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HALLIEBETH87 · Jan 18, 2020 at 07:59 AM

I was hearing voices like a tv earlier. There wasn’t a tv on. I’m taking meds like I’m
Supposed to!

Jan 18, 2020 at 11:18 AM

Are the voices telling you to do anything bad?

I hear voices regardless of meds, so I know what you mean

HALLIEBETH87 · Jan 18, 2020 at 12:47 PM

No it just sounded like a tv I couldn’t understand

bpcyclist · Jan 18, 2020 at 02:53 PM

Yep. I get this all the time. I am sorry. Mine do sommetimes frighten me. I hope you are okay. Do you have any headphones? They help me a lot.

HALLIEBETH87 · Jan 18, 2020 at 03:58 PM

It only lasted a few minutes so I got lucky

Jan 18, 2020 at 05:44 PM

Just in my experience... Sometimes you have to go with the flow and build up a healthy list of coping mechanisms because meds aren't perfect and they will never stop 100% of symptoms. It sucks, but that's the truth for people like us.

I do feel for you though. It's such an uncomfortable feeling. I wish mine would go away, but they won't pack their bags.

I think what may help you is finding a healthy outlet for all of this stuff. I think posting about it on PC is a great outlet, but you can also do coloring, writing, and journaling. Have you tried doing those things during OR right after an "incident" like this? I think distraction techniques are important for living in the moment, but we need an outlet for all of this stress.

HALLIEBETH87 · Jan 18, 2020 at 05:52 PM

Music is my outlet mostly

Wild Coyote · Jan 18, 2020 at 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by bluebicycle

Just in my experience... Sometimes you have to go with the flow and build up a healthy list of coping mechanisms because meds aren't perfect and they will never stop 100% of symptoms. It sucks, but that's the truth for people like us.

I do feel for you though. It's such an uncomfortable feeling. I wish mine would go away, but they won't pack their bags.

I think what may help you is finding a healthy outlet for all of this stuff. I think posting about it on PC is a great outlet, but you can also do coloring, writing, and journaling. Have you tried doing those things during OR right after an "incident" like this? I think distraction techniques are important for living in the moment, but we need an outlet for all of this stress.

I extremely rarely have this or some type of a noise distortion. Yet, I do try hard to understand what you and additional members experience.

It sounds like it could be quite disconcerting.
You've done a great job (in your post) helping me to better understand how some chronic and/or chronically recurring symptoms might need to be "down graded" on the scale of what is and is not alarming. Therefore, acceptance plays a big part in managing the symptom(s), it seems?

Thanks for your very thoughtful, informative and compassionate post.

Wild Coyote · Jan 18, 2020 at 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by HALLIEBETH87

I was hearing voices like a tv earlier. There wasn’t a tv on. I’m taking meds like I’m
Supposed to!

You've been working very hard on stability and are doing a great job!

Does this type of symptom upset you?
Does it cause you to feel like you might be relapsing?

Is it loud?

Do you think you might be able to train yourself to not lend this symptom any of your energy and/or not allow this symptom to have any power over your sense of well-being?

Blue's approach seems like a very healthy approach for coping with this type of symptom.

I hope this gets easier for you, Hallie.
Keep up the great job of taking good care of yourself!

~Christina · Jan 18, 2020 at 10:12 PM

Hear it , Fact Check it, forget it and go about your life.

Every noise we think we hear isn’t going to lead to an episode.

My husband has this happen , he has no mental illness

Don’t let a grain of salt become a monster

HALLIEBETH87 · Jan 19, 2020 at 06:53 AM

Yeah it didn’t really upset me but being 5:30am it did confuse me! Lol

HALLIEBETH87 · Jan 19, 2020 at 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by ~Christina

Hear it , Fact Check it, forget it and go about your life.

Every noise we think we hear isn’t going to lead to an episode.

My husband has this happen , he has no mental illness

Don’t let a grain of salt become a monster

Don’t worry-I’m not. I never thought about it the
Rest of the day really. I just needed to tell
Someone. It was very confusing after just waking up
So early and being nervous about my new job.

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HALLIEBETH87 Legendary Member Since Oct 2004 Location: usa Posts: 11,199 19 2,742 hugs given	Jan 18, 2020 at 07:59 AM #1 I was hearing voices like a tv earlier. There wasn’t a tv on. I’m taking meds like I’m Supposed to! __________________ Bipolar 1 w/psychotic features or schizoaffective bipolar type PTSD generalized anxiety OCD celexa, prazosin, Lybalvi and prn zyprexa and klonopin
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HALLIEBETH87 Legendary Member Since Oct 2004 Location: usa Posts: 11,199 19 2,742 hugs given	Jan 18, 2020 at 12:47 PM #3 No it just sounded like a tv I couldn’t understand __________________ Bipolar 1 w/psychotic features or schizoaffective bipolar type PTSD generalized anxiety OCD celexa, prazosin, Lybalvi and prn zyprexa and klonopin
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bpcyclist Legendary Member Since Sep 2019 Location: Portland Posts: 12,681 (SuperPoster!) 4 40.2k hugs given	Jan 18, 2020 at 02:53 PM #4 Yep. I get this all the time. I am sorry. Mine do sommetimes frighten me. I hope you are okay. Do you have any headphones? They help me a lot. __________________ When I was a kid, my parents moved a lot, but I always found them--Rodney Dangerfield
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HALLIEBETH87 Legendary Member Since Oct 2004 Location: usa Posts: 11,199 19 2,742 hugs given	Jan 18, 2020 at 03:58 PM #5 It only lasted a few minutes so I got lucky __________________ Bipolar 1 w/psychotic features or schizoaffective bipolar type PTSD generalized anxiety OCD celexa, prazosin, Lybalvi and prn zyprexa and klonopin
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HALLIEBETH87 Legendary Member Since Oct 2004 Location: usa Posts: 11,199 19 2,742 hugs given	Jan 18, 2020 at 05:52 PM #7 Music is my outlet mostly __________________ Bipolar 1 w/psychotic features or schizoaffective bipolar type PTSD generalized anxiety OCD celexa, prazosin, Lybalvi and prn zyprexa and klonopin
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~Christina Legendary Wise Elder Community Liaison Member Since Jul 2011 Location: Tennessee Posts: 22,450 (SuperPoster!) 12 12.7k hugs given	Jan 18, 2020 at 10:12 PM #10 Hear it , Fact Check it, forget it and go about your life. Every noise we think we hear isn’t going to lead to an episode. My husband has this happen , he has no mental illness Don’t let a grain of salt become a monster __________________ Helping others gets me out of my own head ~
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HALLIEBETH87 Legendary Member Since Oct 2004 Location: usa Posts: 11,199 19 2,742 hugs given	Jan 19, 2020 at 06:53 AM #11 Yeah it didn’t really upset me but being 5:30am it did confuse me! Lol __________________ Bipolar 1 w/psychotic features or schizoaffective bipolar type PTSD generalized anxiety OCD celexa, prazosin, Lybalvi and prn zyprexa and klonopin
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