Hello,
I usually post on the BiPolar forums but wanted to get some feedback here too regarding some of my symptoms. I have psychosis during my depressive episodes, one aspect of this is a "voice" that I can hear in my head - it has no form and "sounds" distinctly foreign, but I can ask it questions and get quick responses. Another thing that happens a lot is that if I ask a question in my head using my own "internal" voice, I usually get a response back in the form/voice of someone I may know or have seen, but the responses feel independent of anything I would come up with and are sometimes quite destructive.

I recently started keeping a journal and decided to try asking the "voice" questions by writing them on the page and then writing down the first thing that comes to mind as an answer. The result was a fairly long letter addressed to me. The "voice" gave its self a name, described what it thought of me, and what it wanted to do.

I've recently had several depressive episodes and have had to stop taking some anti-psychotics due to the side effects a few months back (I was experiencing what my Psychiatrist described as dissociation). I recall first talking with the voice when I was a teenager and started having my first really severe mood swings, though when I asked the voice where it came from, it said it has always been here.

Additionally, there have been a few times where I've "caught" myself talking to my reflection in the mirror.

I'm really not sure what this is or what it would be considered. Is this some delusion/hallucination or something else entirely. When I described this on the BP forums, they suggested that it sounded like DID, so I wanted to get your feedback on it as well.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!