Talk:Deliriant

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[edit] "True" hallucinogens

Rawr, I /hate/ this common misconception! While deleriants are true hallucinogens, so are conventional hallucinogens. A hallucinogen is something that causes hallucinations, and hallucinations are perception in the absence of external stimuli (Note that there is nothing in that definition about whether these hallucinations are considered real by the person).

The only difference between deleriant-induced hallucinations and those caused by conventional hallucinogens is that they appear real; in other words, they are accompanied by delusions that they are real. There is nothing "true" about deleriant-induced hallucinations that there isn't about those caused by, say, LSD.

--140.159.2.32 04:05, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge?

Should this article be merged with anticholinergic? --Thoric 16:26, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

No. There are many anticholinergics that are not used as deleriants. --140.159.2.32 04:05, 13 September 2006 (UTC)