I'm Afraid I'm Losing My Mind
I finally have to say something, maybe someone else has had this happen. During the noct or on a real quiet day, with headache of course, I will hear music, sometimes orchestral, my son's compositions any and all kinds. It is very faint but I will hear passages and the like. I've been afraid to say anything, I'm not a white jacket girl, but feel like I'm getting there. It comes and goes of its own accord during these sieges.
Also, there are times I feel someone is whispering just low enough I can't make it out, no matter how hard I strain. The closest analogy was in Harry Potter, wanting to pass through a veil where he heard his family. But this has been happening since I was a child, as an adult I am much more aware of this. I'm even affraid to tell my family since we have relocated to a very isolated, secluded place. But I was hearing all this since a child, not one that had imaginary playmates or the like either.
Anyone else have this happen to them or even admit it?
Hi,
During the aura, or second phase of a Migraine attack, there is something called an auditory (hearing) hallucination. Instead of visual hallucinations, it is an auditory one. Some people hear trains and other sounds. There are even olfactory hallucinations, rather, smelling things that aren't really there. This is actually hearing things that aren't really there. So you may not be losing your mind after all.
You've probably read Anatomy of a Migraine before, but it might make you feel better to look at it again. Here it is: Anatomy of a Migraine.
Good luck
Nancy
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Nancy Harris Bonk
Friday, May 15, 2009 at 09:17 AM
Hi Christina,
"Anatomy of a Migraine" is one of my all time favoritves. I'm glad you liked it.
Yes, As Nancy has pointed out - phase two. Isn't it hard to confess, and doesn't it feel wonderful to realize that its a "Normal" part of your migraine?
I always kept the information that I heard music, even out on the lake,in the country, or in the middle of the night, when I was getting or having a "headache" in my pocket, kind of worried that "something else was going on," since no doctor asked about it before my present one.
Then, in addition to this, a few years ago I began to have a phase where I thought I was having trouble hearing. TV script would seem garbled, etc. I went and had my hearing evaluated and learned that my hearing was above normal for my age. My neurologist reassured me that what was happening was that my brain was scrambling the information during a phase of my migraines. All great reasons to find and use the right migraine preventatives and abortives.
Best of luck to you!
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Thank you for "Anatomy of a Migraine." It was so informative and I learned a lot about my own migraines. It all made sense!