Do you guys do this?? | ADHD Information
Hi basket case, wierd just as i read your post i came aware of my 'background head music'. I've allways got a tune in my head, havn't nessarily just heard it or anything either. Its quite cool when I'm bored, I can easlity change my head record to what ever i'd like it to be. Bit distracting when I'm trying to concentrate somtimes. And its wierd how in my head it sound just like the recording, all the introments and what not. All part of my constant head noise I havta live with, I somthimes tell it to shut up, stop music, stop wirling around thoughts at race car speed so I can get some peace, doesn't work though, i just let it get on with it.Looks a tad odd wen I'm bobbing away with no head phone or singing along...
Dark_Angel38583.4324421296I also have the songs, and some times I catch my self counting....this along with what ever thoughts are flashing through my brain....I would find myself counting the ceiling tiles in class...spoost to be working un all. [QUOTE=basketcase]
Whew, I was worried - just a little bit - that I may be the only one that did that..............
LTC, I also find myself counting sometimes, not constantly or anything, it just happens sometimes. When I was a little girl, I remember riding in the back seat of the car and trying to count the trees that flashed by so quickly. (obviously rural). I'd do that all the way to wherever we were going.
When I learned how to type in highschool, I would type words and sentences other people would say in my head, the picture in my mind is a keyboard and hands, fingers going to the correct key quickly. This can be really irritating when you are trying to listen to what someone is saying! And they are right in front of you, and you kind of see past them because you're TYPING what they say in your head!
[/QUOTE]OMG! I can't believe I found another person who does this. I used to count the yellow lines on the road in the back of the car. I would count to go to sleep sometimes...I sometimes still do. I will count in Spanish to make myself tired.
Also, I would not only type in my head (and YES, I will type what someone has just said to me), but I sort of type on my leg, under the table in a meeting sometimes. Or, if it's going to be noticeable, I will just sort of push my finger little, not actually move them.
Wow, that's so interesting.
Hmmmmm. It IS interesting that we do this.........what else do I do that I find odd?......................Well, how 'bout this - when you are in bed about to fall asleep, like in between that almost awake but not asleep stage, do you suddenly wake up because you hear a loud noise, a really loud bump or crashing sound........can't really explain it. Just wake up startled, and no one else heard it, and it sounded really loud to you?? I do this all the time.
And, I dream EVERY night, I know because I remember the dreams, its always several dreams, its always in color (someone told me that most people dream in black and white, may not be true, I don't know).
Bluebird, were you on another ADHD forum a while back that shut down?? There was a "bluebird" poster there and we seemed to have alot in common......................
The only thing I can say is "GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE", I can replay most of the songs i,ve heard in my head. I 've been to the dr.because two and three recordings we're playing at the same time ,drums,guitars pianos , and vocals at the same time. I can't remember much from my childhood I can'remember if I was put on medication.
Whew, I was worried - just a little bit - that I may be the only one that did that..............
LTC, I also find myself counting sometimes, not constantly or anything, it just happens sometimes. When I was a little girl, I remember riding in the back seat of the car and trying to count the trees that flashed by so quickly. (obviously rural). I'd do that all the way to wherever we were going.
When I learned how to type in highschool, I would type words and sentences other people would say in my head, the picture in my mind is a keyboard and hands, fingers going to the correct key quickly. This can be really irritating when you are trying to listen to what someone is saying! And they are right in front of you, and you kind of see past them because you're TYPING what they say in your head!
I wrote a post on this very subject a few months ago. If you do a search, it should turn up. Forget the title but pretty sure it had "music" in it. Many people responded to it and said they had similar experiences.
I have this periodically constant music thing but only for spurts but sometimes those spurts last months. Mostly, the music I "hear" is original, but weird stuff like walzes, polkas, and band music. Sometimes choral music and sometimes, even complete symphonies. Very strange. Sometimes it will be something I've heard like "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" but usually, it's either an original theme or sometimes a complete composition. I even started keeping a tape recorder next to me to hum the melody lines (at least) because I've forgotten how to write music. Tough when it's a symphony or a choral piece!
From the responses to this and my post, it seems like a pretty common thing. I think there's sufficient anecdotal evidence to assume its a common symptom of AD(H)D. (I'm ADD, little to no H.)
My thoughts will race and race and race. I think one thing, swich over to something else, then something else........It's never quiet in my head. LOL! I think of music, too. I "hear" it as it is sung by the actual performer, by the way, not in my own voice. As for dreams, I will go to bed every night and JUST AS I LAY DOWN, I get a sudden full memory of the last dream I had. It happens without fail. It's crazy! Also, attention problems run rampant in my family. All involved are very musically and artistically inclined.
Leigh_GA_6638583.8464814815[QUOTE=Ang9]
I have a problem as well. When people are talking to me or I'm watching tv I notice my hand moving and then I realise that I am typing in the air what people are saying. Anyone else? What on earth could this be for?
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While I'm hardly a neuroscientist, I play one on TV! No, actually I'm just doing a fair amount of reading in the area. One thing it could be is engaging an additional area of the brain (kinesthetic as opposed to language) as a way to help keep your attention on what is being said as well as to better encode it into long term (greater than 30 seconds) memory.
If so, that's very clever of your brain!
