Posted by Mitch on June 6, 2001, at 1:09:38
In reply to Wait a minute, posted by grapebubblegum on June 5, 2001, at 22:19:22
Grapebubblegum,
You might be onto something:)
I mean it kind of gets down to what is pathological and what isn't? You can reduce everything to death and there isn't any central tendency.... any more...
I do "know" what hallucinations are though, I think. I have had some "hallucinations". They aren't delusions, so I guess they should be called "illusions" instead. I can dig that.
That is why I am skeptical (*most* of the time) about all of the TLE stuff that I have been told (even by one neuro). Hey, antidpressants tweak with your head. They are bound to stimulate a range of bizarre phenomena at times in some folks at some times.
I had one EEG, nothing too remarkable. I don't have observable seizures. Benzos and certain anticonvulsants seem to help, but beyond that I am clueless.
Just an FYI from my own experiences: AD's that hit serotonin help with recall of melody, tone, pitch, feeling, emotion etc. It is like the "flavor" of the music. AD's that hit NE hard helps with lyrical recall and meaning, percussion, timing, movement (like the "structure" of the music).
I also get a corollary with visual stimulii as well: 5-HT enhancement increases visual perception of color intensity (an enhancement of "beauty"), while NE enhancement makes things seem more "contrasty", "detailed", organized.
Hey, maybe this is a completely new avenue of therapy! Re-route your brain by *learning* how to play and understand music-and get *better* connection between the hemispheres. I am sure a BIG long shot there!
Basically, I agree that it is "normal" for people-like you just mentioned. I talk to people that complain at times about having trouble "getting a tune out of their head" and they don't appear to behave like "obsessive-compulsives".
But, the bottom line is "why music?", why is it there-why is it so *hard-wired in*? And why do certain meds tweak with it in so many bizarre ways?
Mitch
> I'm not trying to be a smart aleck or make light of the subject but...
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> Isn't this normal in all people? I didn't know that having a tune in one's head was abnormal in any way. Sure, maybe some people have music present more often than others but...
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> You see, I'm not trying to discount the idea. Just sort through it. Now that I've stated the above, I will say that I noticed way back when I was a teenager that if I had to go through a very stressful night (I lived with a mother who had dramatic emotional problems that would in turn scare me and keep me on a high-stress level most of the night some nights) that this music would become louder and more insistent in my head. My theory was/is that it is a calming mechanism of some sort.
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> And when I took zoloft and raised the dose from 100 mg. per day to 150, I immediately noticed what seemed like louder and more pervasive music and/or conversation in my head. Not delusions, just normal tunes-going-through one's head but they seemed just... louder, for lack of a better description.
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> I never thought that this was a symptom of any disorder, though.
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