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Schizophrenia or depression
My aunt has been completely normal all her life, suddenly some months ago she started saying weird things about some people she is seeing in our living room who may hurt her or kill her,etc. after consulting a psychiatrist she was started on olimelt 0.5 and subsequently increased the dose till she was again normal. some days ago she had a fall and then she was unable to sit up due to minor hip fracture, she was hospitalised as she was unable to pass stools.the doctors have stopped olimelt and sh
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Was she able to recognize family member? Her sleep was more in day time and less in night time? she appeared confused all the time?
If yes at 68 years these symptoms suggest more towards delirium. The abnormal things she was seeing was visual hallucination and they can be present in delirium.
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Consult neurologist as soon as possible. You can contact me for further help.
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