[BeautifulDisasters]

So to give you some background, I've been hearing voices since before my teenage years.. Nothing helps them. Not meds, not therapy, not general coping techniques I've learned. They're just always there. AP's help with the hallucinations but I'm not sure why they don't at least kind of help with the voices.

I was told I had schizophrenia components and bipolar disorder components as a teenager but they wouldn't diagnose me because they thought it could be hormones.

Now I'm older and have a diagnosis and everything is good except for the fact I always hear voices.

[Victoria'smom]

Welcome to our board. Meds are supose to reduce the voices and therapy is suppose to help you deal with the left over symptoms. Can you try A higher dose of meds?

[Shmooey]

I hear you, except for me it's the paranoia that never goes away. I'm up to 20 mg of Haldol now, which takes care of 90% of the voices, but that intense vulnerability of the paranoia is a constant. I see a psychologist every week (for the past six months) and I can't seem to erase any of the freaking paranoia.

I'm glad you said everything is good except for that.

BeautifulDisasters - i can relate. i always have had audio and visual "hallucinations". they don't really bother me anymore, i've learned to ignore their suggestions/comments. i don't take meds or participate in therapy. simply because it is a waste of my time and whatever doctors time. you could private message me if you ever need support; if you wish.

Shmooey - it takes a lot of time for the paranoia to subside. you just have to learn to debunk your own paranoia. i know it sounds ridiculous but that's what worked for me. i still believe the things that used to once keep me trapped in my head/in my house. the difference today is, i can tell myself those things "exist" without being crippled by fear because of those things. i don't know if i'm even making any sense, just trying to let others on this board know that they are not alone in their trials and tribulations.

[avlady]

i also am on meds for years now, still hear voices and had to accept i always will i think because i've tried everything, on phyc wards several times and that didn't help either. i just take my meds when due, i'm on several but they must help a bit as i had a breakdown and they put me on clonazapine which brought me back to reality.

[insilence]

ive had great success in treating the voices as using a bio-adapting mechanical function. if they program me, i deprogram them. meds are needed and its a discovery process daily until you figure it all out.