I just heard someone else’s voice in my head

[Anonymous]

Quite a few people have auditory hallucinations, and it's genuinely not possible or necessary to medicate them out of existence - the side effects of the mediations are too strong to dose them at that level, and many people learn to live with them. But this is a change, and any change in a medical condition deserves closer attention. You've had changes to your life, and to your body. You may be under a lot of stress both emotionally and medically. Sometimes stress can tip someone into an "episode." Still, you should seek extra support and monitoring now. It is a very vulnerable time in your life. In addition, this has you worried. At the very least, you are suffering from increased anxiety! You insurance should cover that if it falls under a post-partum diagnosis.

[Anonymous]

OP already knows she is mentally ill and is in treatment. She isn't asking an informational question; she's venting her fear of her condition.

Voices in your head are like daydreaming. They say what you are thinking. If your voices are saying nasty things, it's because you live in a nasty environment. Schizophrenics who live in a peaceful environment hear nicer things in their voices.

Modern urban life is a nasty environment.

OP, you need to turn off the news, avoid social media, and surround yourself with peaceful, loving messaging and exposure to nature.

[Anonymous]

Exploding Head Syndrome?

I have this. Sometimes I hear static, sometimes screams, sometimes voices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please seek professional help from a psychiatrist. I don’t think you will get good advice here and I do think you should prioritize seeing a psychiatrist. Please.

This is the one great advice you do get here

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I apologize for the strange post. I frequently hear other voices in my head (they are distinct from my own internal monologue). The voices change; they can be male, female, young, old, friendly, mean. Anyways, I just heard a a voice clear as day say “I don’t have to be nice to you”. Usually the voices just say random words or chatter amongst themselves and they don’t bother me. But this has left my feeling a little scared. Also, to be clear, the voices are internal (from my head), not external. I have anxiety and depression. Is this a sign I’m going crazy?

It’s not a sign that you are going crazy but it may be a sign of a psychotic episode, which can happen in severe depression. I would not go to the ER either, but do not fail to mention it to your psychiatrist tomorrow. If there is someone you trust near you, you may want to mention it to that person also.

Sending good thoughts your way, OP.

[Anonymous]

It sounds like a psychotic episode brewing... I also don't think you need to panic, but you do need to take it seriously, talk to a psychiatrist and make your life as calm and healthy as possible (sleep, eating, activities).

Think of psychosis like a fever... it doesn't have to be a chronic condition, it's a sign of your body trying to fight something off.

[Anonymous]

This sounds like schizophrenia honestly.

[Anonymous]

Please see a psychiatrist for this!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was in the camp of “this isn’t a big deal-just get an appointment with a psychiatrist “, up until you said you gave birth 7 months ago. I think that changes the analysis, OP. Can you call your OB? I’m worried about potential postpartum psychosis, which is an emergency.

Same exact reaction. Call your OB, OP.

[Anonymous]

What do they usually say?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I apologize for the strange post. I frequently hear other voices in my head (they are distinct from my own internal monologue). The voices change; they can be male, female, young, old, friendly, mean. Anyways, I just heard a a voice clear as day say “I don’t have to be nice to you”. Usually the voices just say random words or chatter amongst themselves and they don’t bother me. But this has left my feeling a little scared. Also, to be clear, the voices are internal (from my head), not external. I have anxiety and depression. Is this a sign I’m going crazy?

It looks as if there are a lot of possible physical explanations for auditory hallucinations, including thyroid problems, epilepsy tumors, hearing loss and side effects of antidepressant drugs, https://www.osmosis.org/answers/auditory-hallucinations

It seems to me that, given your history, and the fact that your post looks like the post of a thoughtful, mentally together person, you need to work extra hard to make sure that your doctors rule out detectable physical causes of hearing voices and not just jump to assuming they’re the result of mental illness.

You have chronic depression, postpartum depression or other mental health issues and also have epilepsy, thyroid problems or a weird case of COVID. So, if possible, it’s good to make sure a doctor is at least considering possible causes, like bad thyroid levels, that could have a big effect on the type of care you should get.

[Anonymous]

Could be a physical cause - Parkinson's, brain tumor - especially if this symptom recently developed and you are not at the age where mental illnesses typically develop. Please see at doctor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please seek professional help from a psychiatrist. I don’t think you will get good advice here and I do think you should prioritize seeing a psychiatrist. Please.

This is the one great advice you do get here

+1. Will be thinking of you OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This sounds like schizophrenia honestly.

It “sounds like schizophrenia” if you don’t know enough about mental health and illness to know that auditory hallucinations happen in a range of diagnoses that are not schizophrenia. Just stop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This sounds like schizophrenia honestly.

It “sounds like schizophrenia” if you don’t know enough about mental health and illness to know that auditory hallucinations happen in a range of diagnoses that are not schizophrenia. Just stop.

+100.