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are auditory hallucinations considered psychosis?

Soap MacTavish

Soap MacTavish

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Hello,

This is pretty much my 3rd day awake on amps. Bad move I know. I'm an addict so I have no power against things like this. Today I'm actually trying to turn it all around after a bad episode of rage over the weekend. Anyway, I have been hearing quite clearly, new songs I have never heard before that are emanating and being actively altered and created in my head. I hear them everywhere all the time and I can actually quite nicely control the songs orchestration, arrange and sequence it, and it gets quite amazingly detailed at times even with lyrics. This is actually enjoyable to me though, I do like it.

Anyway, I hallucinate auditory experiences regularly at times like this, I can sometimes hear the inverse waveform of normal sounds too. But this only comes during extreme circumstances nearing psychosis.

It also once happened when I was awake for 16 days straight through my benzo withdrawal.

It might sound like a scary thing to hear these voices and richly orchestrated sequences of sounds and vibrations but I always know they are not real and quite in my mind.

Am I right on the edge of psychosis or does this happen to anybody else? Is it mainly a sleep deprivation thing?
 
I'm afraid I don't have an answer for you, but I occasionally get something very similar to this in varying degrees from weed.

One time I could swear I could hear music, like there was a car nearby with the radio on loud. It was a song I'd never heard before, with repeating lyrics "Caaaaan't take your heartache anymooooore...", detailed drum solo's and guitar riffs. The vocals kind of sounded like Creed. I went looking for the source and it turned out it was the generator in a refrigerated truck just humming. Such intricate details of the song just from a low humming noise. I've googled the lyrics and checked songs with those words in but none of them were anything like what I heard, it seems my brain created the whole thing.

I know weed can produce auditory distortions, but I could actually sit there and listen to the music and enjoy it (the vocals were lacking but the drum solo's were fucking awesome). I've also heard something similar to Hideki Naganuma - The Concept of Love from the noise of motorway traffic. Other times I just hear noises such as beeping and I haven't been able to find the source.

I haven't tried amps before, so I don't want to give you any advice when I have no clue what I'm talking about, and therefore I'm going to end my post here. Good luck, I hope you get the advice you're looking for. Take it easy dude.
 
A symptom of "psychosis" but it doesn't mean you're psychotic..

Auditory Hallucinations are hallmark symptoms of numerous psychological disorders.
 
These types of hallucinations are a symptom of psychosis. This has likely been caused by amphetamine abuse and lack of sleep, but could also be related to an organic mental disorder, where the threshold for symptom manifestation was lowered by the drugs/lack of sleep.

Stop taking amps, eat/drink, get some rest. And don't for a second sell youself on the lie that "you're an addict, you have no choice (or no power.)" We all have choices, some harder than others but nevertheless we individually hold the keys for our own success or failure.
 
Pretty common when you've been up awhile, I sometimes hear voices in background noise like static on the car radio when I've been up to long. Get some sleep and you'll be fine, it the people who don't realize it's the speed doing it that are crazy.
 
I know exactly what you're talking about. I thought it was really cool at first but then it started interfering with my life.

I worked 7AM-noon and then 3PM-10PM 6 days a week one summer in high school. Ended up not sleeping way too many nights because I wanted to hang out with friends. Finally realized that it was becoming apparent to others when I was having a conversation with my girlfriend even though she wasn't responding (I was hallucinating her responses). She got freaked out which freaked me out.

Stopping with the amphetamines, or at least taking a break, will definitely help and should make them go away.
 
You are in phychosis. I start hearing voices and people talking to me around day 3 and day 4 (which was the longest I could handle) I was full blown hallucinating and talking to people that are not there.
This shit is why I won't use past 10pm and I force myself to go to bed by 2am and rest (and usually get at least a few hrs). I hate it when you stop realizing its the drug.
Get some sleep and it will stop.
 
Interesting, yeah I think I was right on the edge. I didn't get to bed until last night and by that time I was hallucinating. There were patches of darkness coming to life all around me and stationery objects were moving around and distorting. My dog was sitting next to me for a minute, he came and sat down to my left like usual and I could see him out of the corner of my eye, and then I realized my dog was a hallucination. That was pretty much it, I woke up 12 hours later feeling like shit and started getting shaky. I took my therapeutically prescribed dose today as usual but I am still shaky for some reason and my mind is scattered. TO top this off my wife called my psychiatrist and told her I'm a freak with a past of addiction. Can't wait to see how this one turns out...
 
I think psychosis would be more likened to hallucinations, not pseudo-hallucinations.

Naggers said:
I know weed can produce auditory distortions, but I could actually sit there and listen to the music and enjoy it (the vocals were lacking but the drum solo's were fucking awesome). I've also heard something similar to Hideki Naganuma - The Concept of Love from the noise of motorway traffic.
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Hideki Naganuma is a legend.
 
Hearing things may be considered psychosis in medical terms but in my opinion, they happen for a reason. Maybe your brain chemistry was altered somewhere along the way of your drug use that causes you to have these hallucinations. If you're hearing things try not to freak out because that will only make it worse. Free your mind and keep yourself occupied as time passess, these hallucinations should go away. I am labeled "psychotic" but that doesn't mean I don't know when I'm having a psychotic episode or a panic attack. You just know these things are happening right away.
 
Hello,

This is pretty much my 3rd day awake on amps. Bad move I know. I'm an addict so I have no power against things like this. Today I'm actually trying to turn it all around after a bad episode of rage over the weekend. Anyway, I have been hearing quite clearly, new songs I have never heard before that are emanating and being actively altered and created in my head. I hear them everywhere all the time and I can actually quite nicely control the songs orchestration, arrange and sequence it, and it gets quite amazingly detailed at times even with lyrics. This is actually enjoyable to me though, I do like it.

Anyway, I hallucinate auditory experiences regularly at times like this, I can sometimes hear the inverse waveform of normal sounds too. But this only comes during extreme circumstances nearing psychosis.

It also once happened when I was awake for 16 days straight through my benzo withdrawal.

It might sound like a scary thing to hear these voices and richly orchestrated sequences of sounds and vibrations but I always know they are not real and quite in my mind.

Am I right on the edge of psychosis or does this happen to anybody else? Is it mainly a sleep deprivation thing?
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You are not psychotic at this point, one of the hallmarks of psychosis is a lack of insight into itself, that is, being unaware of the unreality of hallucinatory and/or delusional experiences. You'll get there, though, and pretty fast, if you keep up doing as you've been doing.
 
Generally, when most people stay awake for days on drugs or something like that, they start having auditory hallucinations before any other types of hallucinations [like, you know, visual]. This doesn't necessarily mean you're on the verge of becoming completely psychotic or anything, but it's DEFINITELY a sign that it's time to come down & try & get yourself to sleep before you start you lose your mind any more.
 
I here music playing clearly in my head a lot on tweaking sprees along with other things, it's pretty nice. If you're not spazzing and feeling like you're bout to have a heart attack whenever anyone talks I think you still have more tweaking that can be done (KIDDING!)

Seriously though the music isn't anything to be worried about, but I mean obviously tweaking sprees are bad and by the 4th day of tweaking (straight, no sleep) you are guaranteed to be spazzing and hallucinating. Also the effects of a tweaking spree are more to do with the TWEAKING and food deprivation rather than sleep even though it is definitely a factor.

I dunno why people are so worried bout psychosis, it isn't really the biggest danger while tweaking, I actually think it is a part of being a tweaker even...
 
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