So...I know hearing voices that no one else hears is "bad", but my question is....

Is hearing noises that no one else hears also "bad"?

I don't hear voices (well maybe I have heard my name called 2 or 3 times in the past 2 years only to find no one around...but I don't think that is significant enough...or maybe the person was hiding?!?). I do however hear noises that others do not hear.

In my old apartment (August 2008-July 2009) I heard the same noise everyday. It sounded like bass from a stereo booming. I assumed that it was coming from the people above me and complained to the apartment office only to find out that at the time I complained, no one lived above me. So, then I thought it was coming from the people below me (I lived on the 2nd floor of a 3 story building). But, I found out that an elderly couple lived there, so the likelyhood of them blasting rap/rock music at all hours of the day/night was slim to none.

A few months into living there I went to see a psychiatirst for other problems. I was afraid to admit that I heard things. He picked up on that I was extremely suspicious of other people and called it a psychotic symptom (I went asking about Asperger's...so I was not expecting this) and put me on an antipsychotic (risperidone). A few weeks after starting it, I quit hearing the noise/music everyday and only heard it once a week. So, I assume the noise/music was really in my mind.

Over the next few months, the risperidone was gradually increased. I stopped hearing the music/noises alltogether.

Since then I have moved and live in a new apartment (August 2009-present). Last month, I started hearing the same music/nosie again that I used to hear in my old apartment. I only hear it 2 or 3 times a month now...so it's not like I hear it everyday. But, is this "normal"?

I'm still afraid to admit this to my psychiatrist. Is it something he should know about? How do I get the courage to tell him? I don't want to been seen as crazy...it's bad enough I feel that way about myself. I don't want someone else thinking it too.

Does anyone have any advice?