Auras or Hallucinations?

by Debbie
(Cleveland)

Q: My 7 year old son has just started "seeing things" He thinks he is "hallucinating". His dad's head turned yellow, his lunch box turned red, the door to the school turned green, and he saw a blue form that he approached and touched and then it disappeared. This is somewhat concerning to him. He says it happens every couple weeks and lasts about 20 seconds. Do you have any suggestions?

Eva's Response: Based on your description, he may be seeing opposite colors - each color has it's opposite, and sometimes the eye gives us the opposite color as something of a 'color shadow' for want of a better word.

So, take his lunchbox. Is it blue? Blue is the opposite color of red. Is his classroom door purple? Purple is the opposite of green.

At this stage, I would recommend taking him to an optometrist just to make sure there aren't any eyesight issues happening.

Best of luck to you and your son!