random thoughts and music repeating over in my mind

[nezabit]

Hi, i keep hearing random thoughts that dont make any sense things what i have seen on tv or read in the newspaper, things what people have said to me. The last song i listen to sticks in my head and plays for hours and hours, i feel weird and really different i get paronoid when im talking to people. and im not liking it at all. i keep thinking that im losing my mind so to speak.

[Odie114]

I have a friend who has been suffering with this same thing.  It's been happening about 3 years now.  He's gone to just about every kind of doctor possible to check everything from his brain to his heart, and nothing unusual has been found.  Taking an antidepressant actually helped a fair amount, but he had terrible side effects from them and had to discontinue taking them.  He has also gone to a holistic nutritionist, who sent hair and saliva samples somewhere to be checked.  These tests indicated extremely high levels of toxic chemicals in his body, probably from years and years of contact with items in his construction job.  He has been placed on various natural detox "pills" and was told it could take up to a year before he notices improvement.  It's been 3 months now, and he's actually worse...not knowing if he has to get worse before he gets better.  The only thing that allows him to be able to keep his sanity is to listen to music on an ipod almost constantly.  He does seem to be able to override it when he's having a conversation with people.  If anyone has ANY help for this, please respond.  He also feels like he's losing his mind!

[DrNoopurMD]

Hi,

How are you?
These symptoms could be due to anxiety, stress, sleep deprivation or depression. Please try and focus on your work and do not pay too much attention to these symptoms. Hopefully these symptoms will resolve by themselves.
Breathing exercises and meditation will also help. Take care!