How is it, as I have gone deaf in one ear and almost deaf in the other, that I am still hearing auditory hallucinations? The hallucinations are heard by the mind, not the brain.
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I also get harassed by auditory hallucinations. I was told by doctors that as patients age their hallucinations tend to become less strong. I want to apologize for your symptoms being so strong yet you can barely hear what is really going on. That has to be one of the most frustrating things ever.
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I’m sorry you have to go through that, Martin
As far as going deaf in both ears, I was too, until my ears nearly froze riding my bicycle one winter. Suddenly the wind blew in one ear and I could hear a lot better. But, I should not have Google hearing loss, learned ear irrigation methods and buy an ear irrigation kit at the pharmacy. Now I hear just great but there was an awful ear infection for days. My friend got water lodged in his ear for 2 days after swimming and had pain. His doctor said he had an ear infection. At least I can hear TV and music at lower volume now. People and birds singing, too! Next, as for auditory hallucinations, my treatment with Invega Sustenna clears my thoughts but I still hear the voices. I like to think of the voices as spirits. And, I would like to quit my treatment with Invega Sustenna because over the eleven years I’ve taken it, it is because of the side effects that get worse over time. I get neuro-muscular tension along with some high anxiety often times which makes my Parkinson’s Disease get worse (damaged nerves). It doesn’t reduce hearing voices at all. I hope your hallucinations are good ones and that you’re on a better treatment. My advice is to go enjoy your life. Take it easy. Relax.
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Hi Martin!
I was diagnosed for about 5 years ago.
My voices keep commenting my actions all the time,
speaking name calling, religious things and strange things.
What your voices speak to you?
How many years do you have with schizophrenia?
I don’t have voices that speak to me in a derogatory manner, telling me to do things to myself or insulting me. My voice is my consciousness.
I have had schizophrenia, technically, from the first hospitalization, for 53 years.
I’m almost 24 years-old.
I’m with hope when I look persons like you, Sir, who has lived so much and must have faced different challenges with the schizophrenia. You’re an example for all of us, that are in the beginning.
Congratulations! 
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