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Matrix Energetics: The Science and Art of Transformation Richard Bartlett See book keywords and concepts

The tribal psychiatrist learns that Moses is hearing voices again and prescribes some noxious plant root, or mercury, or whatever was available to them at that time to make the voices to stop. I wander where that would have led: certainly not to the land of milk and honey. To use Matrix Energetics you do not need to have had such nonconsensual experiences. Superman does not need to appear, you do not have to be clairvoyant, and you do not need to have a near-death experience. All you need is to shift the way you see and experience reality around you.

We were studying schizophrenia and so-called delusional states, talking about how hearing voices in your head was a bad thing and to be avoided. I raised my hand to ask a question. My professor looked up from the assigned reading and acknowledged me with a bit of a grimace. Alas, he knew me well. Not wanting to disappoint his expectations, I innocently asked, "I hear voices in my head?and they told me to go back to school and get my Naturopathy degree. Does this mean I am schizo-something or another? Should I have opted instead to ingest a course or two of psychotropic meds?

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Their symptom was that they were hearing voices. It was a phony complaint, but one which was diagnosed each time as schizophrenia. After admission, the "pseudo-patients" acted normally—that is, they were sane in an insane place. Despite their normalcy, the hospital staff interpreted their behavior to fit the original diagnosis. Routine disagreements were seen as deep-seated signs of personal instability. Boredom was interpreted as nervousness. The pseudo-patients remained hospitalized from 7 to 52 days, with an average of 19 days.

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He started screaming and woke up in the middle of the night hearing voices. Daniel's psychotic episodes began to get more frequent and intense, were brought on by no particular events or circumstances (beside the drugs he was saturated with), and caused him to destroy furniture and try to kill himself and others. Soon he began a series of stays in psychiatric institutions that lasted until the age of 11.

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By the time he turned 20 he was hearing voices. His father brought him home and took him to counseling, but he grew worse and soon was getting SSI (Social Security Insurance). Diane wanted to assure me that she knew her dad didn't always make the best choices for herself and her brother as they grew up, but he did love and care about them both. My dad really wants to help him now. He says he thinks the drugs the psychiatrist put him on are doing my brother more harm than good—my brother can't even engage in a coherent conversation now—but the psychiatrist won't even talk to him about it.

She began screaming at night, hearing voices and drooling. She began an entirely liquid diet, being unable to eat solids. Myra was the last to lose her mind. She was 24 when she completely fell apart mentally. Her breakdown also followed an incident in which a man showed her some interest. Her symptoms were very similar to Nora's. She was not sleeping well, had panic attacks and would wake up at night screaming. When she was admitted to the hospital, she was unable to think clearly or even to distinguish reality from her distorted thoughts.

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Hearing one's own thoughts is merely one step toward hearing voices. After hearing one's thoughts inside one's head, the next step in the progression of disease is to hear thoughts from outside of the head, followed by hearing voices. During recovery the reverse sequence is followed. Sometimes voices and visions retreat to the world of dreams. This is a good indication that the patient is improving. Many years ago Dr L. Bender, a highly respected New York psychiatrist, followed a series of childhood schizophrenics for ten years.

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For those who report hearing voices or have disturbed thinking, there is only the smallest chance that they will not be prescribed an antipsychotic. Akathisia Akathisia is another well-known side effect of taking antipsychotics. If we once again use Zyprexa as an example (we should assume that, as the nation's most popular antipsychotic, it has fewer side effects than would other drugs in this group), we learn that 11% of those on Zyprexa (10 mg/day) experienced "akathisia events" in a six-week trial developed by the drug's manufacturer.

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As for the older drugs, the New York Times reported, they "relieve typical symptoms like delusions and hearing voices in about 70 percent of patients. But they are less effective in treating other symptoms of schizophrenia, like withdrawal, lack of energy and motivation, and the inability to experience pleasure." All of the other papers cast the standard neuroleptics in that same light: They were less effective (or ineffective) in treating negative symptoms. They did successfully treat positive symptoms in about 70 percent of patients.

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Helps in managing the signs and symptoms of schizophrenia (treats positive symptoms such as hearing voices and negative symptoms such as social withdrawal). May be used for treatment of other disorders as determined by your doctor. How to take: Tablet—Swallow with liquid. May be taken with or without food. When to take: Once a day at the same time each day. Always follow the advice of your doctor. If you forget a dose: Take as soon as you remember. If it is almost time for the next dose, wait for the next scheduled dose (don't double this dose).

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Evaluate your nonpsychiatric drugs. hearing voices can be a side effect of certain medications, including anticonvulsants. Make a list of all the medications you are currently taking—prescription and over-the-counter—and ask your doctor if any of these drugs alone or in combination could be causing your problem. Tune out. Although it's extremely rare, doctors have found that a few people who wear hearing aids and who have reported hearing voices actually are picking up transmissions from nearby radio stations through their hearing aids.

