Hear music in my head...

[chimyers]

I have had insomnia for a couple years now and have tried a ton of different things with that. I was on ambien and trazadone for a while, but started to develop a dependence and was feeling more tired even though I was sleeping. Before that I exhausted all of the sleep hygiene and over the counter and herbal remedies. The problem is occasionally sleep onset but always with sleep maintenance. I had a sleep study that didn't show apnea but did show RERA's which indicate upper airway resistance. I've seen an Ear/nose/throat and an allergist and both noticed I had very swollen turbinates. I've tried antihistamines with topical nose sprays and those helped a little with the sleeping but it is still an ongoing struggle. Anyways, that is just background for my question.

Occasionally when I am trying to fall asleep I hear music in my head. Not a distinct tune or song that I know or have heard, mostly muffled sounds like bass and guitar or a band like drums and trumpets.  Basically, it just sounds like the people upstairs are playing music a little louder than I would like when trying to sleep. This only happens if I have one ear on the pillow. If I try to ignore it it gets louder. If I pick my head up off the pillow it goes away and I only hear silence. Some nights when I am sleeping really poorly I will wake up with tinnitus, really loud ringing in my ear, but this is very rare (however I don't know if the two may be related.) Does anyone know what could be causing this?  I haven't mentioned this to my doctor yet because it had seemingly gone away but I have been experiencing it again lately.

[Bettyboop74]

It is not your heartbeat! There is a huge difference between the hearing of your heartbeat and music of voices. These are forms of hallucinations which can be caused by many different issues but definitely should be looked into by a Specialist. Please don't freak out over "hallucinations" it does not mean you're crazy it could simply be an inner ear issue.

[JCthekraut]

Nobody here who hears "rock" songs at night ever dare listen to hardtekk or frenchcore...

[JCthekraut]

Nobody here who hears "rock" songs at night ever dare listen to hardtekk or frenchcore...

[liz851]

I agree with you, if only we could somehow learn to control it we could make beautiful sounds, beautiful music and make this world a much better place. The music I hear is absolutely amazing. It's what heaven must sound like.

[liz851]

I hear beautiful music, sometimes classical, sometimes the early 1800s through the early 1900s, sometimes notes that can't be explained or identified to a time period. It's always music that I have never experienced. It's never songs or singing. It's pure and simple, beautiful. That said, I have often thought that if I could learn to control it and understood notes, I could write it. However, I can't get a handle on it. I've had it my entire life, as did my Nana. I believe it's a gift that I haven't appreciated in that I've done nothing with it. I believe that children who get up one day and start playing the piano or making any kind of music with rhythm have this gift. Mozart and Beethoven, I'm sure, had this gift. Again, if I could explain it and you could write it, I'd make you famous, but I can't seem to control it. Plus I would never abuse this God given gift. He must be wondering why on earth I haven't used it. Please keep me posted as to whether or not you've ever known anyone who can; control it that is.

[wmcost]

I hear what you hear, could have been a song, TV... whatever.
I knew a song echoing from a faraway neighbor could not be it cause they lasted 20 minutes (or more!).  I finally figured it  was all the subtle,, constant noises around (a fan, road noise, rain, etc.) that my messed up head was string it together to try to make it make sense.
I found this particularly common the night after a night after of heavy drinking...