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dd says she can hear voices

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Rhubarb · 18/03/2006 12:14

No, not Morticia! Although I realise that this probably seems like a typical post for me! She's just got over a virual illness, she had a high temp and a few hallucinations because of this, seeing people filming her etc. Yesterday she was ok again, well on the road to recovery. This morning she told dh that she heard a buzzing noise in her ears and there was a voice, it was her voice but it was nasty sounding and sometimes scared her.

I asked her about it today and she told me a tale about a lady in her dreams on a ghost train etc, she is a good story-teller! So I thought she was making it up. But then she was on the pc playing one of the BBC Words and Pictures games when she turned to me with a worried look and said that she could hear it again. She repeated that it was her voice, but scarier sounding and she couldn't tell what it was saying.

I'm a bit worried as dh was diagnosed as schizophrenic in his twenties and still had a few episodes when I met him, though not now.

Anyone had any experience of this? Could it be due to her illness still?

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Rhubarb · 18/03/2006 12:22

I bet everyone avoids this now!

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alliebaba · 18/03/2006 12:25

This may sound stupid.....could she had blocked ears and her own voice sounds strange when she speaks? ds said this, he's 5 BTW.
Watched Eastenders with DH last night to make sure he behaved... made me dream of you

Aimsmum · 18/03/2006 12:26

I don't have any experience of this at all, but i guess it could just be the illness still.

Is her temp back to normal today? Has she had any ear pain with the illness?

My dd used to hear noises when she suffered from bad earache, but nothing she really described as voices.

I would keep an eye on her for the next couple of days, and if you are still worried, i would maybe have a word with the Dr.

alliebaba · 18/03/2006 12:33

i sound like a fruit cake now.. i was joking rhubarb...honest. how's morty?

zippitippitoes · 18/03/2006 12:37

I'm sure if it is anything it will be due to her illness. She is probably exhausted and has had strang esleep patterns and a high temperature so she is bound to be confused. She might also have headache or earache which could be contributing to it.

nothercules · 18/03/2006 12:38

I would take her to a good gp to have it checked out especially due to it being in the family.

zippitippitoes · 18/03/2006 12:42

how old is she?

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Rhubarb · 18/03/2006 13:11

Alliebaba - you are seriously freaking me out! Weirdo mad lezzer type!

She's 5.5. When she was playing the BBC game she wasn't talking out loud. I'm fairly certain it's not just that her voice sounds funny when she speaks, this voice is in her head. I don't want to ask her any more about it because I don't want to make a big deal of it. And tbh, I'm not sure what a doctor can do. For now I'll put it down to the illness, getting over it and all that and just keep an eye on her. She is pretty sensitive to these kind of things, she's said things before that have been fairly creepy.

I think I've got one of 'those' children! Just hope she doesn't stand over the bed with a meat hatchet in her hands one night!!!

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drosophila · 18/03/2006 13:20

I had a bad infection a few years ago and as a result now have tinnitus. My voice does sound funny sometimes but only when I am speaking out loud. I get whooshing and pulsing sounds in my ears which I suppose a 5.5yr old could think sounded like muffled voices. Don't know really.

zippitippitoes · 18/03/2006 13:21

it is most likely that she has a vivid imagination.

It is possible to have childhood onset schizophrenia but it is very rare(about 1 in 40,000) and usually follows other developmental anomalies. schizophrenia is more common if it a parent has it when the chance is 10% higher. If your dh had a shizophrenic episode rather than a chronic or repeated illness then I think that is less of a risk than the 10% higher chance if you see what I mean.

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Rhubarb · 18/03/2006 13:34

Funny, just after writing that last post she turned to me again and said she was hearing it again (she's quietly drawing a picture). I asked what she could hear and she said she could hear her own voice again, stopping and starting and saying things like "Yes" "I know" "I forgot" "No" - a mini conversation with someone. The voice is scary and fast too.

I think I'll take her to Church tomorrow!

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Rhubarb · 18/03/2006 13:46

Help! She's getting it all the time now! I actually believe her and what she is saying sounds spookily similar to what dh experience when his first started, he's looking a bit worried too!

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FioFio · 18/03/2006 13:50

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Rhubarb · 18/03/2006 13:50

How would they check it out on a 5.5yo?

After what they did to dh, I'm not sure I want to go down that road.

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charliecat · 18/03/2006 13:54

My dd used to tell us...and then I said to myself in my head bla bla bla bla, she was about 5.
She seemed to know it was herself saying to herself IYKWIM.

My brother is schziphrenic and he knew there was something going wrong, he was 17ish, he used to cry a lot because his head was so muddled with voices.

I have no idea how they would find out with a child.

fastasleep · 18/03/2006 14:00

Oh Rhubarb!! Sad I hope she's not doing this because she's clocked that it's getting a reaction from you...

I hope it is just her left over illness... being sick can make kids really weird (me too actually!)

I hope she's ok, goodness knows what a doc could do if it was 'voices' I s'pose you'd get a referral to a child psychiatrist... not sure they'd be able to do much except 'counsel' her though...

I hope she's going to be fine!

((I dreamed about you last night, mmmm... nice big... squidgy crumble!!))

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Rhubarb · 18/03/2006 14:00

I'm gonna leave it for now. I have this thing against psychologists I'm afraid, I don't trust them at all, they nearly screwed up my life and didn't listen to dh when he tried talking to them.

charliecat - what happened to your dd?

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fastasleep · 18/03/2006 14:01

They would be very very cautious about medicating her rhubarb, in fact they probably wouldn't, not unless it was driving her to absolute distraction or she was having severe hallucinations

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Rhubarb · 18/03/2006 14:01

AND WILL YOU LOT STOP BLOODY DREAMING ABOUT ME!!!!

FA - atm all I'm saying to her is to tell me when it happens. She doesn't like it happening, that much is obvious. I'm not making a big deal out of it though, I'm just telling her that it's still her illness.

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fastasleep · 18/03/2006 14:01

Aww yeah, when you get a 'bad' psych person it does put you off for life, I know!

fastasleep · 18/03/2006 14:03

Poor sweetheart, I hope it all calms down!

fastasleep · 18/03/2006 14:07

I found \link{http://www.rethink.org/information/children/childhoodsmi2.html\this}

just some basic info on symptoms and treatment, I would probably be really cautious about taking her to the doc about it too, as it sort of implies that they get stuck straight on anti-psychotics, which I would be really iffy about..

I'm sure she's ok though, but it's good to know these things just in case!

charliecat · 18/03/2006 14:08

My dd is fine, she seemed to know she was talking to herself in her head, that she could her her own voice in her head...like having a Do I Dont I conversation with herself.

fastasleep · 18/03/2006 14:09

Yes it's a good sign if she's saying it's her own voice... :)