Healing Children's Attention & Behavior Disorders Dr. Abram Hoffer, M.D., FRCP(C) See book keywords and concepts

One of my patients over age 30 came in to complain about hearing voices. She had recently discovered that it was not normal to hear voices. She was also depressed and wanted to be rid of the mood disorder. She did not want her voices to go. They were friendly company. Dreams, or more appropriately, nightmares, are not the royal road to the unconscious, as Freud believed, but they certainly provide one royal road to a useful discussion of illusions and hallucinations. After talking about dreams it is easy to ascertain whether visual illusions are present.

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Deep sleep Delta-cycles at .5-3 hz. bring lucid dreaming and increased immunity. Human potentials vary in regular cycles of several minutes with microvolts in three-part 2-30 cycles per second. The first 30-40 minutes of stage-1 and -2 Theta-relaxation light sleep people are just as suggestible as when hypnotized (red LEDs entrain better than white), have uncritical acceptance of external suggestions, retain the most of material presented, in an altered state.

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The father of these twins had been depressed for 23 years, hearing voices, feeling unreal, with blocking, paranoid ideas, poor memory and concentration. He was started on treatment as well. When last seen he was free of perceptual symptoms but was still depressed. (16) B.C.: Born May 1961, B.C. was first seen in September 1970. B.C. was overactive by age 3, as well as inattentive, unresponsive to punishment, defiant and troublesome. By age 9 he was worse. At school he was an average student. He tended to stare at lot into space.

Children hearing voices of their parents will seek them out until they realize that they are hallucinations. Children seeing and hearing other children no one else can see will play with them and call them imaginary if that is what their parents have told them. There is an endless variety of perceptual disturbances and the impact on behavior is also very variable. But in each case it is important to try and understand why the abnormal behavior is present. The behavior, not the perceptual disturbance, will bring the child to the doctor.

After hearing one's thoughts inside one's head, the next step in the progression of disease is to hear thoughts from outside of the head, followed by hearing voices. During recovery the reverse sequence is followed. Sometimes voices and visions retreat to the world of dreams. This is a good indication that the patient is improving. Many years ago Dr L. Bender, a highly respected New York psychiatrist, followed a series of childhood schizophrenics for ten years. She had used classical adult criteria for diagnosing them - that is, visions and voices were present in every one.

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When they tried to coax her out of her isolation, Catherine revealed the frightening truth: she had been hearing voices that ordered her to kill other children at school. She begged the voices to leave her alone, but they refused to listen. Fearful that they could compel her to do their bidding, Catherine had withdrawn into a world of solitude where she could be sure she would not kill. Her distraught parents rushed Catherine to a psychiatrist, who provided a prompt diagnosis, as terrifying as the girl's symptoms: paranoid schizophrenia.

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He complained of anger, anxiety, nightmares, and hearing voices. Tony was agitated, had involuntary body movements (characteristic of cerebral palsy, but also a side effect of antipsychotic drugs), and his whole face was swollen and puffy—side effects from the drugs he had been given to control his behavior. These included trazodone, an antidepressant that causes drowsiness, for his insomnia; lithium, for manic depression; Paxil, an antidepressant similar to Prozac; Navane? a psychotropic prescribed to control his auditory hallucinations; and Cogentin?

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More often than not, hearing voices is a symptom of schizophrenia, a serious mental illness that usually appears in early adulthood. But it also could be a sign of mania, Alzheimer's disease, depression or drug and alcohol abuse. On the other hand, it could be something as simple as a defective hearing aid or a side effect of medication. And some people, particularly when they're profoundly depressed or just falling asleep, can hear voices calling their name. Doctors don't know what causes this phenomenon, but they believe that it is harmless.

But you know you have a medical problem if a mysterious voice in your head suddenly replies, "Yes, you are." "Hearing voices can be a serious symptom of psychosis or neurological impairment. It shouldn't be taken lightly," says Paul Fink, M.D., chairman of psychiatry at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. Some doctors suspect that imaginary voices are actually a person's own inner thoughts, which for some reason develop a distinct pattern that the person identifies as a separate voice or voices.

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Psychosis means a loss of contact with reality, such as hearing voices or seeing things that are not there. Also, tell your doctor if you take medicines for any of these problems.

Symptoms: Their Causes & Cures : How to Understand and Treat 265 Health Concerns the Editors of PREVENTION Magazine Health Books See book keywords and concepts

If you wear a hearing aid and believe you are hearing voices, ask your audiologist to check your hearing aid to make sure it is working properly. Heartbeat Irregularities when to see your doctor • You experience skipped beats, extra beats, flip-flops or pounding of the heart several times a week or more. • Your heart fluctuates wildly from less than 50 beats to more than 100 beats per minute. • See your doctor immediately if your heartbeat takes off chaotically at rates well above 100 beats per minute when you're not even exerting yourself.

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