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Posted by linkadge on November 22, 2006, at 17:15:44
I've been having hallucinations related to time. When I listen to music, the music sometimes jumps into a new tempo where there is no change in the music.
At this moment, it also jumps to a slightly brighter tone.
Anyhone had anything like this happen to them??
Linkadge
Posted by Phillipa on November 22, 2006, at 21:24:45
In reply to Temporal hallucinations?, posted by linkadge on November 22, 2006, at 17:15:44
Link I know how smart you are and also that you are under a lot of stress could this be affecting you? I don't want to insult your intelligence. Love Phillipa
Posted by linkadge on November 23, 2006, at 10:15:06
In reply to Re: Temporal hallucinations? » linkadge, posted by Phillipa on November 22, 2006, at 21:24:45
Yes this is always possable, but not under much stress. At least that I am aware of.
Linkadge
Posted by Quintal on November 23, 2006, at 10:56:51
In reply to Temporal hallucinations?, posted by linkadge on November 22, 2006, at 17:15:44
I think I know what you mean likadge. I had childhood epilepsy (mostly absence seizures though) and I still get episodes of strangeness where my perception of time seems to change suddenly then snap back to normal. It has been getting worse since I quit benzos.
Do you get quasi visual hallucinations during these episodes too? Do you have any history of epilepsy or a neurological problem?
Q
Posted by linkadge on November 23, 2006, at 11:36:02
In reply to Re: Temporal hallucinations? » linkadge, posted by Quintal on November 23, 2006, at 10:56:51
Yeah, I have visual distortions is what I call them.
I have epileptic relatives, but no epilepsy myself.
Some epileptic like stuff, but not seizures.
Linkadge
Posted by ed_uk on November 23, 2006, at 14:08:53
In reply to Re: Temporal hallucinations?, posted by linkadge on November 23, 2006, at 11:36:02
Have you had an EEG Link? You don't need to have 'convulsions' in order to be epileptic.
Ed
Posted by linkadge on November 23, 2006, at 14:58:50
In reply to Re: Temporal hallucinations? » linkadge, posted by ed_uk on November 23, 2006, at 14:08:53
No, I've never had an EEG. What sorts of things would a doctor be looking for in order to request an EEG??
Linkadge
Posted by tessellated on November 27, 2006, at 16:05:19
In reply to Re: Temporal hallucinations?, posted by linkadge on November 23, 2006, at 14:58:50
i've read that parnate has a few cases of pitch shift disorder, and was problematic for professional musicians....
also, i think a lot of meds can cause temporal disturbances.
mary jane sure does. stims do. anti-psychotics-yep.
temporal and olfactory hallucinations are some of the most common throughout the populace as a whole.i forget what med's your on, but music is a complex emotionally active perception, anatomically close to pitch perception, emotion, and language. personally, my favorite music, squarepusher and other various electronica artists will vary their time signature measure by measure.
i don't think its too uncommon, also benzo's and their relatives can interfere with memory and cause various forms of amnesia.
often when life is good, time flies, when its when it's really rough i notice it will slow to a crawl....
time is a western human concept. remember dali's "persistence of memory". in the states, native americans, the hawaiians, new mexicans work on manana time, as well as italy, spain, etc. they have vastly different relationships to time than those whose lives revolve on clocks rather than seasons...
as far as i know, temporal perception is a pretty complex process not just limited to the temporal cortex, but is though of as a cyclic curcuit that creates rings of energy throughout the cortex including the prefrontal lobes.
a good old meditative practice was to look at the second hand on a watch and attempt to make it stop entirely...
i don't even think about this stuff anymore, perception is just a construct, hell i'm an artist an can practically hallucinate on demand.
but if you have very specific and worrisome effects, i'm not sure an eeg is gonna do much except show the possibility of epilepsy during an attack. for brain damage/strokes mri's and cat's are used. eeg's aside from biofeedback, are mainly used to diagnose sleep disorders. i have one, and it's pretty hard to make sense of the tremendous amount of data they produce. the science is moving forward, but for diagnostic criteria its only mostly used to diagnose narcolepsy, cataplexy, apnea, and ones sleep.
it only shows epileptic activity during an attack. its a very crude diagnostic device, but eeg biofeedback has proved its efficacy for treating ADHD, and epilepsy, and some affective disorders, autism, and mental retardation, or severe brain damage through learning to control various aspects of the type ones brain activity.
it doesn't fit the criteria for double blind research, but insurance companies now cover it as an alt to stims for kids with ADHD.
l8
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