I recently trialed a different antipsychotic and it didn’t go too well. I had bad side effects and kept lowering the dose and now I’m hearing voices again. It started out small, hearing murmuring voices from the radio with the occasional “are you listening” when I wasn’t paying attention to it. I went back on my old antipsychotic and it hasn’t stopped (I know it can take time), and it’s seeming to get worse: hearing voices from most electronics with a speaker. What worries me is most of the time I experience hallucinations they aren’t verbal, and I’m able to quickly rationalize them as hallucinations. This isn’t the case right now, I’ve been turning my phone off because I’ll think my phone is calling people who are listening to me, I unplugged my TV because it made me anxious and effected my sleep, I’ve been paranoid about being monitored. I’ve never had prominent delusions before and I’m worried that this could get worse and cause me to spiral.

My question I guess: do your delusions start as anxious thoughts like this? Has anyone experienced something similar? 

(I’ve talked to my doctor, we switched back to the old antipsychotic and are monitoring the situation)