distortions which may make objects seem smaller, or bigger. Of course these are effects from taking doses of Dextromethorphan that are far out of the medical dosing range. --Arm
"Micropsia does not only affect visual perception, but also one's hearing, sense of touch, and sometimes one's own body image; the syndrome continues even when the eyes are closed."
So... if I'm interpreting this correctly, it means you can feel like different body parts are bigger are smaller? I have this happen to me sometimes while I'm lying in bed trying to sleep. It's not a visual thing... if, for example, I feel as if my hand is small, I can pull it out and look at it and it looks normal to me, but it still feels that way. I'm just wondering if this is what this part of the article is referring to, as I'm not sure if these symptoms come from AIWS or not, and I'd like to find out for sure since my mother doesn't seem to believe me when I tell her I've experienced AIWS many times before. (Hope I don't sound crazy or anything... don't worry, I'm not.) Shivers 23:03, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
- I think that you are correct. Try to see if you can find descriptions of micropsia or AIW in PubMed. Not that AIW is necessarily a disease, but the medical literature might have info and stories. Jclerman 20:21, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
