[IndieVisible]

Perhaps this would be better in the schizoaffective forum, lately I'm not sure if I'm bipolar or schizoaffective.

Yes I hear voices some times, inside my head and outside my head, low pitched and loud some times. Nothing bad. Lately I started hearing short melodies and it feels like it's coming out of my ears, it definitely is not like hearing music and melodies inside your head, like when you can't get a song out of your mind. This is different! It doesn't sound or feel like that at all. It sounds like it's outside of my head. It's not very loud, but loud enough to get my attention and distinguish it's a melody. I do find this very soothing calming. Does anyone else get any thing like this?

[usehername]

I will occasionally hear sounds that I know aren't there, especially if I haven't been sleeping well. I sometimes see a few too many things out of the corner of my eyes...

[medicalfox]

I have the exact samething with classical/electronical music. I hear it outside of my head as though I am hearing it through my ears. I hear music and voices often even though I'm not manic which is why I have schizoaffective. Do you hear the music when you're not manic?

[IndieVisible]

Originally Posted by medicalfox

I have the exact samething with classical/electronical music. I hear it outside of my head as though I am hearing it through my ears. I hear music and voices often even though I'm not manic which is why I have schizoaffective. Do you hear the music when you're not manic?

I think so. I hear it as I am typing this. It is rather soothing but when it's played over and over again it gets annoying and I can't make it stop. I hear accordion music, monks chanting, voices, and some times music with lyrics too. Songs I have never heard before. I have heard distant police sirens, dogs barking. So far nothing to distress me or scare me or threaten me. I've only told my T. I have never told my wife as I don't need another stigma. Some times I get mixed up at work and think one of my co-workers said some thing and I will ask what did you say, and they look at me and say they never said any thing. I know it's not real and all in my head, but it's amazing how real it sounds some times!

[JoyDivision7680]

It happened to me three times, last time in December. Weird electronic short-lasting music. Sometimes I hear other sounds, like someone screaming outside, noise of objects being moved/touched and, if I'm angry enough, voices, but they sound like they're coming from a box far from my room, like the voices of your neighbours arguing.

[medicalfox]

Originally Posted by IndieVisible

I think so. I hear it as I am typing this. It is rather soothing but when it's played over and over again it gets annoying and I can't make it stop. I hear accordion music, monks chanting, voices, and some times music with lyrics too. I have heard distant police sirens, dogs barking. So far nothing to distress me or scare me or threaten me. I've only told my T. I have never told my wife as I don't need another stigma. Some times I get mixed up at work and think one of my co-workers said some thing and I will ask what did you say, and they look at me and say they never said any thing. I know it's not real and all in my head, but it's amazing how real it sounds some times!

The classical music only bothers me when it's repetitive and doesn't stop for hours on end. It can interrupt my work as well when I hear knocking and other noises, but it's not real along with other things. When the voices/music or delusions get too scary and unbearable my pdoc has instructed me to take a prn dose of my antipsychotic. It helps significantly even though it makes me tired for a few days.

[Trippin2.0]

I experience this too.
Once on the bus I asked my friend if she was listening to an old Whitney album and she showed me her playlist and said no. I kept looking at the people sitting closest to me, and then realized I was the only one hearing that album... it was weird because I heard track after track

I've also heard children sing a Sunday school song on repeat, lol, screamed at my brother to stop playing irritating vidoe clips on his laptop so late at night!

I've also on occasion heard a gramophone I only know what it is because of movies and yes, chanting monks is another.

I have auditory, olfactory, tactile and visual hallucinations independent of episodes. They're not daily and certainly not life changing so I haven't and won't bother to tell a dr. I just don't see the point in possibly "upgrading" my dx.

So no, you aren't alone.

[Moose72]

I hear music and voices too. Marching bands in the psych hospital. Musak in the xray office at the drs when the system was broken.

[~Christina]

I have it almost daily .. I just kinda tune it out ,,unless its a song I like. LOL . Honestly I no longer worry about it anymore .

