I think I had my second-ever auditory hallucination last night. The first one was a number of years ago where I kept hearing the music of my cell phone ring over and over. I held my phone in my hand and could see there was no incoming call, but I heard the tune play over and over. It didn't get softer if I covered my ears, and even when my husband or I spoke, I could hear it and sing right along with it where it was in the tune. It was strange, but it was not frightening and I just finally ignored it and it went to bed and slept. I hadn't thought about that experience in a very long time.

Last night after I took my lamictal (I'm up to 100 mg, just increased dose this past weekend), I sat in bed and started hearing heavy rain and the sound my gutters make as the water hits it and the water rapidly falls out the bottom. I got up and went outside (because I didn't think heavy rain was in the forecast) and sure enough, it wasn't raining at all. Hot and muggy out. The sound I heard was unique to the sound of heavy rain and the gutters; I'm sure it wasn't my AC, water in the house or yard or anything else that I was mistaking for rain. My husband said he heard nothing and even went all over inside and out and said he didn't hear anything. Like the experience a number of years ago, the sound didn't decrease if I covered my ears, which is what really convinced me it must have been an auditory hallucination.

I guess I'm lucky that it wasn't voices or anything that would scare me. It was just peaceful heavy rain and the sound of it hitting my gutters. I turned a loud air filter on to be white noise in my room and turned off the light and was able to go to sleep. Today I didn't experience it at all. I don't know how to explain such a random auditory hallucinations. Of course it will be mentioned at my next apt.

I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced this sort of thing where it isn't voices, but just music or basic sounds that aren't frightening. Is this a bipolar symptom? I looked at the lamictal paper that came with the Rx and it didn't look like it would cause this sort of side effect. I'm not sure other than the bipolar or the medication would explain this sort of thing. Any input?