Hearing Voices

[Littlefeather]

Hello everyone,

I have a huge need for some help on this. I came down from a binge for about 2 weeks and my boyfriend would not take me to the hospital he said to ride it out and I was in the worst pain I have ever been. My whole body was shaking, I was throwing up, and ect. My head was the true pain I mean not your normal migrane but true pain. I begged him to let me go but he said stick it out. I did but it was no walk in the park. Now that I have come out of it I thought everything would be fine. No it isn't now I am hearing voices and it is the creepiest thing I have ever felt. It is not constant mostly at night. I want to blame him for this for not letting me got to the hospital to detox instead of at home in pain. He says it was not that but the actual drinking. Of course I know it was the drinking but I think the excruciating pain I was in as I detoxed may have caused some harm to my brain. What do you all think?
Has anyone ever gone through this and does it last forever?

[Leslie1210]

wow..this is YOUR life littlefeather. This sounds very dangerous to me and you have a right to be in good care while you detox. Trust your instincts on this one and be safe.
best,
Leslie

[historyteach]

Littlefeather,

Mark will be here to answer your concerns.
In the meantime, why not go to AA or alcoholism forums? There, you will find people to support you. Also, get to some real life face to face meetings to stay sober.

I wish you the best as we both grow in our recovery.

Shalom!

[Locked_Maze]

Hi,

When you hear the voices are they like as if your hearing them in your mind, OR are you hearing them as if someone was talking to you? I have heard voices has to do with panic attacks/depression, but the voices I have heard in the past come and go in my life before I was an addict, and now? here and there I hear voices. It is best for you to be under a doctors care.

Mark can better help you, mean while when hearing the voices, don't feed into it, and see if they go away, while you were drinking you never heard them? if this is the case I do not think you have a mental illness, I think you are having panic attacks. you are no longer mentally numb...

[Littlefeather]

Thank you everyone for your information. Yes the voices talk amongst themselves and toward me. They only come at night when it is completely quiet and I am ready to sleep so I turn the T.V. on to tune them out. No I did not hear them before this it was just after this doozy of a binge that they came. Your right Locked Maze it may just be panic attacks but of course I will go see my doctor.

Thanks again everyone..

[MarkSichelCSW]

I think seeing your doctor is a great idea; you need to know that you have no serious medical problems before you can deal with what seem to be panic attacks.

Good decison!!