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Suggest Treatment For Auditory Hallucinations With Sleep Apnea

this is the first time I have posted here. I just joined a few minutes ago. I don t know if I have Bipolar disorder, I had a brief psychotic episode 3 years ago. I had never had any symptoms before. I was 48. I had been on extremely high doses of opioids for rheumatoid arthritis for years. I began sleeping 18 hours a day. then after a year of that, I began to see people in my room that weren t there. and having auditory hallucinations. I was put into psychiatric hospitals for 4 and a half months. on and off, about a third of that time. I was placed on Seroquel that I have been on ever since. I am wondering, should I try to wean off. I still feel like the heavy doses of narcotics, including morphine 120 mgs a day, oxycodone, 120 mgs a day and lyrica, Neurontin, vistaril, lunesta, had a major cause of this, since I know I was having a lot of sleep apnea etc. I had lost 80 lbs and had stopped eating. I was near death, literally. So I feel like, I would like to see if I should try to wean off of this, but what is the best way, so as not to have rebound hallucinations, in the process. thank you.
Wed, 26 Nov 2014
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Best way to stop antipsychotic and pain killers is taper them gradually. Better to take help of a psychiatrist in that case. That would help you to control withdrawal symptoms. If you need further help, you can ask.

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Suggest Treatment For Auditory Hallucinations With Sleep Apnea

Hi Thanks for using healthcare magic Best way to stop antipsychotic and pain killers is taper them gradually. Better to take help of a psychiatrist in that case. That would help you to control withdrawal symptoms. If you need further help, you can ask. Thanks