[Evil_Karot]

I keep being asked by my Psych doc about hearing voices. I never really have heard voices, so to speak. But, I get music or songs stuck in my head and they become so lound at times that it interferes with what ever I'm doing at the moment. Have any of you experienced this, or am I alone in this weird thing?

[Evil_Karot]

Does anyone else hear music or songs, instead of voices? Or am I thinking too much into this? It does interfere with daily functioning as in it is interfereing with my focus on the job at hand.

[Evil_Karot]

I am having a very hard time understanding what my psych doc is doing. He recently changed my diagnosis from Bi-Polar 2 to Schizoaffective disorder, depressive type. I tell him about my paranoia, agitation, easily frustrated, Tired all the time, Voices (mainly music) and some suicidal ideation. All he does is tell me it'll be OK and change my dosage of my meds or start a new med. He doesn't really talk to me about my symptoms to understand what I'm feeling. Should I get a different doc, or just stick it out and hope the meds fially work?

[Sometimes psychotic]

I've heard music before but I get primarily voices...my dx is psychosis albeit I'm in remission right now. Pdocs rarely talk to you about feelings just about meds unless you have a very special one. I get 30 minutes with mine and we normally just chit chat these days but we use to talk about delusions and the hallucinations. He never really offered advice he was just listening and asking questions. The questions he asked helped me sort out the delusions.

[kaliope]

most pdocs don't do a lot of talking to patients unfortunately. the meds should work to clear up your symptoms. talking to your therapist about your symptoms and having them help you understand what is going on is the way to go.

[Evil_Karot]

I use to have a therapist that I worked with, but right before things went to pot, we went to meds only and now I can't get with the therapist again. I think I'm going to have to beg him to let me have my therapist back.

[DePressMe]

I have paranoid hallucinations (voices and tactile) delusions...right now I have a pdoc who just does meds and my mental health ahs taken a down turn because of it. My last pdoc spent a lot of time talking about my illness and meds--he even took into account my views on my meds and med changes. I'm going back to see him soon.....D.

[Tsunamisurfer]

Originally Posted by Evil_Karot

I keep being asked by my Psych doc about hearing voices. I never really have heard voices, so to speak. But, I get music or songs stuck in my head and they become so lound at times that it interferes with what ever I'm doing at the moment. Have any of you experienced this, or am I alone in this weird thing?

I heard music long before I heard voices. It wasn't that I heard a song and couldn't shake it out of my mind, like people experience intrusive songs that just won't shut up. e.g. My daughter would say to her sister "don't sing that, you'll get it stuck in my head - I hate that song".

I heard symphonies in elaborate detail - music that I had never heard before. It felt like I was composing it, but hearing all the instruments as I put them all together. I would be woken up in the night to hear it outside, and wake my wife who said there was nothing.

I would listen to other real orchestras, and add in instruments and their scores to embellish it with a fuller sound and hear it as though it was actually being played that way.

Months after that I became disorganised and paranoid. That is when the voices and visions started.

My pdoc said it was a sign of manic psychosis.

[Tsunamisurfer]

Originally Posted by Sometimes psychotic

... Pdocs rarely talk to you about feelings just about meds unless you have a very special one....He never really offered advice he was just listening and asking questions. The questions he asked helped me sort out the delusions.

Each pdoc I have seen spent an hour asking detailed questions (and charged a huge fee) aimed to arrive at a diagnosis. Once they were satisfied with that, they dropped the time spent to about 20mins and kept questions to basic check up on symptoms. If symptoms sounded worse or going off on a different path, they would dig a bit more, and again change meds. Once my pdoc decided I was sufficiently stabilised, I got given a 6 month repeat script for my stabilisers.

The detailed look at how I am not coping well is done by my therapist (when I can face the pain of seeing one). The focus is now on rehabilitation.