Posted by Mitch on January 15, 2002, at 0:07:40
In reply to Re: Music that never stops (musical hallucinations), posted by petey on January 14, 2002, at 22:44:16
> Lou,
> I have experienced the exact same thing from taking Paxil/Zoloft. My pdoc never heard of this reaction and put me on Risperdal thinking I was schizophrenic. I really thought I was losing my mind! It wasn't until I found psycho-babble that I heard of this side-effect from SSRI'S. The Risperdal made me so much worse, made me REAL paranoid. Got myself off that and all the paranoia went away! I have just got myself off Zoloft about 9 weeks now and still have a problem with the music, but it is SO much better. I still hear it when I first get up in the morning or when I'm listening to music in my car, it will stick with me when I'm shopping,etc., until my mind focuses on something else. It has really been a scary experience, so bad that I am afraid to try any other meds. I'm on 5htp now and it really helps with my anxiety,depression is better, but still am suffering some. My depression is SO much worse since starting on these meds. It really makes me sick! Take care and God bless!
> Petey
Hi Petey and Lou,SSRI antidepressants have always triggered music playing in my head. Prozac triggered musical hallucinations (and taste-smell hallucinations, too). The higher the dose of SSRi I get the more repetitive it becomes. I don't "hear" entire songs, I hear snippets of songs. As the dose of SSri is increased the music seems "louder", the snippet becomes "shorter", and I get "stuck" on one particular song for a longer time. When I become hypomanic (I am BPII), it is dramatically increased along with time and space distortions. I really believe these are subtle temporal lobe epilepsy symptoms.
Mitch
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