hearing violins when I'm trying to sleep

[jsunnysolaris]

This started about a month ago. I was laying in bed trying to sleep when I started to hear a violin, playing an f# to a g (i have perfect pitch) back and forth with no apparent rhyme or reason. I normally can't sleep with light or sound, and this went on for a good two hours before I finally managed to fall asleep. I can only hear it from my right ear, whether it's against a pillow or not. This only happened at night when I'm laying down, but it's progressed to continuing if I get out of bed for a bit after laying down. Goes on for about an hour. Can't see the family doctor until three weeks, wondering if anyone has suggestions or knows about this. Thanks in advance!

[jsunnysolaris]

Thank you for your quick response. I will take a look at tinnitus!

[skydnsr]

I'm wondering if it could be tinnitus.  That's something you can google, and see if it fits what you are experiencing.  If that's what it is, I believe the most common remedy is to play some kind of neutral background noise while trying to fall asleep.  Some people use a white noise generator or simply play a radio with the tuner set between two stations.  Learning self-hypnosis would be another possibility.  But since it came on suddenly, maybe it will go away.  Good luck.