[Septembersrain]

This is the first time in almost 10 years that I've had that time of the month. I've always been on a birth control that stopped them. The cramps, inability to eat, and auditory hallucinations were horrible when I was younger.

Now I'm having that time due to a different type of birth control. Again I can't eat, I'm in even more severe pain than I remember and I can hear a guys voice that I recall terrifyingly well from my childhood. It keeps saying "Hey." or other 1-2 word phrases.

I am a victim of abuse. I'm not sure what to do. Has anyone else experienced this?

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[Yzen]

Your birth control has keep some of that in check over the years....it appears from what you said. You could talk to your doctor about it.

It sounds like you are re-experiencing incidents of your trauma through those auditory hallucinations. I have experienced sensory hallucinations a few times with my PTSD .

[Septembersrain]

Originally Posted by Yzen

Your birth control has keep some of that in check over the years....it appears from what you said. You could talk to your doctor about it.

It sounds like you are re-experiencing incidents of your trauma through those auditory hallucinations. I have experienced sensory hallucinations a few times with my PTSD .

If it's okay for me to ask, what were the sensory hallucinations like for you?

I'm likely going back to my Obgyn if this continues. I can't deal with not being able to eat and then being plagued by a voice I never wanted to great again.

[Yzen]

ok. I have only experienced a few instances and mine have been visual and physical sensations.
I felt startled by them. One time, I shivered (shaked).

[Ceara1010]

Originally Posted by Septembersrain

This is the first time in almost 10 years that I've had that time of the month....and I can hear a guys voice that I recall terrifyingly well from my childhood. It keeps saying "Hey." or other 1-2 word phrases.
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I am a victim of abuse. I'm not sure what to do. Has anyone else experienced this?

Hi September, I'm new.

You know, hormones can do some really weird things, and birth control definitely mucks with your hormones--they were changed when you went on the birth control, and now that you have switched, they are changing again. Hormones can even cause psychosis and hearing voices is a type of psychosis.

You might try Googling "hormones" and "psychosis" together and do some reading on this.

So don't panic. Definitely talk to your doctor about this. The voice may be caused by switching to a different birth control. It might be the new method causing it, or maybe just the transition so it could all end once your body has adjusted.

--Ceara1010

[Septembersrain]

Originally Posted by Ceara1010

Hi September, I'm new.


You know, hormones can do some really weird things, and birth control definitely mucks with your hormones--they were changed when you went on the birth control, and now that you have switched, they are changing again. Hormones can even cause psychosis and hearing voices is a type of psychosis.


You might try Googling "hormones" and "psychosis" together and do some reading on this.


So don't panic. Definitely talk to your doctor about this. The voice may be caused by switching to a different birth control. It might be the method causing it, or maybe just the transition so it could all end once your body has adjusted.


--Ceara1010

Thank you so much for this. It's just really caught me off guard because I've had a similar one to this, switched, and had zero issues. The voice is annoying but it's bearable. It's the inability to eat that's starting to worry me. I've got an appointment with my psychiatrist and if he recommends, I'll go back to my Obgyn.

I really want to get back to work but I'm having serious difficulties focusing. Which is entirely unlike me.

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[Ceara1010]

Originally Posted by Septembersrain

Thank you so much for this. It's just really caught me off guard because I've had a similar one to this, switched, and had zero issues. The voice is annoying but it's bearable. It's the inability to eat that's starting to worry me. I've got an appointment with my psychiatrist and if he recommends, I'll go back to my Obgyn.

I really want to get back to work but I'm having serious difficulties focusing. Which is entirely unlike me.

Yeah, I understand hormones can cause attention problems, too. My sister says she became really ADD-ish when she went into perimenopause.

If I were you, I would go to the OBGYN regardless of what your pdoc says, or at least call him/her. Your pdoc might not know much about women and hormones but it's not likely she/he will say "I don't know, go ask so-and-so." Doctors aren't good at saying "I don't know" when they don't know. Frankly, no one with a doctorate of any kind is good at this.

--Ceara1010