postictal psychosis

postictal psychosis: psychotic symptoms occurring after a seizure, most often when there is a cluster of seizures that may have been followed by a lucid period of one to three days. Some patients have hallucinations or delusions, with danger of suicide or other violence in response to an imaginary command; others have anxiety or panic disorders.

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