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Antipsychotics can reduce delusions, hallucinations and severe agitation. The choice is individual and requires monitoring of benefits and side effects; never stop suddenly without advice.
- Hearing voices, seeing images or feeling physical sensations that others do not perceive.
- Strong beliefs that do not fit shared reality, such as being followed or controlled.
- Take the medicine as agreed and use a weekly pill organiser, app or support person if helpful.
- Keep a brief record of improvements and side effects; bring it to check-ups.
- Contact a doctor the same day for rapidly increasing voices, suspiciousness, sleeplessness or confused behaviour.
- For urgent GP care outside office hours, call HAP 9252. Call Ambulance 912 only for an immediate threat to life.
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