Hearing Voices

Hi @sandym

i have had your symptoms but never heard voices. I am sure some will reply.

Have you had a change on medication if you are on any? Any drugs or alcohol with medication? You do not have to answer that. Just putting it out there.

As far as the stress, anxiety and depression go, I hope you are sleeping alright, eating alright and not overthinking things. If so, play some music or watch something light to shift your focuss. Even if for 2 - 5 minutes.

Hi and welcome, @sandym

I'm wondering if you have any professional support? Like a counsellor, meds, psychologist or psychiatrist?

If not, then the first step is to visit your GP and ask for a Mental Health Care Plan. This will entitle you to 10 subsidised sessions with a psychologist per year. The only thing is that psychologists are so overwhelmed with demand at the moment that it could take 6 months to get in to see one. But it's a good idea to get on the waiting list now.

You can help this process by googling then ringing round psychologists in your area to ask: are they taking new patients at the moment, what is the wait time for a new patient to start, what are the costs, etc. Then you can take a name to your GP for the Mental Health Care Plan referral. (GPs might not know which psychologists are taking new patients and which have stopped as they are full.)

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I hope you find the forums supportive...

Thanks so much for your reply. I really appreciate it. But I am just not into music at the moment. Everything else seems to be okay so far. No I am not using any illicit drugs (street drugs) But on opioid replacement therapy [medication name removed by moderators]. I'm doing in the public methodone clinic. If that counts drugs. But it's helpful, if it is, what it is supposed to be. Or what they say it's. Anyway everything I do is under surveillance, broadcasted to general public. So in reality there is nothing much can do about it. It's a gang stalking.