Posted by Cindy W on June 9, 2000, at 22:38:37
In reply to Re: talking in the head, posted by paul on June 9, 2000, at 21:51:21
> dont think this is the same thing, but there are always voices in my head-mostly mine. i'm constantly making up jokes and silly songs/phrases/names-usually about people who have hacked me off in the past. my brain too seems to have lost contact with its own "off" switch-hence the imterminable trouble w/falling asleep. if something has me by the brain i can simply flush any hope of getting any rest. i have no control over these thoughts although seroquel puts a DEAD STOP to the ruminating. i tried 25mg for the first time last night and not only slept like a rock, i awoke for the obvious reason and went STRAIGHT back to sleep w/no effort at all. felt too stoned for comfort all day though-am splitting the dose down to 12.5mg(or as close as i can get to it) tonight. got a LOOOOONG drive tomorrow-can't be out of it.
> pax
> pclGlenn, I'm not sure about the talking you have in your head...everybody does "self-talk" (commentary about what you need to do, what you see, what you think and feel, may even be self-critical). Usually, self-talk is first-person or second-person, but not always(e.g., telling yourself, "you dummy!" or "I'm such an idiot" when you make a mistake). "Voices" as in schizophrenia are usually in third person and may be critical or giving commands or even giving reassurance. The difference is whether the voices seem to come from inside your head or from outside. Ruminating is a typical depressive symptom. Repeated thoughts (and hearing music over and over) can be a symptom of OCD. Hearing music can also be a neurological symptom. So it's important to talk to your pdoc and find out what's going on. My "internal self-talk" is still there (but less critical), while my OCD obsessive thoughts (e.g., about stepping on and harming frogs), repeated counting ("12345678, 12345678") and hearing the same song for hours at a time stopped when I started taking a therapeutic dose of Effexor-XR. Hope this helps!--Cindy W
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