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Auditory Hallucinations

Auditory hallucinations are a mental health disorder that causes imaginary sound effects. The affected individuals may frequently hear unusual noises or voices, which may not be realistic. It may be due to bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.

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My friend behaves weirdly after delivery. Kindly help.

Query: Hi doctor, My childhood friend just gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. She is 25 years old. She had always been a happy-go-lucky girl and had the most adorable pregnancy ever. Her delivery lasted quite too long,almost a day. She was mostly asleep afterward. When she woke up, she was completely...  Read Full »


Dr. Vishal Anilkumar Gandhi

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I can understand your concern. Thank you for taking help from a psychiatrist. I can understand your problem and your concern for your friend. She may have postpartum psychosis. You need emergency management for it. You must take her to the nearest psychiatri...  Read Full »

I am experiencing auditory hallucinations. Please help.

Query: Hello doctor, I am 23 years old. I have been hearing sounds and voices for a couple of weeks. I think I am having auditory hallucinations. Experienced this before when I committed suicide eight years back. Then it stopped until now I am hearing them again. No medication. Kindly help.  Read Full »


Dr. Seikhoo Bishnui

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Hearing voices when others are not hearing, hearing running commentaries, or as if someone is talking about you could be due to auditory hallucinations. Auditory hallucinations are seen commonly in psychotic disorders. This should be treated on an emergent basis....  Read Full »

I have sleep paralysis and anemia, which eventually progressed to auditory and visual hallucinations. Are they psychiatric conditions?

Query: Hello doctor, I am a 19-year-old female. I have been having sleep paralysis ever since I was 8 or 9 years old. I grew up in a peaceful environment with no traumatic stress or anything of that sort. I started having auditory hallucinations along with sleep paralysis when I was 15 to 16 years old. The...  Read Full »


Dr. Aditya Gupta

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Though the most common reason for sleep paralysis is poor sleep quality, anxiety disorders can also cause sleep paralysis. In your case, the total DOI (diffuse optical imaging) and the severity of episodes warrant an evaluation by a GP (general practitioner) as sometimes ...  Read Full »

Friend has mood swings and hallucinations. Is it bipolar?

Query: Hello doctor, I have a friend who experienced psychosis six years ago. When he was in the military, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia by a military doctor, but I do not think that is the case. Now, after six years, he has never taken medication, but he is still pretty self-aware, even while study...  Read Full »


Dr. Vishal Anilkumar Gandhi

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I can understand your concern about your friend. He may have psychosis as he has auditory hallucinations, but still, it is difficult to diagnose by the above information. I need a mental status examination of the patient to make a precise diagnosis. In psychiatry, ther...  Read Full »

My autistic child’s hallucinations are not under control. Why?

Query: Hello doctor, My daughter is 12 years old, and she always showed a great deal of anxiety started having a lot of school refusal during 5th grade, so we took her to see a psychiatrist who ultimately diagnosed her with high functioning autism and started her on a Lexapro. School refusal continued, bu...  Read Full »


Dr. Suresh Kumar G D

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. It is common for adolescents with high functioning autism (HFA) to experience high levels of anxiety, especially when they are pushed outside their comfort zone. Many go on to develop hallucinatory experiences like hearing critical voices at this stage when they stru...  Read Full »

My daughter has illusions and is depressed. Please help.

Query: Hello doctor, My adult child, 25 years old, was admitted to a psychiatric hospital for depression and suicidal thoughts. She had therapy for several years. However, when visiting tonight, she mentioned voices and hallucinations. I was taken back bc she never mentioned that before. The nurse said it...  Read Full »


Dr. Venkat Suresh Heijebu

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I can certainly understand your concern. I have worked through your attached query in detail. Hallucinations like hearing voices can be a feature of severe depression. They can occur if depression progresses through higher grades. It does not imply that you have missed...  Read Full »

I heard voice while awake. Am I schizophrenic?

Query: Hi doctor, For as long as I have been alive I have heard this soft voice calling from a distance. She says my name and tells me that she needs me. I do not know who she is or what she wants. It started with dreams but now I hear her while I am awake randomly. I will go out for days, weeks, a month ...  Read Full »


Dr. Aneel Kumar

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Kindly tell me more about your TBI. Is it a traumatic brain injury? If yes, kindly upload the record and what medication you are using and used in past, and past record of depression if you have. Please provide more details about voices, can it be terminated with your...  Read Full »

Why am I hearing voices in my head and ears for the past few months?

Query: Hello doctor, I could hear voices in my head and ears for the past few months. I am in a state of restlessness. What could it be? Please help.  Read Full »


Dr. Vandana Patidar

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I went through your query and understood your concern. It seems you are suffering from an illness that is episodic in nature, not a continuous one. I suggest you have some perceptual disturbances, mainly auditory types. This indicates that you have some chemical imbala...  Read Full »

Why does my 83-year-old grandfather hear sounds that others cannot hear?

Query: Hello doctor, My father aged 83 years is physically healthy but he is hearing some of the old friends sound continuously which we cannot hear, for 10 days. So, kindly give us some advice as soon as possible.  Read Full »


Dr. Saraswat Kumarshri Shriniwas

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. This symptom of hearing things when there is no sound is known as an auditory hallucination. At his age, there could be a number of causes of the same as: A stroke which has affected the blood supply of the part of the brain responsible for hearing. This is likely if h...  Read Full »

Why do I hear two months old sounds in my ears? Is alcohol the reason?

Query: Hi, I have been using headphones in only one ear for a few months. Yesterday I started hearing some sounds from two months ago. It felt like I was trying to catch up with my present-day sound. I think that I hear these sounds at certain frequencies. Since I work in a lot of meetings, so I picked up ...  Read Full »


Dr. Akshay. B. K.

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I read your query and understand your concern. I would like to know a few more details regarding your complaints- 1. Are you trying to say that your one year is working better than another? 2. Do you feel that there is a mismatch in the sounds you receive from both ear...  Read Full »

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