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ManWithAPlan, yeah milder hallucinations usually come first, but these sorts of severe and bizarre hallucinations along with a seeming paranoia seem to maybe point in that direction. It's possible that the minor hallucinations may have consisted of spotting, 'floaters' (little floating black bits in front of your eyes) and/or auditory hallucinations, which may be passed off as seeing things and/or not sleeping enough, too much caffeine or even just background noise in the case of auditory hallucinations. The powerful aspect of hallucinating is that the person suffering doesn't realize, what you see and hear seems very very real. Mine were caused by lack of sleep due to insomnia, but even knowing that lack of sleep can cause that sort of thing and even with the sudden onset and very bizarre nature of what I saw, it was hard to discount and I rarely sat up alone without all the lights on. It's quite possible for symptoms to go undiagnosed simply because the patient doesn't report them.
And yeah, the emotional aspect is disorganized, although if combined it would actually be undifferentiated schizophrenia. Hallucinations are much less pronounced in disorganized, being much more common in paranoid schizophrenia. I merely listed the disorganized symptoms because they're easier to spot and may provide clues. Paranoid schizophrenia has fewer observable symptoms and cataonic tends to be rather apparent on it's own, so I listed the ones that may not be recognized if one doesn't know about them.
I've skimmed that site and it definitely seems worth looking over. I'm not saying this is likely to be the cause but it's definitely a possibility and if it is the case the earlier you catch it the better.
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