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Delusions? My Brother Has Two Invisible Friends

Last updated 9th February 2009

Q: I have a brother who recently revealed that once he started to hang around on his own he met two people, which became his ‘best’ friends. For a year or more he was in the belief that they existed, and he would talk to them and listen to their advice. He says they actually [...]

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My Mind is Playing Tricks on Me: Hallucinations, Delusions, and Paranoia

Last updated 4th February 2009

Q: My mind is playing tricks on me. I hear things, mostly whispering, but there is no one else around.
I have an overwhelming feeling that someone is watching me, or that people on the street or in a store somehow know my thoughts and are talking about me. This makes it increasingly difficult to leave [...]

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Can Using a Fan Make You Hallucinate?

Last updated 28th January 2009

Q: OK, I’m not hearing voices exactly. I am being treated for depression (Zoloft 100 mg) and Seroquel 25 mg at night to help me sleep. I’ve been on Zoloft for 15 years and the Seroquel for about three years.
For many years, however, and even before I started the above meds, when I’m lying in [...]

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Is My Eleven Year Old Son with Hallucinations Heading for Antisocial Personality Disorder?

Last updated 11th December 2008

Q: My 11-year-old son started experiencing auditory, visual and and tactile hallucinations about 2 years ago. He is maintained on Seroquel, and these seem to quell his psychotic symptoms. However, he is now exhibiting disturbing behaviors that are oppositional. These are spilling over into school (private school, therefore no accomodations or protections under 504). He [...]

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60 Year Old Family Member Hearing Divine Voices

Last updated 13th November 2008

Q: I’d very much appreciate some feedback from you! I have a family member who is 60 and has always been in fairly good health and has never taken any medications. She is spiritual in nature and had recently completed reading Divine Guidance by Doreen Virtue and Neale Walsch’s books.
For several months now, she has [...]

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