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Subject: Auditory hallucinations and shaking.
Category: Health
Asked by: stargatex2-ga
List Price: $5.00
Posted: 18 Jul 2004 21:38 PDT
Expires: 06 Aug 2004 23:24 PDT
Question ID: 375979
If someone is suffering from auditory hallucinations of electric
current, loud noises such as a dog bark, a car horn, a doorbell, a
metallic sound, and garbled voices only at night, and shaking for a
second or two, what is the most probable diagnosis?  Antipsychotic and
SSRI antidepressant meds make the symptoms worse.
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Subject: Re: Auditory hallucinations and shaking.
From: willowbyrn-ga on 19 Jul 2004 07:48 PDT
 
Although I am not a doctor yet,  I did work in a neuro-oncology clinic
for a little while and those complaints are similar to ones I heard
from some of our patients.  Depending upon it's position within the
brain, a tumor can cause all sorts of strange audio visual effects.  I
would suggest the person get a CAT scan.  Thats the a good way to
diagnos most problems within the brain
Subject: Re: Auditory hallucinations and shaking.
From: purpledoc-ga on 22 Jul 2004 18:43 PDT
 
I would see a neurologist and get an EEG to see if this is seizure
activity, as these may be simple partial seizures, possibly from
temporal lobe epilepsy.  Since antipsychotic and SSRI medications
lower the seizure threshold (i.e., make it easier to have seizures),
it would make sense that these would make the symptoms worse.  Make
sure that the neurologist knows the exact symptoms you are describing,
so that s/he can place the electrodes correctly; temporal lobe
epilepsy can be missed on a regular EEG.

As for a brain scan, I wouldn't bother with the CT scan, which will
not give you the resolution and definition that you need in this case.
 The neurologist will probably order a T2-weighted MRI instead, to get
a better picture.

Hope this helps.
Subject: Re: Auditory hallucinations and shaking.
From: stargatex2-ga on 06 Aug 2004 23:22 PDT
 
Thanks people!

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