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Health Encyclopedia: Hallucinations
Hallucinations are abnormal sensory perceptions that occur while a person is awake and conscious and are unrelated to outside events; in other words, seeing or hearing things that aren't there.
Alternative Names
Sensory hallucinations
Considerations
Common hallucinations include:
- Hearing voices when no one has spoken
- Seeing patterns, lights, beings or objects that aren't there
- Feeling a crawling sensation on the skin
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Expert & Community Posts
Problem Behaviors in Mid-to-Late Stage Alzheimer's
By Christine Kennard , Health Expert...Difficult on Purpose? Responding to and dealing with hallucinations and delusions, refusing... Read more »
Family Support System for Alzheimer's Behavior Problems
By David Roeltgen, MD , Health Expert...reality and may be represented by abnormal thoughts or hallucinations. Disinhibition is a loss... Read more »
Family Support System for Alzheimer's Behavior Problems
By David Roeltgen, MD , Health Expert...reality and may be represented by abnormal thoughts or hallucinations. Disinhibition is a loss... Read more »
Sleep Paralysis and Waking Dreams
By Florence Cardinal , Health Expert...wakening world, so do their dreams, changing into vivid hallucinations that may be visual or... Read more »
Understanding Depression During Pregnancy and Postpartum, Part 4: Postpartum Psychosis
By UNC Center for Women's Mood Disorders , Health Expert...delusions (thoughts that are not based in reality), hallucinations (hearing or seeing things... Read more »
Health Guide
Hallucinations
Sensory hallucinations Home Care Call your health care provider if If someone begins to hallucinate and is detached from reality, a... Read more »What are the treatments and drugs used to treat Alzheimer's disease?"
...need for Alzheimer's medicine is to reduce behavioral symptoms, such as agitation, wandering behavior, hallucinations, social inappropriateness, and depression.For agitation, aggression, and... Read more »Frequently Asked Questions
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...with alternative drugs. Warning: abrupt withdrawal from Baclofen is not recommended and may lead to hallucinations, confusion and seizures. Pharmacologically, Dantrium--as well as diazepam and... Read more »Alzheimer's Facts- From the Alzheimer's Assocation
...in personality and behavior, such as anxiety, suspiciousness or agitation, as well as delusions or hallucinations. In late stages of the disease, individuals need help with dressing, personal... Read more »Images
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January 26, 2009A review of 49 clinical trials has found that some children do experience a hallucination while on ADHD drugs, but experts say the side effect is... Read summary »
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October 02, 2008In reviewing reports received by attention-deficit drug manufacturers since 2000, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found more than 500 cases of... Read summary »
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