Posted by misk on October 31, 2003, at 15:57:02
In reply to Re: Musical Hallucinations, posted by k2 on August 16, 2003, at 23:33:26
ANY THOUGHTS? sudden onset, continuous,non-drug-related,non-psychotic musical/garbled voices/other sounds hallucinations. neurology continues to monitor but MRI and EEG do not show cause.
neurontin halfway helpful.
43yrs old now.
noises x4yrs, with some up&down deafness.
music is continuous,usually garbled,1st 6wks was elaborate never-heard-before beautiful&intrically orchestrated. varies now. several different noises at same time, spacially inside of head.
painfully loud, drowns out what hearing i have on the outside.
also hear dogs bark,tickertape machines,etc, voices garbled unintelligable.
ruled out ENT{NO physical EAR SITE cause for mostly continuous but not always deafness}, immune/bacterial, meningitis,or psychiatric.
hx headaches, cyclical neutropenia{mostly remission x6yrs}.
trouble writing,remembering words &trouble speaking remembered words also.
> My family members have found relief with Neurontin, an anti-seizure medication. Tested negative for seizures, but the neurontin works great when the music got to be so much of a nuisance that it was disturbing the quality of life. An SSRI was also being used simultaneously, but did not make the music quiet down when used alone.
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