Hi I’ve just joined and I was wondering if this is hearing voices or not. I’ve been very depressed for the past year or so, I’ve been put on sertraline three months ago and the dose was moved from 50mg then 100 and 150mg but the last two higher doses made me very manic and restless. I asked my doctor to reduce it back to 50mg and I’ve been taking that for two days. But I’ve still been restless at times and also I’ve either got a running commentary inside my head, more often when I’m alone. Also I get really really random thoughts that don’t make sense appearing in my head to the point that I thought something else was putting them there. Thinks like “porcupine I don’t care” pop into my head. When I’m not thinking anything. I’m just calmly cleaning up my house in the evening. Im not feeling anxious etc. then I’d be thinking of something really random or having a conversation in my head and someone will loudly interrupt my sentence with “jabba jabba jabba” and it’s not my voice. I can even describe what this person looks like. It’s all very bizzare and I’ve absolutely no idea what’s going on. Any suggestions and experiences would be appreciated. I don’t get them all the time, just when I’m not doing anything in particular.
Yes, I agree, you should talk to a doctor if you are concerned.
Some people on here hear audible voices outside of themselves and some people hear telepathic voices. Voices seem to be more complex than psychology would have you think.
I’ll try and talk to my doctor but he’s been putting everything down to anxiety although I don’t feel anxious at all. He said he’d give me the benefit of the doubt about how bad the medication at a higher dose was making me feel like and he reluctantly agreed to reduce it. I don’t have much faith in them. Also when I called my partner this morning (he works away) and I got off the phone, this man inside my head said “I hate you” it’s so frustrating not knowing what’s going on because I don’t hate my partner at all. X
Oh OH I missed that you were on antidepressants (this is what I get for skimming).
DEFINITELY talk to your doctor about lowering your dose or finding another antidepressant. Antidepressants can cause psychotic symptoms in some individuals or exacerbate them in people who already have them. It’s why my pdoc refused to put me on them.
It sounds like voices to me. I’d make sure you get in with a professional. Hearing voices is normal after long periods of depression. You’re brain is working extra hard even if it feels empty. Things start waking up. It wants to change.
Good luck getting help. It might just become something you learn to live with. Don’t believe anything you hear and don’t let it psyche you out. Stay grounded.
It’s def since I started anti depressants but my doctor will not listen. I’ve been absolutely crazy to the point I th I could jump off the roof and be ok. I’ve been that restless that I’ve gripped my partner and begged for it to stop. I’ve even drank alcohol to try and calm down and I don’t drink. Now I’ve got these voices or what ever they are. It’s very scary but I’m not depressed like I was before. I couldn’t eveen get out of bed to go to work I felt that sad x
Are the voices in your head not your own? I thought it was akathisia that was from the medication but my symptoms seem to be getting worse. The voice in my head is a large man who thinks what he is saying is funny.
Hearing voices like you describe or “inserts”(?) as psychiatrists call them is common to people with SZ. LIke daisydoll29, I only hear my own voice as a running commentary. I don’t know anything about anti-depressants today.People say bi-polar and SZ have some symptoms in common. Your doctor sounds unsympathetic. You can try talking with him some more. Sometimes understanding comes only after repetition. If that doesn’t work, maybe you could find another doctor. Between the forum members suggestions and the doctor’s misunderstanding, you are between a rock and a hard place.
Yes I think if it all continues into next week I need a proper answer to what is actually going on. I’ve gone from working 13 hour shifts and bringing up my 4 children alone to a very confused and frightened person on the inside who is trying my best to appear normal. Also, due to the nature of my job I can’t go back to work until my symptoms are under control. I feel a vague restless feeling that somebody is doing all this to me on purpose. I’m not sure anymore about anything other than I want to be the person I was 3 months ago.
If you can Id try to find a three hour period to isolate be positive and clear you’re head. Sometimes with this illness you gotta break the trend of thought. For me it cycles a lot.
A time out to get some safety going can go a long way.
The thoughts I have are sometimes positive, but then it tricks me into listening to their advice and then I start getting told to murder people for example. The other day I looked at a woman in a shop, and I saw her holding a baby, then I as I walked past her I noticed she didn’t have a baby and a thought was inserting telling me to rape her or that life will never exist. It’s pretty ■■■■■■ up, but thankfully I know right from wrong. This does stress me out a lot, as I am ashamed of myself for having a brain capable of such bull ■■■■. I have never really told anyone I know how ■■■■■■ up my thoughts have been, otherwise they’d be pretty freaked out. But to be honest I have gotten used to it now. I do get some pretty good insight sometimes, but the negative side is pretty repulsive to say the least.