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Johanna A. Hoffman, MD
Department of Psychiatry Medical College of Virginia Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic Box 253, MCV Station Richmond, VA 23298

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1984;41(6):631-632.

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To the Editor.—

I read with interest Abraham's article on "Visual Phenomenology of the LSD Flashback."¹ The description of visual flashbacks and the apparent reduction in symptoms with the administration of a benzodiazepine called to mind the case of a woman I treated whose major difference from the patients in Abraham's group was the absence of a history of LSD ingestion.

This patient had experienced the onset of visual symptoms at the age of 17 years during a near-psychotic upheaval, without any known exposure to hallucinogens. Of the 16 visual symptoms described by Abraham, my patient reported 14. Of the remaining two, she did not spontaneously endorse color confusion or positive afterimages but did not deny them. These visual distortions had persisted during the 20 years since their onset, although with decreased frequency. During short trials of two neuroleptics (thiothixene and trifluoperazine hydrochloride), she reported an increase in . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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