hearing repeat sounds/songs in my head

[lagn]

I keep hearing repeat songs in my head...I do not hear voices only songs.  I suffer from extreme anxiety and depression am on Lorazepam and several homeopathic remedies.  I was put on several anti depressants for a period of one year with severe side effects.  I am now hyper sensitive to medications.

[nobodybutu]

Same problem,the last few years music won't stop playing in my head, a certain section or chorus repeats, it's more noticeable when I am alone and it's quiet.

I have had panic attacks in the past, not for a couple years now. But do have anxiety problems where I can get breathing problems and light headed for no reason.

I think this problem is related to stress, anxiety. Seemed to start up with me when I had more problems in my life with my girlfriend and other problems with money and work, depression.

[Leachy29]

At one point I thought I was the only person suffering with this!I do think about my breathing alot and I've had some panic attacks in past I'm just trying to tell my self I'm normal have you told your doctor

[Leachy29]

Hi my name is alan I've been suffering from anxiety for around 5 years only recently maybe the last 6 months I've started to notice that when I listen to a song it gets stuck in my mind and it keeps repeating it self over and over and I think I'm losing the plot but a keep trying to reassure my self this is normal I'm sure I've got severe aniexty symptoms are feeling floaty specially my arms and legs can anyone help me

[IanB]

Hmm I have heard background music almost continuously for one or two years now. I also have hearing loss and a degree of tinnitus, though this is more like a white noise, I seem to be able to ignore it pretty easily but the music in my head is annoying, seems to take an effort to be with and even more effort to stop, almost impossible to stop. It's most fundamental nature is low pitched choral, many voiced, singing. Often songs I know repeated. It's very much like I am hearing it internally, I don't choose to create it. Maybe it's a natural defence against tinnitus.

[yikes247]

. I try to sleep or when I'm not thinking about anything unparticular all that is in my mind is some choruses to some random song... some catchy theme song to show or commercial... I cant sleep unless have altered my state of mind though anxiety meds wine...I cant take it anymore I want to go to sleep naturally

[Colllin]

I have the same problem. It's a repeated six notes in my head. The first 3 are the same and the next three are the same but a lower key.
Over and over and over. Non stop for 3 years. I wake up with it and I go to sleep with it.  I have no idea how to stop it.  However it does shift when I am concentrating on something or if I have headphones on
Anybody have any kind of help ?  

[robkoeln]

I believe this phenomenon of hearing repeating sounds in your head is something similar to tinnitus, but not the tinnitus that comes from audio damage to the ears but rather from stress or something else psychological. I have had it for the last two days. I am dealing with it like this:

1. realize that it you, your mind that is creating this noise. and you are ultimatly in control of your mind.

2. dont let yourself be a victim, you are in control.

3. train your mind not to create these sounds. practice listening to the actual sounds that are around you. even when you are in a relatively quiet environment there will be distant sounds or a continuous background sounds. focus in on these, still your mind, and whenever the repeating sound comes block it mentally, or try to, and focus back onto the actual sounds around you. you may find it very difficult but once it starts to work even just once or twice at first and only for a few seconds-this few seconds can be extended to minutes, and eventually in normal day to day you will hear the sounds less, and then later not hear the sounds (your mind will loose the habit of creating them) at all. if you are a person with an extreme case, like some of these commenters, it may be that with a lot of practise you get it down to only a couple of episodes a day. The important this is to make life bearable, weather you only hear it 20 times a day or 200, each person has their own unique case. Just as important is to know that it is curable. To have HOPE. Then cure yourself! I found out all this by curing myself from Tinnitus years ago, now that this repeating noise thing started a few days ago (probably from current stressful life situation) I have been curing it myself again, and its working, glad to say. Hope this helps.