Posted by Mitch on January 13, 2002, at 0:13:42
In reply to Re: Distingushing Sounds » Mitch, posted by IsoM on January 12, 2002, at 17:26:35
> > > > > >..but I am bewildered as to why Celexa seems to help with one pecululiar but troubling attentional symptom I have: Being able to pick out ordinary and lyrical speech from people talking/music. If I am on the phone and someone has an accent I can hardly understand a thing otherwise. I especially notice it when I am listening to music and try to pick out the words to songs.
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> Celexa does that to you but not other meds?
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> I've always had that trouble but simply figured it was the way my ears/brain connection worked. If I want to know the words to a song, I download the lyrics from the net. If I want to figure out what's being said in a movie, I watch the video so I can back up & replay those (many) parts till I figure it out or ask someone else. Yet my hearing is excellent for single sounds, not blended. I can literally hear a pin drop in the next room despite the turmoil of ringing, humming, & buzzing that's always in my head.
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> Let me know if you ever learn more about that. I'm real curious.When I was trying Adderall for my ADHD dx-it worked *dramatically* in enabling me to listen to music and understand the stories in the songs. It was a completely new phenomenon! It was like the transmit button was shrunk on a walkie-talkie and I was *forced* to do a lot more listening. But, Adderall has its sfx like other meds and it made me too edgy and uptight (but no mood cycling). I just happened to notice that with even tiny doses of Celexa I get the attentional improvement, but it isn't nowhere near as *global* as the Adderall, it just seems limited to human speech-I don't know why.
Mitch
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