Hearing Things

So...I know hearing voices that no one else hears is "bad", but my question is....

Is hearing noises that no one else hears also "bad"?

I don't hear voices (well maybe I have heard my name called 2 or 3 times in the past 2 years only to find no one around...but I don't think that is significant enough...or maybe the person was hiding?!?). I do however hear noises that others do not hear.

In my old apartment (August 2008-July 2009) I heard the same noise everyday. It sounded like bass from a stereo booming. I assumed that it was coming from the people above me and complained to the apartment office only to find out that at the time I complained, no one lived above me. So, then I thought it was coming from the people below me (I lived on the 2nd floor of a 3 story building). But, I found out that an elderly couple lived there, so the likelyhood of them blasting rap/rock music at all hours of the day/night was slim to none.

A few months into living there I went to see a psychiatirst for other problems. I was afraid to admit that I heard things. He picked up on that I was extremely suspicious of other people and called it a psychotic symptom (I went asking about Asperger's...so I was not expecting this) and put me on an antipsychotic (risperidone). A few weeks after starting it, I quit hearing the noise/music everyday and only heard it once a week. So, I assume the noise/music was really in my mind.

Over the next few months, the risperidone was gradually increased. I stopped hearing the music/noises alltogether.

Since then I have moved and live in a new apartment (August 2009-present). Last month, I started hearing the same music/nosie again that I used to hear in my old apartment. I only hear it 2 or 3 times a month now...so it's not like I hear it everyday. But, is this "normal"?

I'm still afraid to admit this to my psychiatrist. Is it something he should know about? How do I get the courage to tell him? I don't want to been seen as crazy...it's bad enough I feel that way about myself. I don't want someone else thinking it too.

Does anyone have any advice?

Talk to your pdoc and tell him what you have been experiencing as that is the only way to address those issues. I, myself have experienced those very same instances as you and was only helped more so by telling my pdoc exactly what was going on. Your pdoc is there to help you get relief from your symptoms and will adjust your meds accordingly.