[BeyondtheRainbow]

This has never happened when I wasn't manic (well, sporadically but not enough to even mention it to treatment providers) but a few weeks ago I was hearing voices and now it sounds like the news is on in my other room except that's impossible since I don't have television service, just Netflix and it's not on. I can't make out the words but it's a man and a woman talking. And I know it is nothing but it is freaking me out.

And for those who read my earlier post, yes, this is why I need to get on clozaril sooner rather than later. I get it. I think the voices are related to the lack of sleep but nothing is helping that.

I can't wait for this all to be over.

[cashart10]

I can't rember if you have a prn but if so, use it. If I am hearing voices I usually double up on the Haldol and try to sleep.

[BeyondtheRainbow]

Yeah, I have one. I have a few actually. The one I need is in the other room so I'm hoping the voices settle down before I have to go there.
I did email my pdoc with the truth about psychosis lately. I usually don't tell her much.

why are you of all people awake? I figured you were out for the week?

[HALLIEBETH87]

Hope you feel better soon!!!

I have heard a few voices outside of episodes. I think? I am not sure if they were outside my house.

[BeyondtheRainbow]

I have severe depression going on so there is that but I'm just used to only having psychosis symptoms when manic and then usually only when I haven't slept in days.

I took my prn and slept a couple hours and the cat woke me and instead of just feeding her and going back to sleep as usual I got into things like changing over laundry and now I'm wide awake again. Hopefully I can get back to sleep soon. 2 hours is just not enough.....and usually all I want to do is sleep so if I don't do this I'll wind up sleeping all day. I probably should take another PRN but am scared of really knocking myself out.

I hate decisions.....not usually, but right now the depression makes them hard.

[raspberrytorte]

The one and pretty much only time I had an auditory hallucination combined with a bad paranoia attack I made myself go into the other room to see that no one was really there. It helped me to know that no one was there. Maybe do that next time?

I'm sorry you're experiencing this. It is scary. I'm happy you were able to get some sleep. Hugs.

[catlover21]

I have heard voices in the past. I haven't since starting Abilify. I found that listening to music with headphones helped the most. And guided meditations have done wonders for my sleep!

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[cashart10]

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why are you of all people awake? I figured you were out for the week?[/QUOTE]

Ha! I have no idea when I wrote this but if it was late, I must have just forgotten to take it until later. I honestly have never missed a dose but I infrequently take it late. I did talk to my doctor again though. He advised me to remain on 100MG until some of the sedation wears off. For instance, today I didn't get off the couch until noon and I just took my morning meds about 1/2 hour ago. I imagine I will be dead to the world again very soon.

[Pastel Kitten]

Regardless if the voices are simply a non-existant news broadcast, that would still be very unsettling. I'm sorry you're going through this. I hope you manage to get on clorazil soon and that it has positive effects on you.

[Secretum]

Hallucinations generally don't scare me. I don't know what my secret to dealing with them is, perhaps just knowing that a lot of people struggle with them, that it is nothing to be ashamed of and most of the time it's not something to be overly concerned about. Personally, I think that depression to the point where you are curled up in a ball literally wanting to die, or anxiety to the point where you can think of nothing else, are much, much worse than hallucinations.

[BeyondtheRainbow]

I'm more afraid that I'm having them when I've never had them during depressions than I am about what is happening. I don't like signs that things are worsening. It really is just another sign my AP isn't working probably but I don't want to deal with any more psychosis or anything that makes things harder. I keep wondering if this is happening when I'm depressed what will happen next time I get really mixed (which is typical for me; this is my first time diagnosed with bipolar depression in 13 years). I have thought I might be slightly mixed the last few days but my therapist showed me that the depression is very strong still just yesterday.

This year has been very different than my other years of bipolar and that is disturbing. Hopefully it is just that my AP isn't working and a new one will fix everything.

Originally Posted by Secretum

Hallucinations generally don't scare me. I don't know what my secret to dealing with them is, perhaps just knowing that a lot of people struggle with them, that it is nothing to be ashamed of and most of the time it's not something to be overly concerned about. Personally, I think that depression to the point where you are curled up in a ball literally wanting to die, or anxiety to the point where you can think of nothing else, are much, much worse than hallucinations.

Same here. But of course, I've taken loads of LSD and shrooms to manually create hallucinations. Even hallucinated heavily off of lack of sleep due to speed. Any hallucination now a days is like a freebee in my book.

[BeyondtheRainbow]

Well, you are welcome to mine

Originally Posted by AlwaysChanging2

Same here. But of course, I've taken loads of LSD and shrooms to manually create hallucinations. Even hallucinated heavily off of lack of sleep due to speed. Any hallucination now a days is like a freebee in my book.

Originally Posted by BeyondtheRainbow

Well, you are welcome to mine

Awww thank you sweety, but the switching between personalities has put the whole seeing things in the back seat. We're trying to figure out who's driving! :P

[BeyondtheRainbow]

They seem to be taking a break, hopefully forever, so I don't have any to share right now anyway. Hopefully they will stay away just the few more weeks until I get my meds changed. I guess I'll find out how much Seroquel prevented them when I'm without it.