‘Hallucinations’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist, Page 6

Q: A twelve-year old family member has been prescribed Zoloft for anxiety and OCD. Risperdal was added to counter the Zoloft side effects of paranoia and hallucinating. After six months of taking two drugs in addition to counseling, his anxiety and OCD are under control. However, he has just developed a tremor from the Risperdal. [...]

Q: My lifelong friend (33 years) is married to man who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia during the first Gulf War, apparently after having been “given a pill” by the Army. He was discharged and, according to her, became a meth addict who is now a convicted sex offender. She was aware of this prior [...]

Q: My sister is 18, soon to be 19, and has had a problem with wetting the bed her whole life. She also likes to make up stories and cuts herself. Excuses for her behaviors are always blamed on voices inside her head and they will get mad if she talks about them. We have [...]

Q: I’m hearing voices all the time again lately and they are saying things to me that are distressing, very clear and derogatory much of the time. I’ve been experiencing other strange things, like I passed a policeman the other day, and I swear he looked right at me and pointed at me with his [...]

Q: To make a long story short: about 7 years ago my dad and his girlfriend of about 5 years got into a fight and he killed her. I am twenty one now and I am afraid to go to sleep at night because I see her in my room. Even if I am not [...]