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Suggest treatment for hallucination
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My mother is 100 years old and is hallucinating, she is seeing bugs, snakes and picking at her hands and sees worms coming out of her nails. She does this during the day and at night when she goes to bed. She has been put on Resperdone but it's not working. Do you have a better answer for me, she is getting worse everyday and I am afraid she will have a heart attack from the nightmare she is living in daily.
gpt
Hello,Welcome to Healthcare Magic.Treatment depend on the cause of hallucination. If hallucination is recent in onset in this age then there is need to rule out delirium due to medical condition for which investigations are required.If it is for prolong duration then doses of risperidon can be increased or other medicines like olanzapine or clozapine can be tried under psychiatrist supervision.Wish you good health and all the best.www.99doctor.com