Voices and ASD

Is hearing voices part of ASD or is it mental health?

My GP tells me it's mental health which originally I thought it might be but nearly four years on and several medications later I still get auditory hallucinations and not one medication has made a difference so I'm starting to wonder if this is an ASD thing instead.

As a child I had imaginary friends, similar to what I get now except I can't see the people I hear. Admittedly they can be very negative towards me but at times they are nice and the only friends I've got.

I worry relentlessly about my parents and their health. I'm up all night worrying. I worry about my own physical health. I get a lot of abdominal pain and nausea, likely the result of anxiety but I feel like it's probably cancer and what I hear tells me it's the more serious stuff.

If this is something you've experienced or have knowledge of then please help.

I don't mind dealing with the GP but they keep mental healthing me and as there's never been any progress I get the feeling it's more ASD.

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  • When doctors hear the symptom he hears voices they immediately tend to jump to schizophrenia as a diagnosis. But there are a whole host of mental health issues some of them not that serious that can result in hearing voices. And some of them will not respond to the medication that will be typically diagnosed for schizophrenia. It might be worth seeking a second opinion. A Professional doctor will not be at all offended by you seeking a second opinion and when a mental health diagnosis is not responding to medication that’s just a generally sensible thing to do.

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  • When doctors hear the symptom he hears voices they immediately tend to jump to schizophrenia as a diagnosis. But there are a whole host of mental health issues some of them not that serious that can result in hearing voices. And some of them will not respond to the medication that will be typically diagnosed for schizophrenia. It might be worth seeking a second opinion. A Professional doctor will not be at all offended by you seeking a second opinion and when a mental health diagnosis is not responding to medication that’s just a generally sensible thing to do.

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