“My daughter is starting to tell me she is hearing voices. What is causing this?”

I would advise to start with a medical work-up including a CT scan or MRI of the head. If all is normal, then an evaluation from a psychiatrist would be needed.

This is a very serious symptom. She needs to be evaluated by a psychiatrist.

There are many things that could be causing this such as thyroid issues, infections, tumor in her brain or drug use (cannabis, methamphetamine or cocaine). She needs full physical exam with blood work up, MRI of the Brain and urine drug screening. Cannabis has been laced or substitute in the streets for K2 and it won't show up in the urine unless the doctor or hospital requests for K2 screening. Hope this helps and that she recovers soon

Voices that someone hears when no one is around, that occur when someone is fully awake, and that seem to be inside one's head or coming from an invisible source, are called auditory hallucinations. It is important to distinguish these hallucinations from just imagining or remembering someone speaking, replaying a conversation in your mind, or having a flashback of a traumatic event you experienced. True auditory hallucinations can be caused by a number of different conditions, including schizophrenia, psychotic depression, severe manic episodes, and by certain drugs, including amphetamines (like Meth), cocaine, PCP, psychedelics, LSD, mushrooms, and others. Less commonly, they can be caused by neurological disorders, such as epilepsy (seizure disorders), severe brain infections, or degenerative brain diseases. The first important step is to get your daughter evaluated by a physician, preferably a psychiatrist, as soon as possible, to diagnose the problem and start treatment. Auditory hallucinations usually respond very well to medication treatment.

Hearing voices inside of her head is not necessarily the same as hallucinations. Of course she can be helped. I would encourage you to consider a very thorough medical examination rule out many various causations and then to determine what is the diagnosis. There is no set minimum diagnosis for someone hearing voices in her head; for example, obsessive-compulsive disorder people can hear voices that they describe it in their head; people with depression can hear voices in their head.

Hearing voices in a clear state use to be a pathagnomic of Schizophrena. Now we think of this auditory hallucination as a secondary symptoms of Schizophrenia.

The most important thing is to have a psychiatrist to exam her to rule out other diagnosis.

Treatment is using anti psychotic medication and slowly and eventually they become less troubling and may disappear.

Psychiatrist appointment without excuse. First events, if treated early, have much better outcomes than people who are affected multiple times and often not treated, due to their own choice.

Assuming that your daughter is not using any drugs, prescribed or not, especially steroids, she should be evaluated by a reputable psychiatrist. There are several reasons for her hearing these voices, and it is important to determine the cause.

Major depression or schizophrenia or substance induced