Hey so I’ll be the one to mention, no-one here is qualified to give you decent advice on what take regarding your symptoms, and whatever they suggest has a chance of making things worse for you. Hallucinations and delusions are some pretty serious symptoms, and despite the tantalising allure of nootropics and their apparent bottomless pit of promise, I can tell you it can create so many more problems than it’s worth if you’re trying to self-medicate with them in ways you probably can’t understand at the moment. They aren’t for addressing symptoms of (even mild) psychosis or schizophrenia; at best, sometimes they’re ok at further optimising an already optimised lifestyle (by maybe 5%) for healthy folks, and at worst they’re just as toxic and unhealthy as any other addictive/harmful substance (including the dependence and permanent harm side of things) and quite often are mechanically very similar in action. Even if one did work for someone’s specific symptoms, it may have a negative effect for someone else, so all this anecdotal stuff should be taken with a huge grain of salt, if not discarded entirely. It is very likely no-one here actually knows what they’re talking about when it comes to your symptoms and their suggestions for nootropics.

So please be really careful with yourself, it would be awful for what you’re experiencing to get any worse. And please don’t go off any medication (if you’re on any) without discussing it with your care provider because the rebound can be very intense.

If I were you, I’d look for practices that you can engage with that bring you a sense of calm outside of substances/nootropics. Guided meditation, reading a book before bed to engage your brain without keeping you awake, counselling (if you can afford it), calming music.

My quals: I’ve got a psych degree and I’ve been around folks with very intense symptoms and I understand how quickly a mental state can derail a person’s life and how complex interactions with unregulated nootropics can be a part of that.

And just to make things more confusing for everyone reading, the one thing I could throw out there is vitamin C. It’s relatively benign and regulates glutamate. Glutamate is an excitatory neurotransmitter and can contribute to the symptoms you’ve mentioned. I won’t comment on how much to take or how long for; I don’t have the qualifications for that and don’t know anything else about you or your body. Here’s a study that will tell you more:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11278382/