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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 132350" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I third that. If she's not on medication and hearing voices (and typically the voices are negative speaking auditory hallucinations) she is mentally ill and I would not put it off. THe voices often get worse, demanding that the child do worse and worse things (or so we were told). There are good anti-psychotics to help her, but I wouldn't ignore this even for a day. It is not the norm that a child would say that if she didn't really hear them. And "I wish the voices would shut up" is a common thing for even adults with hallucinations to say. Hallucinations can be very compelling and the kids/adults often listen to what they say. Do you have a history of mental illness on either side of the family tree? Any substance abuse (which is a big red flag that somebody is self-medicating for a mental illness). I would call NOW. You want to stop the voices before they get worse. I have hallucinated while on bad medications, and you can certainly tell the difference between your thoughts and hallucinations that are not your thoughts, but that are threatening and seem to come from nowhere, and that nobody else hears...it's scary.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 132350, member: 1550"] I third that. If she's not on medication and hearing voices (and typically the voices are negative speaking auditory hallucinations) she is mentally ill and I would not put it off. THe voices often get worse, demanding that the child do worse and worse things (or so we were told). There are good anti-psychotics to help her, but I wouldn't ignore this even for a day. It is not the norm that a child would say that if she didn't really hear them. And "I wish the voices would shut up" is a common thing for even adults with hallucinations to say. Hallucinations can be very compelling and the kids/adults often listen to what they say. Do you have a history of mental illness on either side of the family tree? Any substance abuse (which is a big red flag that somebody is self-medicating for a mental illness). I would call NOW. You want to stop the voices before they get worse. I have hallucinated while on bad medications, and you can certainly tell the difference between your thoughts and hallucinations that are not your thoughts, but that are threatening and seem to come from nowhere, and that nobody else hears...it's scary. [/QUOTE]
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