Question: I have 14 year old son that is complaining that from time to time things around him seem to move as if in fast-forward. He claims that this started to happen quite rarely when he was in year 4 at school, and he is now in year 8. The frequency of these episodes can be up to once a month, lasting anywhere from a few minutes up to 2 days in rare circumstances. He says that the symptoms seem to be lasting longer now than they were when he first noticed them 4 years ago. When he first noticed the symptoms 4 years ago they would last less than a minute, and were a lot less frequent. He is now finding that the symptoms are more confronting, and finds that one thing that helps is to rest in a darkened room with all devices turned off, and no noise. I am very concerned given that his mother suffered with similar symptoms at a similar age, and there is a history of depression and psychosis in his mother's family. Hopefully you can offer some assistance in recommending where we go from here with our investigations.

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Hello and thank you for your reply. Liam's mother was diagnosed with severe depression including psychosis about 7 years ago. She was hospitalised and treated using antidepressants, mood stabilizers and antipsychotics. She is now stable using mood stabilizers and antidepressants. Liams hearing was checked 4 years ago and there were no problems. However he was diagnosed with auditory processing disorder and also an ophthalmologist diagnosed him with a tracking disorder of the eyes. He underwent treatment for both these disorders however because of the late age he began the treatment a full recovery wasn't achieved. His reading and writing abilities are well below his current required abilities for a year 8 student. Also both of his sister's aged 17 and 23 have suffered with mild to severe anxiety problems.

Hope this information is helpful in further refining your advice.

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