hearing voices
 

About a month ago I had my depot increased to try and get rid of the voice. It's kinda worked. I woke up with the voice talking then as the day wore on it shut up. As I type this I am hearing no voice. I still have concentration issues though.

My cpn warned me that if I get stressed that the voice may come back. But it's great and kinda weird that I am hearing nothing but the telly. I have been hearing voices since 2003 so it's been a long time.

But hopefully this should continue. My cpn said that if I hate the silence that I can go back to a lower dose.

that's great to hear, I hope all continues well

Wow! This is such great news, I'm so pleased for you. It must be so weird getting used to the silence, but I imagine you will get used to it soon, just as you got so used to hearing voices.

good news, I imagine you'll get used to it quickly enough :)

That's great to hear. I really hope things continue to improve :)

That's great news :-)

I'm happy for you and hope it continues.

Thanks everyone. The silence is so weird.

I had the voice when I woke up and for twenty minutes it talked. But it was more of a background noise rather than being a distinctive voice. Again as I type this I have no voice.

That's really great :)

22 minutes I had the background noise this morning. But then silence. It seems to be a feature. Some noise when I wake up then silence.

Well it's kinda plodding along.

Last night for the first time I had the voice at night. I managed to get to sleep though. Again I had the voice for about 20 minutes before it shut up.

Great. The voice has returned 24/7. I feel so sad.

Sorry to hear that. Hopefully this will be temporary! Have you let your CPN know that this has happened?

I think it's because I am stressed Jenna (see my thread in gsa for the reasons why). I haven't told my cpn but she is coming on Wednesday to see me and I will tell her then.

I am hoping that once my stress levels are gone the voice will go away. My cpn warned me that the voice may go and then come back when I am stressed so I guess she is right.

Yeah, it certainly sounds like things could be worse because of the stress you are under. I hope you're able to talk about this with your CPN on Wednesday and that she can provide some advice for reducing the situation you described in your GSA thread.

I told my cpn before. She said that the voice may go now that I have had my depot or it may reduce. I am feeling less stressed today.

I have updated my thread in gsa too with some promising news. My cpn asked me what does the fact that I no longer hear voices means. I said that it meant that I was truly ill and that I was not doing it for attention. She said that if I was doing it for attention then no amount of medication would work.

I feel sad that I have to be on medication for the rest of my life but the quality of life that I have means it's worth it. My cpn said it was good that we found an antipsychotics that really works well for me.

I'm pleased things seem to be looking up for you :)

Thanks Beckie :)

This is great news. I'm glad that things are going well :)

Thanks Jenna,

So far it hasnt made any difference to my voice - I am still hearing it for 20 mins a day and then it shuts up. Maybe it will take another depot for it to have any difference. Maybe it wont and that's the best I am gonna be. But whatever it is, it's an improvement on before.

I know that it doesnt mean that I am cured of schizophrenia because I will always need meds. I also had what my cpn calls "ideas of reference" (basically Prince Charles told me he was an alien), and that I will always suffer from the negative effects of schizophrenia. Especially low mood that effects me often and for weeks, and also concentration issues. I just hope that I am not discharged from the cmht because I dont feel ready for it just yet.