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Posted by almondjoy on October 11, 2003, at 15:28:45
I was wondering if anyone knew why the songs playing in your head happens with some meds. I just started Lexapro a few weeks ago and have noticed music playing in my head from the moment I wake up, thru the day and when I'm trying to fall asleep. I noticed others mentioning it too, though for me its just a mild nuisance. Any song I hear sticks for hours sometimes. Anyway, I just thought it was weird, and wasn't even sure it was related to the meds until I read other posts.
Posted by John1022 on October 11, 2003, at 15:32:57
In reply to Songs playing in my head, posted by almondjoy on October 11, 2003, at 15:28:45
I would say it definitely has to do with the meds, much like them causing vivid dreams and nightmares.
In my case, the songs in the head has become much more than a nuisance. It is definitely affecting my concentration.
Songs in the head also happened when I took Effexor, but didn't happen with Wellbutrin.
I would love to hear what others have to say. I know there was a thread about it a while back, but I cannot find it. Good luck.
Posted by Janelle on October 11, 2003, at 15:34:40
In reply to Songs playing in my head, posted by almondjoy on October 11, 2003, at 15:28:45
I have no clue why the songs playing in your head happens with some meds.
I've mentioned it to SEVERAL pdocs I've had over the years and NONE of them even acknowledge it; they all say NOTHING one way or another; they do not consider it problematic. They're more concerned with people hearing VOICES than music it seems.
I, however, also think that hearing music for so long a time period is weird, not within the *norm* (like a person who hears a song on the radio and it stays in their head a few hours).
I chalk mine up to either the meds or when my level of anxiety goes up, that seems to trigger the music in my head.
Just my humble experience.
Posted by Temmie on October 11, 2003, at 18:02:53
In reply to Songs playing in my head, posted by almondjoy on October 11, 2003, at 15:28:45
Hmmmm. I've been hearing music and noise in my head too. I mean really crazy scat jazz -- stuff I don't know, don't like, and am not even sure where or how I picked up. Have recently increased my Lexapro from .25 to .5 ... and never considered this might be the root cause. Am now looking at whether I'm bi-polar, which I might well be -- but good grief. If it's not one thing, it's another with these meds. Am going to read on ... see what your other readers noted. Temmie.
Posted by John1022 on October 11, 2003, at 19:23:00
In reply to Re: Songs playing in my head » almondjoy, posted by Temmie on October 11, 2003, at 18:02:53
It seems to be going away, especially when I pop a 5htp pill which seems to ease my anxiety and depression at the same time for a few hours. The songs in my head get worse at night and in the morning. I listen to music all of the time and I am beginning to stop enjoying it as much because of this, which I don't like at all
The other night some how made my own song up in my head with some weird lyrics and a beat. It sounded like it could have been a real song, but I am positive it didn't exist.
I was awoken thinking "hey this song could be a hit" because it sounded so right and like a real song, but after thinking about it the lyrics didn't make any sense and it wasn't any song that existed, (forget what they are now). I guess that kind of relates to hearing the scat jazz that you havn't have ever heard. Crazy stuff the brain is. Just thought I would share. I hope this goes away...
Posted by EscherDementian on October 11, 2003, at 20:42:20
In reply to Songs playing in my head, posted by almondjoy on October 11, 2003, at 15:28:45
i don't know if you are talking about the 'broken record syndrome' or hearing what sounds like you've tuned into a radio station, in your head.
My sister swears that the latter is "some kind of metal" in the chemestry. "Maybe in the filler" she says. Don't laugh, but her husband discovered he could faintly 'hear' the same thing when he took the same thing. It was a 'build up' he said. They were surprised to find out they 'heard' the same song at the same time. Which is why it was assumed they were picking up something broadcast. They live on a farm in fairly rural Washington. i was there one of the times, and didn't hear anything.
