Sounds inside the head like music and seeing things that aren't there--upsetting

I am not a doctor; I speak only from experience. You are having visual and aural hallucinations (yes you can have hearing hallucinations like songs, as well as visual hallucinations which, by the way, don't have to be green monkeys who talk to you - they can be wisps and shadows and sparkles and things that appears larger or smaller than normal). Visual and aural hallucinations can be attributed to "migraine" which you can have without headache or vertigo.

People refer to "migraine" as if it is a singular event or a number of singular events. Not true. When you say "migraine", in reality you are talking about the migrainous brain that is very susceptible to "seizures" of nerve cells. In other words, it is not a one time headache or vertigo episode, migraine is an ongoing condition with "flare ups", just as, say, psoriasis is an ongoing condition with flare ups. Because it is nerve cells behaving badly, it can also produce "states" instead of "episodes", like visual disturbances and the feeling of someone trying to pull you backwards, rocking, or overall lightheadedness or light dizziness (which can be disturbing if you don't know what it is) that are persistent over time.

Before going on anti-seizure med for migraine, I heard phones ringing, I heard singing and instrumental songs (which were quite lovely actually) and people talking, I saw exactly what you describe and more.

You need to see a good otoneurologist (also neurotologist) and if none is available, the best neurologist available. Look up information on migraine and visual and aural hallucinations, including Alice in Wonderland syndrome to take to the doctor.

The brain is very very powerful in the ways it creates reality and surreality (schizophrenia) and makes it so believable. It can be very disturbing to experience some of the things it creates while cells are "spasming or seizing", if you don't know what is happening.

Go see a doctor who can help with this. Best of luck.

 

I take back a little of what I just said. With migraine, you would probably get more value from a neurologist than you would with an otoneurologist who is more oriented toward inner ear and dizziness/vertigo. You do, definitely, need to see one of those, instead of an ENT and/or GP.

Ask about trying lamotrigine, an anti-seizure med that helps a great deal with migraine.

 

One time I was driving with someone in the car which added to the stress and came over a rise on a small hill where the dip was out of visual range so I could only see the rise opposite the dip (no visual continuity to the road).

On the other small hill coming my way was a car that was absolutely, no doubt about it, perpendicular to the road. It was coming at me completely sideways, wheels in the air. No matter what I did, I could not make that image correct. Even though I knew that it was wrong, my heart was still pounding and my foot was still braking. Then as it got close in the dip, it corrected. Man.

Also, once while driving at a stop sign, I was suddenly sitting about 2" off the ground (in my car) and the pavement was swirling like oil on top of water that has been stirred. That was also pretty unnerving.

Like I said before, once you know what it is it takes some of the scariness away. Even if it does not take the symptoms away.

 

Yanksgirl my son when he was 11 Ike sufferers from
Migraines and had visual and hearing disturbances, actually seen someone standing over him with a knife human size spiders and voices I thought he was schisophenic (not sure of spelling)thank god his doctor was so amazingly good he said it was from migraines at its worse , he put him on singulair and that controlled his migraines , his were due to allergies and sinus problems. Feel better

 

When I was on here long ago, in the throws of frequent, bad vertigo attacks and the anxiety it brought, a wise person on here said something that has stayed with me and I have used often, not only with vertigo/migraine.

She said that they teach the special force military (maybe all military) to use a "porthole" technique. You envision yourself on the other side of a very thick wall with a porthole in it. And you are looking through the porthole at what is going on.

This really does separate YOU/yanksgirl/the essence of you that is bigger than the disease state/ from what is happening to yanksgirl. It gives you needed distance and separation from the fear, anxiety of a disease state.

It has worked really well for me.

Best of luck.

 

My heart goes out to you, yanksgirl. I hope tomorrow is a better day.

 

I'm so glad you had a better day yesterday. I hope this was too. Lots of good wishes to you.

 

Yanksgirl, It's definitely sounds like panic attacks
Which I am all too familiar with unfortunately .
If you take Valium or Xanax regularity you can
Be going through withdrawals, eventually
You build a tolerance and need a stronger dose. This
At one point in my life I thought I was going
Through this from Valium and I was told
I had to up the dosage and start a tapper.
For me it was actually a b12 deficiency
Causing my symptoms. Take care and read
About the withdrawal symptoms from these
Drugs

 

I also take valium just for when I feel an attack coming on. I take xanax 1 mg two to three times a day depending on how it's going with my anxiety. I have severe anxiety with out Meniere's so this certainly did not help. I too was concerned about possibly gettting addicted to the xanax but I have been on this a while and have some days I haven't take any and am fine. My problem was that I was waiting until the anxiety got so bad that it was hard to stop it by taking a xanax as needed so my doctor put me on a maintenance dose of 2 mg per day with 1 mg added midday optional if needed.

 

Ever since "my" meniere's started (tested and identified by Mayo after VA sent me there), I have
had multiple sounds (that vary) in my head and various visual distortions.

This is pretty much all the time, seriousness sort of controlled by meclizine.

None of these things give me a clue when a really bad dizzy (back and forth or spinning) spell is going to hit.

One clue is the "fullness" or pressure in my ears seems to increase when things are going to become exciting.

Of course the cool part is the sound variations in my now deaf ear.

You might as well try to laugh at it, cause it isn't going away.