The Paranoia/Hallucination/Delusion Disorders
Some people develop unusual feelings, sensations and/or beliefs that seem very real to them, but are not real.
The commonest of these is
Paranoia. Paranoia is a feeling that you are being looked at critically or spied on, or that someone or something is trying to invade you or is out to harm you, when no one is doing so. Your brain is producing those feelings. It can be difficult to differentiate Paranoia from severe Social Phobia.
You are having a
Hallucination if you think you see or hear something when there is nothing to see or hear. The commonest hallucination is hearing a voice or voices when in reality there is no one speaking but your brain is “hearing things”.
Delusions are when you believe something to be true which isn’t true, such as believing there is someone under the floor, in the walls or in the roof of the building you are in, when in fact there is no one there.
Paranoia, Hallucinations and Delusions can be very frightening and confusing. They mostly occur
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With the use of certain drugs such as Marijuana and Amphetamines.
- With high fever, serious infections, dehydration, and other toxic sicknesses that cause you to be delirious due to the toxicity affecting your brain function.
- With the mental illness Schizophrenia (Psychosis) in which the Brain Chemistry is disturbed.
- With Major Depressive Symptoms when it may be called Psychotic Depression
People who use Marijuana and Street Amphetamines have always got underlying Nervous Disorders (often ADD) and these need to be diagnosed e.g. by doing
The Beck Mini Discomforts/Dysfunctions Checklist at
www.DrBecksChecklists.com. The Nervous Disorders can then be treated properly, allowing the affected person to stop self medicating with Marijuana and Street Amphetamines.
People who may be Schizophrenic should do
The Beck Mini DDC at
www.DrBecksChecklists.com. All of their Nervous Disorders should then be targeted with effective treatment and they should be respected and treated as real human beings. Doing this will substantially reduce the impact of their Schizophrenia.
It is a tragedy that people with Schizophrenia are
- Often diagnosed late because nobody thinks to simply ask them whether they have Paranoia, hear Voices or think there might be someone in the roof or under the floor or in the walls and patients are often too embarrassed to say if they have these problems. The earlier Schizophrenia is diagnosed the less damage occurs and the more they recover with treatment.
- That once their Schizophrenia is diagnosed often all that their Family and Healthcarers think about is the Schizophrenia. Their other Nervous Disorders are neglected so they often suffer seriously with untreated Anxiety, Depression, ADD, Bipolar Disorder or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder etc, which make their Schizophrenia worse and their Quality of Life much worse than it needs to be.
- They are often not treated like real human beings but are neglected and avoided and irrationally feared, which severely and needlessly further diminishes their quality of life. People with Schizophrenia are very seldom dangerous and are certainly less dangerous than many people who use street amphetamines, excessive alcohol etc. They tend to be socially withdrawn but benefit from social warmth and interaction.
Most people think that the treatment of Schizophrenia is just Antipsychotic medications (which I think are better called Major Tranquilizers rather than Antipsychotics). Major Tranquilizers are very important because Paranoia, Hallucinations and Delusions are very frightening, scary experiences. However our observation is that these people have a much better life if they regularly do the
Mini Discomforts/Dysfunctions Checklist or the
MAXI Discomforts/Dysfunctions Checklist and receive treatment for all the groups of Discomforts and Dysfunctions they score more than 30 or 40 points on.
These people really do need Total Disorder Holistic treatment.
Conclusion
At the Family NeuroHealth Centre we have found that we are able to help even very disturbed people to achieve Mental Health, Strength and a Normal Happy Life with our FIVE STEP PROGRAM
- To begin with we diagnose all of our patients’ Disorders. Nervous Disorders rarely occur one at a time and you don’t get better till every one of your Disorders has been correctly diagnosed and fixed
- Then we supply them with simple clear information about all of their Disorders
- We correct their Brain Chemistry Disturbances with exercise, a natural fresh chemical free diet, nutritional supplements (fish oil etc) and Multiple Medications that cover all of their problems
- We see that their issues and problems are resolved and life goals, plans and dreams are set, through regular weekly counselling
- More disturbed people and those who want to get off medicines quickly have their brain electricity permanently corrected through weekly EEG Biofeedback
Wishing you all the best and a Normal Healthy Happy Life!
Yours Sincerely
Dr Neil Beck
The Big 7 Commonest Disorders
The Sleep Disorders
The Anxiety Disorders
Major (Unipolar) Depression
Bipolar (Manic Depressive) Disorder
The Attention Deficit Disorders (ADD, ADHD and Others)
The Post Trauma Brain Shock Disorders (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Acute Distress Disorder etc)
