hearing/seeing things...more than bipolar?

Hey everyone...sorry I haven't been around a lot the past few weeks. Life has been crazy...I'm sure you all understand. I've missed you guys though!

Anyway with all the stress I've been under lately I've been hearing/seeing things. In the past this has happened with a lot of stress, but never this bad. The seeing things isn't too bad...just once in a great while, but the past couple of weeks the hearing things has gotten worse...like worse than ever. People are starting to worry about me because I constantly ask if they can hear it too. It's not like there are people talking to me directly...it's more like a tv in the distance or someone having a conversation in the distance for the most part. I told one of my pdoc's associates this yesterday and she said maybe I have "something more" than originally thought. She didn't mention my bipolar or what this "something more" could be. Do you think she could've just meant a more severe bipolar than originally thought? Do you think she means I could be schizophrenic or something like that? Do any of you experience these things regularly or when really stressed? If you do what is it like? Do voices talk to you? Tell you to do things? Do you just hear people in general? Don't hear people at all, just other things?

I hope someone can make me feel a little less like I'm cracking.

Hey there: I just wanted to say you're not alone. A couple of weeks ago, as I was under tremendous stress with a capital S, I would see odd little irregularities off to the right of my visual field. It would be like a raven flying over, or a movement, like a deer in the woods off to the side of the road. I wasn't on any medication for BiPolar at that time. Since then I've gotten to see a pdoc and am on medication. I'm like an Indigo Child. For example, I know when someone close to me is going to pass on before they actually do. I usually dream about their passing but sometimes I see them walking or driving past me. I don't tell too many people cause I'm afraid they'll think I'm nuts. Ironic eh?  I've always been super tuned in to other's emotional signals. I can tell an angry, or sad or lost person from quite a distance. I'm just tuned that way. So, don't be afraid, just keep in touch with your support people.

thanks guys...I feel a little better then. my boyfriend just keeps thinking I'm crazy everytime I ask him if he hears the same thing I am and apparently it's completely silent. I think he's getting used to it though.

Hi, before I was diagnosed and on meds I would see things move out of the corner of my eye or hear someone entering my room when they weren't or hear my kids say something when they didn't speak. and as martha's vineyard had said songs would get stuck in my head for days. things calmed down until recently when I switched to abilify and now I am kind of hearing things again. like I will hear a motorcycle passing by the house but instead of fading away like normal it just contiues. it's wierd. anyway, just wanted to let you know you're not alone.

Hi Closure,

I just wanted to say that I am glad that you are getting suppport from others because I can imagine that what you are going though is scarey.  My sister use to see things in the morning when she woke up.  They were usually clowns or cartoon type characters.  She says since she got off of a certain medication, that I can't remember, possibley seroquel, the visions have stopped.  But she said that she was rather amused with them most of the time.  Just want you to know that you really are not alone in this.  And I am happy with the support you have been given here.  This truly is a wonderful forum.

Hugs, Karen

I read somewhere that the brain is actually a radio receiver. If that's so, why shouldn't it be possible to pick up radio waves through the atmosphere? Many people who are psychic can pick up faint images on waves of energy. Others don't believe it at all.

Do you live very close to someone (maybe next door) who plays his radios or tv at the time you are in close proximity to him?

I hope you won't be frightened by it.  It might be  just a natural phenomenon.

It's Genetic

Post Edited (It's Genetic) : 8/13/2011 11:09:38 AM (GMT-6)

Hi Closure,

Like it has been said you are not alone with these distressing symptoms.  When I in my depressive mode I hear voices - I know they are not really there but i hear them all the same.  I also think people are out to harm me or invade my privacy.  The worst and most terrifying delusion is that people change colour before my very eyes.  My pdoc knows all about these symptoms but her dignosis remains the same - i am bipolar - i have no other mental illness.  Hope this helps your anxiety.  Keep sharing.  Take care.

Peter