Kinda random question, if I can ask, did it take you a long time to find the right meds?
I did and still do when stressed.
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I haven’t tried a lot of meds out there, simply because of the risk of bouts of depression. The newer ones are also very, very expensive. I pay out of pocket, so it’s just not possible
I am on Abilify, but it does nothing to ease the voices. I’m just learning to live with it, keeping perspective
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I used to hear lots of voices. I’m stable on medication now.
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I mainly hear them externally but sometimes in my head. The inside ones freak me out a lot more
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I used too prior to medication. In the last 8 years i have rarely heard them. I do get thoughts that arnt mine very bad though. The medication didnt fix that.
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Mainly internal voices.
More rarely external voices auch as sounds,
bells, knocking, my name being called etc.
For me internal ones are more difficult
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This is the two way voices appear:
Internal and external.
Internal ones say the same things
as external ones.
They are the same.
They both are located in my ear
and behind it.
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Moreover,
internal voices
are as mean, vicious, vulgar etc
as external ones.
And they are not intrusive thoughts.
Intrusive thoughts are so different.
You can’t communicate with an
intrusive thought.
But i discuss with my voices all the time.
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I have paranoid schizophrenia but I don’t hear voices, never had.
I hope people get it sorted because I couldn’t imagine what it must be like.
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I hear internal and external voices… not much when medicated.
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when off meds i hear internal and external voices… on meds just internal ones occasionally…
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I dont hear voices or hallucinate
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I have the same thing. Don’t talk to your voices, try to ignore them.
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I have sza and without meds, I get hallucinations in all sensory spheres. The voices mumble and I hear them externally.
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I heard loud booming command god voices when I was psychotic, since then it’s more random chatter and whispers now, I’ll go months without but if I get really stressed they come back. They are like hybrid internal external hard to really describe
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No. Lots of people don’t hear voices. Its really frustrating for me to be asked by a pdoc “are you hearing voices” when I never have. Even if I was seriously unwell, my answer would still be “no”. So for me it is a meaningless question in that context.
To answer your question though, its just a cliche and over generalisation that all schizophrenics hear voices.
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I don’t hear voices. I do hear the occasional animal sound (bark or crow caw) which is weird.
Before meds I used to hear people calling my name when they didn’t.
I do, and have since I was 14. Started as one simple command hallucination to commit homicide that I tried to follow through on, and after that, my father got me into treatment. Sometimes they’re less than others. Today? Oof…not great in the head circus.
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Not to be jelly but if I was one of y’all non-voice hearers to start, I’d consider myself in full remission right now. It’s literally my only residual positive symptom. I think delusions are worse though for what it’s worth. Voices can’t do as much damage if you’re not delusional, but they do wear away at your sanity if you go several days without a break.