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I am extremely scared of any noise. Is it due to psychotic illness?

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Published At August 2, 2016
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Patient's Query

Hi doctor,

I am 27 years of age. I had gone to study in abroad. I was extremely lonely there. I am a huge hypochondriac and when I started getting sleep problems, I started thinking I had some fatal disease. Subsequently, just three months ago, I somehow became convinced that I had schizophrenia and vigorously started searching about my symptoms on the internet. I started feeling extremely detached from my surroundings and from everything around me. I also started feeling detached from people. Nowadays, I feel extremely scared of any noise made by inanimate objects around me. Even a running air conditioner scares me, though I know that it is a non-living thing. It seems as if I have lost the ability to process things. A bird chirping scares me. While I know it is a bird chirping, I still get scared of that noise? A newspaper moving in the air scares me, even though I tell myself that it is a newspaper. I know this does not sound good. My question is, is there any possibility this is not a psychotic illness? Could this be anxiety or depression? And if it is a psychotic illness, is it possible that it might go away and not last like schizophrenia? Will I ever be able to work? Please help me.

Answered by Dr. Sathya Prakash

Hi,

Welcome to icliniq.com.

There is no need to presume at this point of time that it is a psychotic illness. I think you have been reading too much on the internet. I would like to treat this like an anxiety disorder at this point of time. There are a lot of things I would typically explain to my patients in this kind of a scenario. But, considering that you are already too anxious, in good faith, I am withholding additional information as I believe you are likely to misinterpret them. I suggest you Fluoxetine 10 mg after breakfast for two days. Consult a specialist doctor, discuss with him or her and take the medicine with consent. Also, get the dosage altered accordingly.

Same symptoms don't mean you have the same problem. Consult a doctor now!

Dr. Sathya Prakash
Dr. Sathya Prakash

Psychiatry

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