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Suggest Treatment For Hallucinations And Bipolar Mania After Severe Injury
topic on concussions:
My son experienced a concussion in 2008 after being bruttaly beaten up and kicked in the head multiple times with heavy boots. He is experiencing hallucinations getting lower on zyprexa med that he took for bipolar mania after the concussion. Can the visual hallucinations be caused from the lowering of the zyprexa or the concussion? He's also on equetro.
Thank you
My son experienced a concussion in 2008 after being bruttaly beaten up and kicked in the head multiple times with heavy boots. He is experiencing hallucinations getting lower on zyprexa med that he took for bipolar mania after the concussion. Can the visual hallucinations be caused from the lowering of the zyprexa or the concussion? He's also on equetro.
Thank you
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
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Your son developed concussion in 2008 and he developed Bipolar disorder and mania after that. He was no Olanzapine and Carbamazapine for that. Now on lowering the doses he is experiencing hallucinations.
Serious head injury commonly get complicated in psychotic symptoms. He is having these symptoms because of complication of head injury and reduction of antipsychotic Zyprexa or Olanzapine resulted in relapse of symptoms. I would advise you to consult his psychiatrist again and get him evaluated for evidence of psychotic symptoms.
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Your son developed concussion in 2008 and he developed Bipolar disorder and mania after that. He was no Olanzapine and Carbamazapine for that. Now on lowering the doses he is experiencing hallucinations.
Serious head injury commonly get complicated in psychotic symptoms. He is having these symptoms because of complication of head injury and reduction of antipsychotic Zyprexa or Olanzapine resulted in relapse of symptoms. I would advise you to consult his psychiatrist again and get him evaluated for evidence of psychotic symptoms.
Thanks, hope this helps you
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