Anyone ever hear non-stop music? | ADHD Information
I've had three episodes when I started hearing music, non-stop, in my head. I was clear it was internal and not external, and there were never any "voices," just music.
The music was odd--not what I'd expect to hear. Sometimes, choral music, polkas, waltzes, and even symphonies. Mostly it has been "original" as far as I could tell, but sometimes it would be something classic like "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot." It didn't even stop when I was sleeping because it would be there when I'd suddently awake from being asleep.
The first time was right after 9/11, so I figured it was a stress reaction since I live in the DC area, could see the smoke from the Pentagon, and knew people who'd died. When it kept on for weeks, I went to my doctor. She put me on Effexor and that stopped it.
I had it for several months about a year later but the Effexor didn't do any good. I started using a tape recorder since some of it was original and pretty good. (I'd forgotten how to write music, which was a pity--especially with the choral pieces and symphonies). I figured that whatever the mechanism was, it was possibly the same one that had allowed Beethoven to compose after he became deaf. Fortunately for him, he could write music and apparently separate the different instruments which I had trouble doing. It was all one sound for me.
I've also been diagnosed with bi-polar II, and am not yet sure if I have one (ADD, bi-polar II), or both. Nor am I sure that either would explain these episodes. I could still function normally (normal for me, anyway), it was just annoying as hell since I couldn't turn it off and had great difficulty "changing tunes." I could do that somewhat, but with difficulty and not always. IOW, I had little control over it.
I'm just wondering if any folks w/ AD(H)D have experienced anything similar to this. I haven't had it for a year or more but don't know what to make of it and would like to understand it better from a scientific perspective.
I do....every minute I'm awake. A lot of the time I have to either listen to the song to get it out of my head, or if it's not a song yet, I have to sound it out on my guitar and it usually goes away. But it's really annoying when I can't sleep because of it heh. Thats strange.Are we talking about actual aural hallucinations or just having music run in your head? or voices?
I have the internal music but I dont find it odd because I'm a musician. I do get 'radio static' in certain situations, mostly at night when I first lie down - especially if I'm tired from work, where I can almost hear people talking, every now and then I'll actually try to reply but thats when i'm almost asleep.
I listen to music or have noise going all the time just to vaguely focus.
I've actually never thought about this. I thought everyone had songs running through their heads all the time.
I watched "The Dan Band" special on Bravo last night, now I'm alternating between "Fame" and "Total Eclipse of the Sun" with an occasional chorus of "Flashdance"
I have a song in my head all day long, but it's more like I go through life humming a melody, not like I am actually hearing external sounds
[QUOTE=xaiev]do a search you'll find some topics about this on the forum. [/QUOTE]
This may fall under "dumb question," so excuse me if it does, but what terms should I use to do the search? "Music," "non-stop music" or what?
[QUOTE=Fallen]Thats strange.
Are we talking about actual aural hallucinations or just having music run in your head? or voices?
I have the internal music but I dont find it odd because I'm a musician. I do get 'radio static' in certain situations, mostly at night when I first lie down - especially if I'm tired from work, where I can almost hear people talking, every now and then I'll actually try to reply but thats when i'm almost asleep.
I listen to music or have noise going all the time just to vaguely focus.
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Not voices. I've never had that. I described it as audio hallucinations but am not sure I used that term accurately. Sometimes it's original music and sometimes it's existing music that I "can't get out of my head"--at least without a whole lot of effort. Like one poster said, it's really annoying when it's the same version of the same song over and over again.
I'm an amateur musician or at least I used to be, but wasn't playing or listening much when this first started.
What may be most descriptive, from what people have said, is that it's non-stop and outside the realm of conscious control. Also, no one seems confused about it being inside their head rather than external.
I'm learning about neurobiology so I'll have to check out the neurological functions for sound and see if I can come up with a reasonable theory. I sure hope more people respond to this thread as the more descriptions, the easier it will be to try and track something sensible down (in neurological terms).
i can hear the"RADIO" in my head all day...but espicially at night if i awake to use the restroom....then i lay there for an hour.....i just hate it when its the same song over and over..ha! started strattera last week....new doc. wants to try it before he will consider adderall....wich i have been on for years in dfenver, co. now i moved to albuquerque, nm last month....so here we go again w/ a new doc. Well, the voices are talking all at once really. It's hard to concentrate on them all. But if I focus hard enough, I pick out a certain one and find some calming background music or nothing at all and listen to what the voice is saying. It sometimes says advice on what I'm doing on that moment. Or what I'm doing weeks from now. Or something about my friends. Basically about my life. If that helps. [QUOTE=fukaiotaku]
I hear those voices and non-stop music at the same time. Right now even. ^._.^[/QUOTE]
I don't hear any voices, just music. What do your voices say? (I expect it's a different phenomenon since very different areas in the brain are involved. But what do I know? ;-)
do a search you'll find some topics about this on the forum. well I'm definately not musically gifted.Yeah, I hear music constantly in my head since forever. I thought it was normal, though annoying at times. I also hear voices when I'm over tired and going to bed. This scares me to konw end...I've heard music for years, but only when I go to bed. It is a very low bass sound that at times, almost sounds like someone talking. I've asked my wife if she hears it, but she never has. I recall reading this is quite common for some reason, in people with ADHD.
Music is in my head a lot too!! It must be an ADHD thing lol.
I do all the time. Right now it's hello again by the cars. I thought it was a syndrome I got by bieng raised by MTV. When I doze off I have songs in my dreams that sound origional. Really cool rifts and drum beats and vocals that I have never heard before. Problem is, when I wake, I can't remember how they go.
Does this happen to the musically gifted or just ADDers? I hear those voices too, just before I go to sleep. I find if I relax and listen to the voices, it helps me get to sleep faster. I'm glad I'm not the only one. I usually only have the music running through my head when I'm going for a walk.FuzzyBunny38514.5783564815I hear those voices and non-stop music at the same time. Right now even. ^._.^
But yeah, sometimes it will come to me while I'm at work and when I feel really bored and not paying attention even when we have the radio playing on the sales floor where I work. It also comes to me when I'm daydreaming while I'm doing absolutley nothing or just watching something boring on tv..or something even I like. Alot of times, I like to listen to japanese pop or rock music or eurobeat music and those get stuck in my head every now and then. Now for the voices, I try to manage those one at a time. *nervous laughter*
[QUOTE=Wink]I've actually never thought about this. I thought everyone had songs running through their heads all the time.
I watched "The Dan Band" special on Bravo last night, now I'm alternating between "Fame" and "Total Eclipse of the Sun" with an occasional chorus of "Flashdance"
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OMG. I'm so glad someone started this thread. All day long at any given time I have a song stuck in my head. I thought everyone did too. Right now "Time is a Healer" is stuck in my head. Where the hell did I even hear it? Who sings it? AUUUGH. A song can sometimes stick with me for days.
