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Doctor of Osteopathy
Paul Ballas, D.O., is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of...
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I have treated many patients who have been hallucinating, and a lot of them do not have schizophrenia. About 1% of the population has schizophrenia, but 10 – 27% of the general population has experienced at least one hallucination, usually the visual type. Most times these hallucinations are n...
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Re Understanding Hallucinations
Don Fraser
Friday, March 21, 2008 at 12:47 AM
Dear Dr.Ballus: Thank-you for your insightful blog. I have experienced visual hallucinations for the last 31 years, usually in the form of ghostly or ghastly faces.
I've just completed 8 months of intensive research with a neurologist at the University of British Columbia here on the west coast of Canada. Dr. Iaria and me concluded the term just last week with an FMRI scan at the hospital. In the scan, Guiseppe reproduced the conditions for me to hallucinate and projected them on the screen . He was pleased with the result and will publish the work in 3-8 months.
I have been quite stable for the last 3 years due to the introduction of 2 anti -psychotic drugs, which. as I understand work on two different areas of the brain .
I don't hallucinate much now but the part of your blog that interested me was the part about sleep. I don't sleep well and I take a lot of medication including anticonvulsants and mood stabilizers.
I may have narcolepsy and will talk to my psychiatrist about it immediately.
Sincerely, Don Fraser
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Dear Dr.Ballus: Thank-you for your insightful blog. I have experienced visual hallucinations for the last 31 years, usually in the form of ghostly or ghastly faces.
I've just completed 8 months of intensive research with a neurologist at the University of British Columbia here on the west coast of Canada. Dr. Iaria and me concluded the term just last week with an FMRI scan at the hospital. In the scan, Guiseppe reproduced the conditions for me to hallucinate and projected them on the screen . He was pleased with the result and will publish the work in 3-8 months.
I have been quite stable for the last 3 years due to the introduction of 2 anti -psychotic drugs, which. as I understand work on two different areas of the brain .
I don't hallucinate much now but the part of your blog that interested me was the part about sleep. I don't sleep well and I take a lot of medication including anticonvulsants and mood stabilizers.
I may have narcolepsy and will talk to my psychiatrist about it immediately.
Sincerely, Don Fraser
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