Your spouse may be hearing voices. It is very important to ask him when you two are alone if he has been hearing voices. If he wants to know why you are asking tell him what you noticed and let him know that you are just concerned. With ADD/ADHD some of us have a tendency to be impulsive. If the voices tell him to do something dangerous to himself or you he might react on the impulse. That is the worst thing that can happen. I'm not saying he will do that. I just know that his doctor needs to know about it. I hope that this helped at least a little bit.

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Hi Miss M:

Is your husband currently taking medication for his ADD? It's not uncommon for people to develop various side effects with different drugs, so I would go with your husband to the doctor for an appointment to discuss his one-sided conversations and how altering his prescription might help the problem. If he's not taking any medication currently, this might be a sign that he needs to reconsider it... you may also want to ask the doctor about getting evaluated for a bipolar disorder, too. If it runs in the family, I think you're better off safe than sorry, and that diagnosis could definitely impact his ADD prescription.

Here are some good ADDitude articles about side effects: http://www.additudemag.com/search/keyword/Side%20Effects%20of%20ADHD%20Meds.html

Best of luck!

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I'm sorry to tell you is a symptoms of psychosis and he sounds like he has had a break from reality. Since there a psychiatric issues in his family it could be one of the more serious (for lack of a better word) psychiatric disorder and the one I am thinking g is sychizophrenia. When you approach him do so calmly . He will proably say it nothing . Watch his eyes or the way he tilts his head as if he listening to something. He needs to be treated and if he refuses to go which he proably will; you may need to call the crisis intervention people who have trained psychiatric people to come out and evaluate. The scary part of this is they truly believe the things they hear are real and you can ask him what are they saying . Do not be afraid to ask if they are telling him to commit sucide believe me you won't give him the idea. What you will do is put thing out on the table and know what you are dealing with. Please keep me up-dated and God Speed

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Although I agree with the others, I think that you should try to listen to what he is saying to him self. If people saw me some days they would commit me. I talk to myself alot. I do not hear voices I just hate silence and seem to need noise so I complian to my self about my self and go over things that are stressing me out. I am a great listener! I am not making light of your situation but want to hold the hope of positivity. Good luck!

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I think the biggest in his behavior then just running over things is animation as if someone else is there. Truthfully if he just was talking to himself , I'd say so what? The fact he ist behaving as if someone is there is the biggest red flag that he has broke with reality. When we talk to ourselves we are not really animated and make gestures to ourselves we just tend to say something to ourselves sometimes just alittle louder than we want and when asked we say just talking to myself. This sounds totally different . If you hate quite why don't just put on a radio; and leave playing for background noise? I always have music on; and it really helps keep me focused.

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I don't know, I'm always catching myself gesturing and starting to get animated like I'm having a conversation all the time, and when I'm alone, I often have conversations out loud, kind of rehearsing conversation I'm planning, or replaying a conversation I've already had. It sure looks like I'm talking to someone else, but I know there's no one there. Not that symptoms should ever be ignored, especially with possible bipolar in the family, but talk to him before you get too concerned.

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"Rehearsing" is a good way of putting it, since I've noticed I do this sort of thing mostly when I am remembering or "preparing for" a specific confrontation or conversation with someone. I do it when walking to school sometimes too...and I do gesture, but I notice more and more that I'm always fidgiting so I think that might just be a natural extension of that. I have ALWAYS talked a lot; I just have so much to say, especially if I'm alone, that I think it just starts coming out. I'm thinking it may just come from boredom or excess energy or a tendency to worry / obsess over something (like an argument I want to get "just right"). I don't hear voices, and honestly, other than a few wierd looks on the street, I haven't gotten any adverse reactions, so it's been among the least of my worries.

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We all talk to our selves once in awhile; but to have a flat out conversation , gesturing and arguement with no one.is rather alarming in most cases. Truthfully, we will most time run a conversation in our heads and especially if lost for words say what we thought we should have responded. I know if I saw you doing this on the street the aguring , gesturing and talking to self ; I have to admit I would cross it to advoid you because unfortunately it would come across as rather ill. The fact there is bi-polar in the family and other psychaitric problems it needs to evaluated. I'm not sure how old he is ; but many of the psychiatric problems rear it ulgy head in the early 20-35 years of age.Also it seems to be a period of stress that the symptoms begiin to present themselves.

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