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what causes a  visual hallucination ?

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Many: Visual hallucinations are usually associated with some medical issue eg seizures, fever, drug use, or can be normal-see answer for related to sleep.  When emotional are associated with ptsd or in severe psychosis usually assoiciated with auditory hallucinations.

Question 2

visual hallucination, is this normal or not?

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Not usually: Visual hallucinations while falling asleep or upon awakening are normal. Some hallucinations may occur briefly during times of acute grief.  Otherwise, visual hallucinations are generally a sign of pathology.

Question 3

do you have a predominat visual hallucination you see?

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Auditory: Schizophrenics usually suffer predominantly from auditory hallucinations. Not so much visual, gustatory, tactile, or olfactory. Occasionally, however, those who do have visual hallucinations will report seeing the same one repeatedly. However, this is not always the case.

Question 4

do people with hallucinations tend to have a predominate visual hallucination?

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Not usually: Auditory hallucinations are more common than visual hallucinations.

Question 5

i am currently experiencing a visual hallucination and i'm scared to death, what should i do? how do you make it stop?please i'm begging you, help me

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Head to Hospital ER: A visual hallucination could be secondary to recreational drugs, or even prescription medications.  Can also be seen with thiamine deficiency, psychiatric disease, head trauma, a variety of neurological conditions, even associated with epilepsy.  So, get help asap.

Question 6

visual hallucination from peyote?

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Yes: The drugs that come from peyote are classified as hallucinogenic. So yes, poisonous mushrooms can cause hallucinations of all kinds up to and including visual hallucinations.

Question 7

visual hallucination with lewy bodies?

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Yes: Lewy body dementia (dlb) does have psychotic symptoms, particularly hallucinations.  In fact, these are a hallmark feature of dlb. Insight is typically poor. Unlike patients with alzheimer's or Parkinson's dementia, patients with dlb exhibit hallucinations early in the course of the illness. Delusions are also common in dlb. Hallucinations go along with poorer daily functioning in these patients.

Question 8

visual hallucination or something of that nature always indication of tumor?

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No: Visual hallucinations can happen with a number of conditions, not just brain tumors.  Delirium of all types is one -- especially alcohol withdrawal delirium and intoxication with hallucinogens.  Some medications can cause these especially in older people.  Dementia with lewy bodies; migraines; seizures; and creuzfeldt-jakob disease.  Also, about half of people with parkinson's disease have these.

Question 9

do people with schizophrenia have one visual hallucination that they usually see?

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Not usually.: Hallucinations are auditory or visual with auditory more common. Auditory may be vague and benign or clear and foul and threatening, often demanding a person to say or do threatening or harmful things like hurt or kill others or even themselves. Visual hallucinations are more rare and can be repetitive. In my experience having only one visual hallucination is very unlikely.

Question 10

i experienced my first visual hallucination.  should i wait things out or go to a doctor?  which doctor?

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See your Eye MD: Assuming that the hallucination was unrelated to illicit drugs, it may represent migraine or something much more sinister.  See your eye md soon.

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