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Q: What can cause paranoia, voices/sounds, and acting on impuls

asked by: DoctorQuestion on April 11th, 2006

about five years ago i started having really bad paranoia problems, like i when i walked around on my own somtimes during the day mostly at night i thought there was something following me around.
then about a year ago i started hearing voices and sounds, which my doctor said was normal, then about 2 months ago i started to get these feelings again plus i was getting really aggravatied and doing some really weird stuff, like my mind would tell me to do somthing and i would do it.
so could you possibly tell me whats wrong with me

my weight is 12 stone but im not good at maths

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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD

replied on May 26th, 2006

Mental Conditions Answer A958

It definitely seems that you are experiencing a psychiatric problem(s) but you will need expert help from a psychiatrist to establish a precise diagnosis. It is possible that you exhibit a kind of obsessive-compulsive syndrome that could be associated with the pre-existing condition in your medical history, Asperger’s syndrome.

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