Is it true that some depression medications make you hear voices?

my boyfriend said when he took a medication for depression he heard voices and thought he was a schizophrenic. is this possible?

Severely depressed people some time experience hallucinations (hearing voices, seeing things), and delusions. It is called Major Depressive Disorder with Psychotic Features.
Commony prescribed antidepressant medications are not known to cause hallucinations.

4 Responses to “Is it true that some depression medications make you hear voices?”

  1. Heidi B Says:
    February 23rd, 2009 at 9:16 am

    Some depression medicines can cause the symptoms to become worse. I have never heard of someone hearing voices before though just because of the medicine. Has he told his doctor? Maybe this is a problem that was brought to light sooner because of the medicine. I would have him tell his doctor to be sure, if anything I’m sure he can prescribe a new medicine. Good Luck!!
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  2. AB Says:
    February 23rd, 2009 at 10:04 am

    Severely depressed people some time experience hallucinations (hearing voices, seeing things), and delusions. It is called Major Depressive Disorder with Psychotic Features.
    Commony prescribed antidepressant medications are not known to cause hallucinations.
    References :

  3. aniket patil Says:
    February 23rd, 2009 at 10:12 am

    hi ..

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  4. zen Says:
    February 23rd, 2009 at 11:00 am

    Not hear voices, but see shadows of things that weren’t there. Now, that was trippy. I told my doctor and she said,”I’ve heard of that happening with that med before”. Say, what? I have depression AND anxiety. It would have been nice to know that side effect beforehand. It sure wasn’t in MY brochure. She just changed my meds. I’m sure anything is possible.
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