Another time, curiosity got the better of me and i told her "Prove it". We were in my own home this time, lower altitude & more forested. Sure enough i could just barely 'hear' what sounded like a classic rock station- announcer and all, inside my head. It did get louder->annoying. We tried to find the station on my tuner(couldn't), and i walked the corners of my property outdoors to see if i could locate it's direction (no difference, source was undeniably IN MY HEAD).
Weird, no? i've always wondered...
Perhaps my sister was right.
I found a reference to "raised copper levels" under TINNITUS in "Healthy Healing - A Guide to Self Healing" by Linda Rector Page N.D.; Ph.D.Escher
...Then again, maybe it was only something The Lone Gunmen rigged up. Or something the Smoking Man hadn't planned on. Afterall, David Duchovny lives in our microwave oven.
Posted by almondjoy on October 12, 2003, at 12:33:13
In reply to Re: Songs playing in my head, posted by EscherDementian on October 11, 2003, at 20:42:20
I tried to find some info online about copper and tinnitus...not sure if whats going on would be tinnitus, but here's some info on copper toxicity if anyones interested http://www.digitalnaturopath.com/cond/C514041.html. i recently started taking a calcium, magnesium, zinc supplement, and maybe that will help.
my pdoc increased my lex from 10 to 20 and i haven't noticed anymore of a change in the past two days with the music. i'm really curious about it though, and doubt my pdoc would know, but ill ask. for someone who went to school for so long, how are so many shrinks so clueless?
Posted by Viridis on October 12, 2003, at 14:53:25
In reply to broken record syndrome, posted by almondjoy on October 12, 2003, at 12:33:13
The "music in your head" theme seems to pop up here every now and then. I haven't experienced this with meds, but do have very vivid auditory "hallucinations" if I go without sleep for a long time. I put hallucinations in quotation marks because I know they aren't real -- but when I'm really tired, some piece of music can start "playing" loudly and in great detail, as if it's suddenly been unearthed from somewhere in my deep memory.
Lack of sleep definitely messes up neurotransmitter levels, so I don't see why some neurotransmitter-affecting drugs couldn't do the same thing. I guess the biggest worry would be if you start to believe it's real -- that's definitely something to talk with your pdoc about!
Posted by EscherDementian on October 13, 2003, at 1:07:25
In reply to broken record syndrome, posted by almondjoy on October 12, 2003, at 12:33:13
>> but here's some info on copper toxicity if anyones interested http://www.digitalnaturopath.com/cond/C514041.html
Thanx~ looking into it is a current curiosity for me. 8-)
>>my pdoc increased my lex from 10 to 20Lexapro is definitely present when i've had ear screeeeing.
>>for someone who went to school for so long, how are so many shrinks so clueless?I get the same frustration when i ask questions.
It's hard to know what they really do and don't know. Sometimes it's laziness to engage your questions or an assumption that their answer might be too complicated to answer easily for your understanding. I suspect that many of them stop researching once they get their liscence to practice what they've learned in school.
Do you wish yours would take time to read a site like this? Print a few pages that have to do with your questions, and challenge your shrink to give you an opinion of the site for your next meeting. Afterall, that's why they make the big bucks$, no?Escher
Wonders how long before we can 'record' the repeating songs in our heads, and plug them into our Shrink's?
And will they then be inspired to shrink the play time?
Posted by Zarah78 on October 13, 2003, at 23:03:26
In reply to Re: broken record syndrome » almondjoy, posted by EscherDementian on October 13, 2003, at 1:07:25
Wow! I'm so glad I'm not the only one that's had this happen. The strange thing is if I call up a friend in another state and she's got the same song stuck in her head. We always just chalked it up to some nifty ESP thing, like thinking about someone just before they call you. That's probably more coincidence, I know.
I always thought it kind of funny to have a song in my head... because I'm half deaf! Maybe that theory about metals and radio waves makes more sense in my case. Either that or it's an obsessive thing because the half-heard lyrics just dont make sense.
Ah, the neat-o things we learn about the other 90% of the human brain.
:)
-Zarah78
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