I stopped taking my medicine a few months ago, and one of the side effects was hearing voices. But eventually they went away, when my body got used to not having the medicine. But now I'm hearing voices again all the time. I'm wondering if anyone knows why this is and could possibly help me? I feel like I'm going insane. They tell me to cut or kill myself, and a lot of the time, I feel like doing what they say. I really need some help.
The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.
It'd be a good move to talk to a professional about this-maybe a GP to begin with? What to do is analyse them.
-How do they talk?
-How many are there?
-Do you recognise them (i.e-are they people you know, not have you gotten used to them)?
-What do they say?
- Do they speak in the same language?
-Are they interactive or do they just repeat the 1 phrase?
-Do they give a running commentary?
-Do they talk in the 1st person (i.e Simon, you'll have to do this) or the 3rd person (i.e Simon's tired today) or a mixture?
Those sorts of things. You're not alone-something like 10% of people with mental issues hear voices of some sort-ranging from the in-your-head ones that can come with things like anorexia, telling you not to eat, to fully blown Schizophrenia, with commands, unending running commentaries, screaming, etc.
Don't worry, they can't hurt you-they're voices. You have to keep a guard though. Be careful-not wishing to scare you but I've found myself in some very hazardous situations due to me not knowing the voices weren't just part of my brain, so the cutting/drug-taking/killing thing becomes part of your routine in a way.
Take care, and PM if you want to talk,
Simon.
Constituting a personality disordered threat to society since 1989.
i've heard voices since i was 11 so 8 years and one thing i know is supposed to work in wearing 1 headphone and listening to music i'm not sure why it works something to do with interupting the brain signals
i know how scary it can be but hearing voices does not mean you have schizophrenia hearing voices can be caused by other illnesses to i should know mine are due to psychotic depression
Music does help-if only to take your mind off it-it's more noticeable when it's quiet around you, as opposed to if you've got music on. You hear them just the same usually, (or at least I do, and therefore I guess everyone else is just like me :P) but it's something else to focus on.
Simon.
Constituting a personality disordered threat to society since 1989.
I went through a phase of hearing voices all the time, i only hear them very occasionally now but when i do, like others have said, music really helps. I literally put my fave song on full blast, stick the headphones on and it sort of counter-balances (not sure if thats the right word) with the voices which really helps
One thing that also worked for me was that i named my voices (sounds really silly) but whenever they would start i would scream back at them and it made me feel better giving it a name...i dont know why, it just helped
*Big hugs*...it sucks
Last edited by broken_up_inside : 19-06-2007 at 02:19 AM.
Reason: silly me
Carly xxx
I tried to be someone else, but nothing seemed to change
I know now this is who I really am inside
[I don't wanna die, but i ain't keen on living either]
I have been under stress and anxious a lot lately, but I have OCD and GAD so I'm always dealing with that. I guess I have been stuggling with the past a bit. Could that be causing the voices?
The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.
Could be, OCD can be manifested through voices. It's important to note down how they talk-different conditions have different voices-OCD might be only about compulsions, Anorexia might be only for eating, etc.
Simon.
Constituting a personality disordered threat to society since 1989.
Psychotic depression is where you're depressed, and also psychotic-though only in spells. You can get pretty much anything schizophrenic, except you're aware you're hallucinating. Schizophrenics believe the stuff they experience is real. If you're psychotically depressed, you'll know that the things you're facing aren't real, but are hallucinatory.
Constituting a personality disordered threat to society since 1989.
