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08/13/2008 10:02 PM
staceLgro
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I hope the more I use it the better it will get. I am a full time student and school is getting harder, and my mind isnt keeping up. It's so frustrating.
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08/13/2008 10:43 PM  Top
kimminentdanger
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How weird that you bring this up - That happened to me JUST LAST NIGHT for the very first (and hopefully last) time.... It was kind of freaky, but I chalked it up to being a side effect of being off the meds...

I swore that I heard music, but couldn't tell where it was coming from.... it sounded like when an opera tenor holds one long note, but it's like it was being piped out of one of those mall speakers, ya know?? It wasn't constant; I heard it at random times. It was kind of quiet, and distant, almost like maybe the neighbor was playing music with the window open, or there was a car outside with a radio on. I didn't pay too much attention until some time later when it occurred to me that there's NO WAY anyone would be playing the same song this many times, and it wasn't a full song, just the same single note.... So I asked Frankie where the hell he thought that music was coming from. "What music?" was his response. "You don't hear that?" I said. "I don't hear anything" he said. I heard it perfectly clearly, so I assumed he was being a jackass. "There's no way you don't fucking hear that!!!", I said. "That's because there's nothing there to hear Kim", he replied in a smug tone. I wanted to punch him in the face.Angry

I decided to investigate and went on a mission to find the source of this sound. I went from room to room, looking through every window, putting my ear to the screen to see which one of my neighbors was responsible, but I came up with nothing. THEN, when I passed the floor fan, I noticed the song got louder, but faded as I passed. WHAT????? Wassat No way. So I took a step back and walked by the fan again.... same thing happened. YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING...Blink THAT'S when I knew it was a hallucination; the reverberation of the fan blades was adding to the intensity of the sound. WHHHAAAATTTT????? Ermm But it's not like I was hearing a voice telling me to kill babies or anything, so I didn't get TOO scared... But still -I never experienced anything like this before. I told Frankie about my revelation. "Cool - I wish I could hear it" is what he said. Jackass. Then he said "Guess you better get back on them meds quick." Angry AAAARRRRGGGGH! I'm so relieved to know that I'm not the only one.....

Post edited by: kimminentdanger, at: 08/13/2008 22:44

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08/19/2008 10:49 AM  Top
jritchie
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Okay, how about just voices? Like yelling something at you once in a while. Your name? Or something weird like that, you look around, nobody there. Hell, I don't even look around anymore. Not the voices that tell you to kill puppies Smile
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08/19/2008 11:18 AM  Top
mckinneymom
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Hello Mckinneymom here. I am new. I no what you mean about the radio on. I have been hearing the same thing for a few nights now and said the same thing to my husband and I got the look of "your crazy". Then with did you take your meds today. It's hell when you no something is going on with you and you tey and get help from your spouse and get the crazy look in return. Keep your chin up sweetie I no what you are going through....

08/19/2008 11:26 AM  Top
mckinneymom
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I am so thankful I found this site. Finally someone to talk with who actually understands bipolar.Smile

08/19/2008 11:26 AM  Top
LadyRahl
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I have issues with this because I'm always hearing things... either someone saying my name or trying to get my attention, or I hear a radio or tv left on when it's not... I always chalk it up to paranoia or an over active imagination.

I've dealt with it my entire life so sometimes it's hard for me to destinguish between what's 'normal' and 'bipolar'.

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08/19/2008 11:27 AM  Top
Trishy
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I also have heard my name being called when no one was around.
What you see depends on what you are looking for

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08/19/2008 11:33 AM  Top
LadyRahl
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mckinneymom wrote:

I am so thankful I found this site. Finally someone to talk with who actually understands bipolar.SmileI know what you mean! I practically live here now!

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08/19/2008 11:35 AM  Top
mckinneymom
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Thank you for the quick reply. I am trying to find my way around this site so thank you for dealing with how slow I am to writing back.

08/19/2008 11:40 AM  Top
mckinneymom
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Here is my story. Jan 2006 i lost it I thought I was going to kill myself and just broke down and was admitted into a Mental Hospital for a week for evaluation where I learned I had Bipolar and was receiving treatment. For the last year and a half I don't really no who I am anymore. One day I an just fine and enjoying my life with husband and two children 13 and almost 16 now. Then the next day I was to kill myself and life isn't woth it. I try to talk to my husband but he works and works all the time besides he don't understand what I am going through. Today I feel blah and my kids are home. I am emotional and could just cry. my son was Diag. with bipolar nov 2007 and the first meds they put him on was the right one. Where I have been so many it's not even funny.
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