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Re: Obsessive Musical Tunes » MB

Posted by Mitch on July 25, 2001, at 14:54:40

In reply to Re: Obsessive Musical Tunes » Mitch, posted by MB on July 25, 2001, at 0:53:43

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> > There is one thing that definitely makes it worse (for me and some others anyhow) and that is SSRi antidepressants. These are also good for OCD, which is why I don't think it is OCD. You wouldn't also be taking one of those by chance would you??
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> I get this too. SSRIs definitely make it worse. So do stimulants. I don't think it is OCD at all, either. Personally, I think it is related to tic disorder. Whenever it happens, I also have facial and diaphragmatic tics that go along with it. For me, the music isn't an obsession. It's like a tic, only instead of moving a muscle over and over, I say a word or "listen" to a tune in my head over and over. It's not a hallucination, either...it's definitely self generated. Is this what it's like for you guys? I don't know if we're talking about the same thing. I used to have echolalia as a kid, and it feels identical, only the sound isn't comming out of my mouth, it's happening in my head.


Yes, in my case it does sound very much like that. I don't get the facial corollary, however I DID used to (and still do at times) have echolalia when I was a teenager , also about the time the "scale illusions" started-which is very suspicious for temporal lobe epilepsy. We may not be talking about exactly the "same" thing, but I believe it is coming from the same part of the brain. Oh another thing I found out from a little researching-people with TLE may sometimes have "echopraxia" which is imitation of another person's behaviour (sometimes unconsciously), I also have done that. It is like instead of repeating the last word of someone's else's sentence, you start talking like them (mannerisms and accents, etc.) or posturing like them-I have done that too....

I will look through any followups when I get back on Sunday,

Mitch


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