Question 1

what causes elderly people to start hearing voices?

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See below: Welcome
the elderly  are very challenging
often live alone or in nursing home
dementia   memory loss common.
With significant dementia  or move or disruption of there lives they may be very introverted and imagine things people  support them help them confort them.

Question 2

what to do if i'm hearing voices that are not there?

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See a psychiatrist: Hearing voices that are not there could be a symptom of a mental illness and deserves to be evaluated. Medication can help.

Question 3

what to do if hallucinations and hearing voices?

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OSU: call the OSU Medical Center and make an appointment in their psychiatric clinic. if you are doing poorly then please present to their emergency department and they can order a psychiatric consult.

Question 4

what to do if i'm hearing voices and seeing things?

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Organic-functional: If you are seeing things &amp; hearing voices, this could be caused by a number of conditions, psychosis due to drugs, schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, alll  serious &amp; require that you obtain the evaluation of a psychiatrist.  This specialist has a medical background and can consider possible medical &amp; neuropsych.causes for these problems. Symptoms indicating a psych. dx. may require meds.

Question 5

how do you deal with hearing voices inside your head?

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Talk to a pro: Sometimes, people hear the voices of loved ones when they are under a lot of emotional stress or in other situations, for example, thinking you hear the voice of a recently deceased loved one. Other times, voices can be telling you to do things or that you are worthless, etc. Either way, a skilled therapist or psychiatrist can probably help you a lot!

Question 6

how does one deal with hearing voices inside one's head?

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Talk to a pro: Sometimes, people hear the voices of loved ones when they are under a lot of emotional stress or in other situations, for example, thinking you hear the voice of a recently deceased loved one. Other times, voices can be "telling" you to do things or that you are worthless, etc. Either way, a skilled therapist or psychiatrist can probably help you a lot!

Question 7

what do you suggest if i'm hearing voices and seeing things?

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Have this medically: Evaluated. Visual  ; auditory hallucination can occur as one is moving from being awake to being asleep and from being asleep to waking up (hypnagogic and hypnapompic hallucinations). But if you hallucinations are not related to sleep - that could be more serious. Take care.

Question 8

i believe i am psychotic and im scared im going to start hearing voices soon.

Accepted Answer

Psychosis: If you are hearing voices, you should be seen.

Question 9

how does one go about making themselves stop hearing voices and seeing shadows?

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Hearing Voices: This can be a sign of some serious diseases.  Please make an appointment to see your doctor right away.

Question 10

i'm hearing voices, seeing things, random and irrational thinking. what sudden event could cause someone to just mentally break?

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Psychotic episode: There is not actually a particular event that can precipitate a psychotic break. Would strongly suggest your going to see a mental health professional for further evaluation which will look at family history of mental illness, onset of symptoms, possible medical illnesses, medications/drugs/alcohol.

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