[QUOTE=Dark_Angel]I would find myself counting the ceiling tiles in class...spoost to be working un all. [/QUOTE]Lol, I used to do that to show off and PROVE just how boring school was! So boring that I just HAD TO know that there are 167.4 (or whatever it was) ceiling tiles! because that was the MOST INTERESTING thing going on!
I am so glad that I found this website a few moments ago! I also have ADD and have been typing in my head for years.. It's something that I definitely haven't told many people, but since so many of you also do this, I feel better!
I told a psychiatrist about this habit, and he said it was a gift.. Unfortunatlely, I to this day cannot remember the conversation surrounding this.. (I had just been diagnosed, at age 25.. the whole day was a blur) But I do know that the doctor was fascinated with this.. It's so funny that so many others type also.. I'll tell you what.. it did help my typing speed.. I was in a paralegal program years back, and was the fastest typist in the school. On the other subject, the singing.. my still undiagnosed aunt does the same thing.. we'll be in the mall or someplace, and she's just humming away.. she never seems to notice that I hear her.. just kind of in her own little singing world..Anyways, good to find this message board! I can finally identify with others.. nice feeling. jen[QUOTE=sachetm
While I'm hardly a neuroscientist, I play one on TV! [/QUOTE]
In today's world, doesn't that make you an expert? 
We seem to hear more from that kind of expert than people like you who actually have an education, at least in the media.
I have a problem as well. When people are talking to me or I'm watching tv I notice my hand moving and then I realise that I am typing in the air what people are saying. Anyone else? What on earth could this be for?
Welcome to the forum JenScho.I'm curious, and wonder if this is just me or the ADD........Seems like I notice at times that there always seem to be music/song/tune playing in the back of my mind all the time........when I notice, I think I'm so used to it I don't realize it at times, until I start humming it also. Did this yesterday at the grocery store, not even realizing I was doing it until I got some looks from other shoppers. I'm not talking about a jingle you just heard on tv or the radio that everyone gets in there head sometimes and it won't go away. This is like music I haven't heard in forever, just pops up .......yesterday it was Barry Manilow "Looks like we made it"??????? Whats up with THAT????!!!!!!!! Its like maybe I don't have enough going on in my mind to suit my ADD, so it throws that in to distract me, too.
I have read add/adhd people are Music/ art strenghts.I sing those random songs to my dog (LOL) and I ALWAYS have a song in my head at any given time...I have no idea where they are coming from. Right now it is, "Nothing's gonna change my love for you, you outta know my now how much I love you. One thing you can be sure of, I'll never ask for more than your love."Basketcase, yes, I have done what you said, just as I am falling asleep I'll hear a loud sound that I wasn't sure was in my head or not (like the sound of a telephone). It hasn't happened in a long time, but I definitely know what you're talking about.
Also, I don't know if I was on another board that shut down. I can't remember...haha. But, hi again if I have forgotten you. Your ID name sounds familiar. Don't hate me if we have to start fresh, OK?
bbird
"Lookin' back now it seems so clear, I had it all when you were here, but I took it for granted. And now that I've come to see the light, all I wanna do is make things right--let's talk it out. Let's talk about 2nd chances....Wait and see it's gunna be better than it was before. I gave some then, but now I inteeend to dedicate myself to givin' mooooooooore...this time you can be shuuuuuure.
I'm never gonna let you go, I'm gonna hold you in my arms for ever. Gonna try and make up for the times I hurt you sooooooo.... Gonna hold your body close to mine, and this say all we're gonna need forever. Gonna swear this time, I'm never goona let you go."
Just thought I'd share this random song that will NOT leave my mind. AAAAUGH. Where the hell did it come from? How come I cannot get rid of it? How come I know so much of this song???!!! BAAAAAAAAAH!
LOL
bluebird.
Freaking great, Bluebird! Now that crappy song is going to be in MY head all night.
"Hello! Is it me you're lookin' for? I can see it in your eyes. I can see it in your smile. You're all I ever wanted, and my arms are open wide......"
Credits to Lionel Ritchie
.............take that
That was WAY below the belt! WAY!!!!!!!!
Bluebird - I just thought it might be too much of a coincedence to have another "Bluebird" on another ADHD site! But maybe so.........
The Bluebird on the other site was having problems at the time finding someone who really accepted her that she wanted to date. She said at first, they thought she was attractive, but after a few dates she was afraid her ADHD/ADD turned them off. And, I think she said something about riding a street car one time..........because I told her that I lived in a rural area, and had never even SEEN a streetcar! And she was worried about being fired from her job because she wasn't getting much work done, her meds were driving her crazy and she was bored at work too. Sound familiar, or totally not you?
hee hee, well basketcase, I would like to take the credit, but it's a different bluebird. quite a coinkidink though! at least i know i'm not losing it as bad as i thought. :Di still think it's awesome that you are pursuing teaching.
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Oh, always!!! I do this a lot too. Its good to know that I'm not the only one anymore. I never knew what it was like not to do this and have a peaceful and clear mind. It always amazes me that norms don't do this. I've always wondered what it was like to have a mind like theirs that doesn't do it, because when I told some norms that I do this, they be like, "What?!!!" and look at me all crazy.
On the other hand, I think its kinda cool having a jukebox in my head.
Katie