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What Causes Severe Hallucinations?

my wife is 65 years old. has been diagnosed with chemo brain, she had anal cancer with chemo and radiation almost 7 years ago. She began having hallucinations about 4 years ago and over the last several months the hallucinations have escalated, and are now very graphic and violent visions.....her kids dead, heads chopped off, hanging from trees dead, seeing me raping her 35 year old daughter(not true) and this last one is so real to her that she gets very angry and curses at me. I finally had to have her taken to a psyc facility and have put her on respertol. its helping but the side effects are many and dangerous, is there something out there with less side effects? Can you recommend a differ protocol? HELP, I want my wife back. Thank you for your time and considerations
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service.
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

From the available description it appears that she is either suffering with late onset psychosis or severe depression with psychotic features. Risperdal can help her with psychosis part but definitely have side effects.

I must inform you that there are side effects but the side effects does not out weight the benefits offered by risperdal.

In case you she experienced some serious side effects olanzapine can be used after talking to her doctor.


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What Causes Severe Hallucinations?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. From the available description it appears that she is either suffering with late onset psychosis or severe depression with psychotic features. Risperdal can help her with psychosis part but definitely have side effects. I must inform you that there are side effects but the side effects does not out weight the benefits offered by risperdal. In case you she experienced some serious side effects olanzapine can be used after talking to her doctor. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.