[girlN]

Been hearing voices. They keep me up @ night and I can't understand what they are saying. I am so stinking tired but these darn voices. I don't feel manic but my b/f said I have been. I feel anti social and sad and freaking tired. Under a lot of stress I don't know if this is the cause of the sleeplessness and intern the cause of the voices but please HELP!!

[Moose72]

Hi. I've heard voices, too. They are quiet clear, for me- I can understand what they say. They are mainly distracting and disorienting- until I realize its not a real person. Stress can bring on an episode of mania AND voices, I think. Plus, hearing voices or seeing things that aren't there can be a result of acute mania, so yes- I'd say it is all related.

[girlN]

Thank you my friend moose72. I am not scared of the voices or anything b/c I do know they are not real. I have been sleeping a little better and last night I didn't hear the voices at all.

[Moose72]

I'm not scared of mine either, but they are really freaky, aren't they?

[RelientK]

I have heard my name being whispered (externally). This has happened throughout my life - even before the BP.

Do you have internal conversations that go on and on (like tv in the background) or do you hear external voices?

[girlN]

yeah moose they are weird.
and relientK my voices are almost always external and they are ALWAYS male. I have never had a female voice. By the way did you adopt the name from the car or the band? ( Like the band, have seen them live when they had the old drummer who's hair looked like the slim jim guy's)

[RelientK]

hehe
the band

[twoizopen]

I wanted to reply to this posting about voices, because there doesn't seem to be much talk about it in BP circles.

I have struggled with this for about a year (maybe more). My voices are both internal and external. Usually it is a negative series of voices trying to bring me down like, "You can't do that stupid! What are you thinking! Idiot." This is just an example. Sometimes I can actually hear a dialogue of voices in my head which is the worse. I am on medication that is suppose to be helping, but so far I have seen no noticable results.

Almost always stress brings it on. Like when I am at work and am not getting something.

It also happens when I'm trying to converse, which I find extreamely dabilitating.

Sometimes I wonder if it is related to BP at all, but then I think "Does it really matter?"