I was hoping to ask a doctor but apparently none are online. I have a sister who is 39 years-old who is receiving inpatient care at the moment from having delusional thoughts that have interfered with her work and home life. She never really spoke of anything "bizarre" just highly unlikely events. She's been on Geodon now for the past few days and now she says she has been hearing voices argue in her head for years (since before her first hospital stay for the same ailment over 5 years ago). She said until a couple of days ago she just considered it "self talk" (her words). Now she says they are really voices. I'm wondering if perhaps antipsychotics can actually cause symptoms like this.

When she went through this same scenario of being admitted for about a week five years ago, she was released on Geodon. It seemed to be a Godsend, then it turned her into a mindless zombie barely able to function. She also had a facial tic where it appeared her lips would roll. She has been seeing several doctors and trying different dosages of Geodon, but honestly I know we'll soon have her back to her zombie state as soon as the first two week initial doses kick in.

She started having her delusions about government/terrorist conspiracies that include her as some pawn at about the age of 33. She looks back over her past life even before that age to incorporate events that took place and twist them to fit her theory. But prior to that age, there was never anything of this nature going on with her.

I'm curious, since I've been reading about Delusional (Paranoid) Disorder and the treatment being primarily anxiety meds, antidepressants and psychotherapy, that if this is indeed what she is suffering from and not schizophrenia that perhaps the use of antipsychotics might be making her symptoms worse or even branching into the more psychotic realm. Could this be plausible?

If so, how do we get through to doctors who seem to insist throwing her on antipsychotics to calm the delusions and now psychosis? We know exactly what this med will do to her and her husband is hoping for some miracle that she won't respond to it like she did years ago.

This is beyond frustrating because she won't be dismissed until she tells them she is no longer delusional or hearing voices, which she admitted after her first episode that she has never stopped believing in, even during the meds.