[BipolaRNurse]

My last manic episode (in October) featured this phenomenon, and my hallucinations were of classical music too, only classical music that's never been written and doesn't exist in this world. It was WEIRD. Not particularly scary, but I knew it wasn't possible and yet I was hearing the music from outside, as if my stereo had been playing at the time.

[looking4polaris]

Yes, I do. Honestly, I don't know whether to attribute mine to bipolar disorder or not. Because I also heard voices when manic, a former pdoc just lumped those together. But I hear music daily since I was a kid.
Recently, I had to see another doc for mild hearing loss issues & was told the music "hallucination," some of the tinnitus, my migraines, and the extra-acute sense of hearing I had in childhood that made me sensitive to some sounds others didn't hear (like tv monitors, and electric humming), & now even ear pain & hearing loss could all be from TMJ.
Don't know if you have any jaw issues or grind/clench your teeth. Maybe this sounds weird, but do you notice it more when you are stressed, clenching your teeth, lying down?

[IndieVisible]

Well to be honest I too have tinnitus 24/7 non-stop, both ears constant same tone. The music and voices come over that. I also wear hearing aides too. Even with them off I hear the music and voices and noises. That's actually a advantage when I have my hearing aides off. Without them I have about a 50% loss of hearing. So with them off if I hear voices or music or noises, I know for sure it's me. At work I have to wear my hearing aides and it's not so clear as to what I am hearing. I do not grind teeth. There is no pattern for me. I can hear them any time under any mood. Some times for hours non-stop. Then they stop.
Last nite on my drive home I heard a voice repeat "justify or die" over and over again for about 15 minutes then stop. I don't consider this a serious problem as most of the time I can not make out what is being said as if people are talking from a distance, I can usually make out a word or two in those instances. Other times the voices are louder and very clear. The music is not bad unless it is non-stop for hours. It has not really effected my life except at work when I am not sure if some one is talking to me or not. I was just curious how common this was with folks with bipolar because I am wondering if I have SZA? I can't really say it only happens when I am manic or depressed, because it happens when I am baseline too.

Not exactly, but similar. What you said -- about it being totally different than hearing things in your head, not like a song that's stuck there -- is well-put. (The whole of what you said, not my half-baked synopsis of it… )
I hear music. And voices. Not in my head. Indistinct, can't make out what's being said. With the music, I could describe the style, but nothing as specific as a melody line. I don't find it soothing. A bit disconcerting, but I don't freak out or anything. It happens often enough anymore that I'm kind of used to it. When it goes on, it gets annoying, like, "enough, already!" Typical varieties are… conversation, with a sound like a couple walls away, and those that sound like an old radio...voices like sports announcers(!) with a crowd, or old time music (30's? 40's? kind of style maybe even 20's??) or radio show. As we don't watch sports or listen to that old-timey stuff, it's kind of weird. But the upside is that since those are the most common, if they start, I don't bother asking if anyone else hears them anymore.
As to your schizoaffective question. I'm not, and my psych isn't worried about these things I hear.

(looking4polaris -- Freaked me out for a second there. Thought I was losing it. "I don't remember replying to this thread! Oh no! I don't remember! Oh. Wait." Haha.)

[Standup2me]

I can relate. I hear what sounds like a 70s or 80s music radio station that is not tuned in fully. Sort of like it is not quite on the station, but you can still hear it. At first it seemed so strange, where is the music coming from? Now it has become an old friend that is always with me. Very comforting

[Standup2me]

The music is a comfort. Like a soft blanket. Maybe when I hear it, I am looking for that comfort? The 70s and 80s are when I grew up, so maybe I am trying to regress to being a kid again?
Anyone else feel like this?

[wotchermuggle]

Originally Posted by Standup2me

The music is a comfort. Like a soft blanket. Maybe when I hear it, I am looking for that comfort? The 70s and 80s are when I grew up, so maybe I am trying to regress to being a kid again?
Anyone else feel like this?

I only hear the music when I am super stressed. I think it's a way of my mind trying to soothe or calm me. It often helps put me to sleep.