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Q: Illusions and Hallucinations

asked by: DoctorQuestion on February 25th, 2006

i think i am going crazy........... sometimes i see images in my head and i dont want them there and i also feel numb sometimes and hear music wen there is no music playing and i can also sometimes taste or smell something that is not there ......... and some times it feels like head and hands have water on them wen they dont can u please diagnos me?

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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD

replied on March 24th, 2006

Schizophrenia Answer A546

Sensations (visual, audio, olfactory, tactile) during which a person is aware of an inherent falsehood are called "illusions". If a person believes in such false sensations, then they are called "hallucinations". Both illusions and hallucinations could be symptoms of a severe psychiatric disorders (psychosis) or brain damage (so called psycho-organic syndrome) from poisons, traumas, cerebral-vascular insults, inflammations, epilepsy, tumors etc. You can go to your doctor to gain more expert advice in the daignosis of your sensory experiences.

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