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Posted by Shelley on November 6, 2001, at 6:55:46
Hi everyone,
I suffer from OCD and an undefined personality disorder. Occasionally I have heard internal voices while attempting to fall asleep. They sound like people saying random sentences and are voices and not thoughts.
Does anyone know if this could be a symptom of OCD? Or perhaps underlying psychosis?
TIA.
Posted by dreamer on November 6, 2001, at 11:01:49
In reply to hearing voices, posted by Shelley on November 6, 2001, at 6:55:46
Posted by Noa on November 6, 2001, at 17:56:46
In reply to hearing voices, posted by Shelley on November 6, 2001, at 6:55:46
I, too, think it is pretty common. It seems to me that people who are anxious are super aware of not being able to stop all those thoughts, not being able to turn off the wound-up mind, right before falling asleep. Plus, right before you fall asleep, the line between waking and dreaming is blurred. I would doubt it is psychosis. Have you asked your pdoc/therapist?
Posted by Glenn Fagelson on November 7, 2001, at 21:17:48
In reply to hearing voices, posted by Shelley on November 6, 2001, at 6:55:46
> Hi everyone,
>
> I suffer from OCD and an undefined personality disorder. Occasionally I have heard internal voices while attempting to fall asleep. They sound like people saying random sentences and are voices and not thoughts.
> Does anyone know if this could be a symptom of OCD? Or perhaps underlying psychosis?
> TIA.Dear Shelli,
The same thing happens to me at night; and I
can't tell whether it is OCD or psychosis. With
me, it is often the result of medication. What
meds are you on?Glenn
Posted by Glenn Fagelson on November 7, 2001, at 21:18:02
In reply to hearing voices, posted by Shelley on November 6, 2001, at 6:55:46
> Hi everyone,
>
> I suffer from OCD and an undefined personality disorder. Occasionally I have heard internal voices while attempting to fall asleep. They sound like people saying random sentences and are voices and not thoughts.
> Does anyone know if this could be a symptom of OCD? Or perhaps underlying psychosis?
> TIA.Dear Shelli,
The same thing happens to me at night; and I
can't tell whether it is OCD or psychosis. With
me, it is often the result of medication. What
meds are you on?Glenn
Posted by Shelley on November 8, 2001, at 12:50:38
In reply to hearing voices, posted by Shelley on November 6, 2001, at 6:55:46
Thank you all for your responses.
I have been too scared to ask my doctor about it, but your messages have helped :)
I am on celexa but this has happened before taking the drug.Shelley.
Posted by Willow on November 9, 2001, at 7:26:48
In reply to Re: hearing voices, posted by Shelley on November 8, 2001, at 12:50:38
Shelley
This happens to me when I'm exhausted. This past spring I've had a sleep study done that said (suprise) that I'm very tired.
For myself I think it is just the brain "daydreaming" and trying to slip into a sleep mode, sort of like going off an expressway straight into a residential zone. It can be quite annoying especially when the "dream" state is so loud that they jar me out of my needed sleep.
I'm currently work with the sleep doctor trying to get a normal sleep. Are you tired during the day?
Whispering Willow
Posted by Shelley on November 10, 2001, at 14:04:12
In reply to falling asleep » Shelley, posted by Willow on November 9, 2001, at 7:26:48
Thanks for your response.
You are right- it seems to happen after a long day which leaves me very tired...
Posted by ttt on November 14, 2001, at 19:10:25
In reply to Re: falling asleep » Willow, posted by Shelley on November 10, 2001, at 14:04:12
I wouldn't take any antipsychotic med if the voice does not make you sick or make you disfunctional. It might make you upset or wake you up occasionally but at least it does not cause you permanent damage as some meds to cure it do.
From my experience, if it is not serious and you can live with it, I would never never take medication. Because the risk from medication is a hundred times worse than the symptom. I am talking about chronic insomnia and terrible withdrawal symdromes and site effects including permanent site effects such as irreversible tardive diskinesia in some cases.
Read psycho babble for a real good explanation of the different types of hearing voices condition. It could be subvocalization. It could be misinterpretation of external noise. It could be a condition associated with hypnic jerk or sleep start. I could also be a feature of schizophrenia.
Here is what I think might work without medication: have a good, healthy, and happy lifestyle and have sufficient nutrition might deffinitely reduce the symptoms.
Posted by Shelley on November 15, 2001, at 9:15:26
In reply to Re: falling asleep, posted by ttt on November 14, 2001, at 19:10:25
Posted by LillyBonita on August 22, 2007, at 0:33:10
In reply to Re: hearing voices, posted by Shelley on November 8, 2001, at 12:50:38
My dad has always heard the voices before falling asleep, but never during the day. The voices don't make sense, they're just small sentences. He did try to answer a voice but it didn't reply. He thought everyone heard the voices because he has been hearing the voices since he was a little boy, his brother heard the voices as well when falling asleep. My dad is not under any type of medication. What can this be?
Posted by Dinah on August 23, 2007, at 16:47:03
In reply to Re: hearing voices, posted by LillyBonita on August 22, 2007, at 0:33:10
My sleep doctor didn't raise a brow so it must be common.
What I hear when I'm really tired and overstimulated is something like background conversation at a restaurant. I can't hear the words, but I hear the rise and fall of conversational tones.
As I said, neither my psychiatrist nor my neurologist were particularly perturbed so it must not be uncommon.
I consider it to be random nerve firings as my brain tries to calm down to sleep. I have no reason to believe this other than that it only happens when I'm feeling overstimulated.
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