hi. i'm new here. i've been dealing with
mental illness since childhood. diagnoses
from ADD and thinking disorder to
psychosis, schizoaffective, borderline,
and bipolar disorder. i think finally my
doctors have settled on bipolar 1. i've
been a roller coaster lately. up and down.
i think about cutting sometimes, but am
fine the next day. glad i made it. tonight
i can't sleep. i walked outside to feed my
cat and heard total silence (it was after
midnight)... total silence except the
helicopters. am i paranoid? i didn't think
so. i heard them everywhere, but mostly to
the south and east. i heard maybe eight or
more in just a few minutes. i wondered if
something was going on somewhere. maybe
they were the media. maybe they were
military. what are they doing up there
after midnight? i felt they were close to
the house. what is going on? i saw
nothing, though. no lights. i heard a
plane, too, in the distance, but saw
nothing but stars. what's funny is i'll
probably be fine tomorrow and just
discount it to exhaustion. i've been told
to never say i'm crazy. that's okay. my
doctor did it for me one time.
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puzzld
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Joined: 19 Nov 2007 Posts: 219 Location: gulf coast =), USA
Posted: 01-09-08 12:07pm
i hear and see things sometimes... most of
it i'm sure is not real. i'm usually
around my husband or friends that can tell
me what is going on. for me, it was and
still is paranoia.
were you ever in the military? or around a
war zone?
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designlady
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Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 55 Location: , USA
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Posted: 01-09-08 23:53pm
we live near a military base. my husband
said after midnight would be a good time
for them to be practicing their maneuvers
without their lights; a reasonable
explanation. i just couldn't sleep and was
exhausted; maybe some paranoia. what's
strange is that i found out the next day
that my cousin was admitted to the
hospital during the night for overdosing
on methadone and some other stuff. he's in
critical condition still.
never in the military, though... or around
a war zone. i just also have some
psychotic episodes sometimes. it can be
hard to figure out, though, if it's real
or not.
thanks for your reply.
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BoneyardDiva
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Sep 2007 Posts: 72 Location: Nunya, USA
Posted: 01-11-08 18:09pm
WELCOME TO THE BOARD! We're in the
Southeast USA too. My husband is bipolar
& he occasionally hears voices. Most
of the time, it will be a short sentence
e.g. "You are wrong," or "Listen to her."
Very short & generally commands. Most
of the time, he can equate the voice to
someone he was thinking about earlier in
the day.
