My Auditory Hallucinations

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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First of all, when they’re “voices”, they come in the form of whispers.

But, it’s “rap-whisperin’” y’all, and I HATE rap music (except for the Beasties - because the drums are so strong) and sometimes the only way I can get them to stop is to turn the tv up.

And the rhythm sucks too, Dude. It sounds like a washing-machine in a continuous WASH cycle!

I used to play drums. Maybe that’s why I hear that rhythm with those whispering voices?

But DAMN! RAP??? :eek::slight_smile:

Why not Willie Nelson or Lynyrd Skynyrd???:cool:

Neuro-Pysch test tomorrow - an all day event, they tell me…:frowning:

Y’all wish me… what?

**WHAT ** should y’all wish me?:confused:

Good luck or bad luck?

I don’t know the difference anymore.

"Good luck, but you’re still crazy, or bad luck, but at least NOW you know why you are "???

Thanks. I love y’all.

Bill

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No offense to you at all, this is kind of funny… though i imagine concerning/annoying.
I will just say… LUCK! [instead of good or bad]

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No offense to you at all, this is kind of funny… though i imagine concerning/annoying.
I will just say… LUCK! [instead of good or bad]

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None taken at all, Kate. It’s how I get through all this crap - laugh about it!:smiley:

Hey, you know what I just remembered? One time it was THIS part of a song by the Association that I kept hearing being whispered. If anyone wants to tube it, it’s called “Along Comes Mary”…

“And does she want to give me kicks and be my steady chick
And give me pick of memories
Or maybe rather gather tales from all the fails and tribulations
No one ever sees
When we met I was sure out to lunch
Now my empty cup tastes as sweet as the punch”

Now, I don’t know what meter that is, but imagine me hearing it over and over ad nauseam and only just that part! Never the “And then along comes Maryyyy”

Yeah, it’s aggravating, but writing about it seems to help…:wink:

Thanks, Kate!

Bill

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Haha anytime Bill, be sure to update me!!

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Do the voices seem to be interior or exterior-based, Quasi? I get audio hallucinations sometimes as I’m dropping off to sleep, but they don’t disturb me. Not the same thing at all, at all, I understand. And at least it’s not rap.

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Wishing you good luck. Either they find something that’s an easy fix or the thing just spontaneously goes away.

How long has this been going on?

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The voices are interior-based, Daithi Lacha, and they’re never threatening, just aggravating sometimes.

Who’da ever thought going bat-shit as one is getting old would be this interesting?:smiley:

Oh, and in the above posting about the “Along Comes Mary” chorus? It also forces me to beat my right foot along with the words… 16th notes.:smack:

No, the voices don’t scare me, but I scare me sometimes…

That’s why I have my alz.org message board friends. They have this stuff going on with themselves too, and have helped me deal with it, told me what meds help, etc…

They are a major reason I don’t go bat-shit in here anymore. I know now what’s going on and know what to do - thanks to them.

My friend Mike Donohue is 70 years of age, a former lawyer, and has written a wonderful piece of satire regarding my idea of buying land, forming an Alzheimer’s Colony, incorporating and then seceding. :wink:

If you read it, please remember his age, and that he has Early Onset Alzheimer’s (it just started), and that he’s a long way from drooling and soiling himself. He’s a real inspiration to me, and if y’all do read it, it would just make his whole life if you’d leave him a comment.

And I’d appreciate it too, Kids.

Thanks

Bill

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Dang!

Forgot to link you to the blog!

Sorry.

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Yikes, Quasi, that sounds frustrating, and, real insight to the odd complexity of our human brainpans.

I have often made a joke observation that my (1960’s) generation was going to be out on the porch in our dotage, with dialogue from childhood TV cartoons pouring out our old mouths. From your report, might be the whispers in our minds.

I’m not making fun of that, it sounds terrifying, really. Are there any studies on using music therapy with Alzheimer’s patients to connect with the echoes in the brain? Curious.

Best wishes always to you in going through brain foibles.

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The Alzheimer’s memory loss symptoms? Those started last October.

The voices?

Off and on since last December.

But they stay away when I have to interact (like at the grocery store) . So far.

Good thing, huh?

I mean, with my rhythmic feet?:smiley:

And my tendency to turn my head to “listen”?:wink:

I’m just glad I finally recognized there was something wrong and started talking about it and informed myself and others.

That’s very important, to encourage people to ask!

That’s also why I’m the way I am with Y’all.

I don’t mind being open with you, and I feel like I can always talk to my kids!

Thanks

Q

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Hang in there, dude. It’s a tough, tough thing you got thrown at you. I’m sure it won’t be much comfort, but I’ve had auditory hallucinations all my life (I just love hearing my name called when it’s… not being called) and have gone through times when the “dropping off to sleep” auditory experience was so real I just started to think of it as “mental radio”.

The brain, it is weird.

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Thank you elelle!

Back when I was in my teens…

[crotchety old man] “We didn’t have “teens” when I was a Boah! We jumped straight outta the womb and went to work in the mills! And we LIKED it!” [/crotchety old man]…:mad:

… we used to say “Never trust anyone over 30!”

I wonder what kids are saying these days?

Did we adjust for longevity, or is it ** still ** 30?

If so, I’m in big trouble! :eek:

One thing I have never shared with anyone here: I was an English major in college, but although I have a very vivid imagination and a trunk full of “stuff”,
troubles in my life have always kept me from sitting down, being quiet and letting my imagination roam.

If you have whatever it takes to hang some words together and make a sentence and write a storm or make some new music or art, then please do, okay?

PLEASE don’t let yourselves be distracted by ANYTHING!

Follow your MUSE!

She’s trying very hard to get your attention, and she is so frustrated because you are taken from your childhood (and therefore your creativity) too soon and she is so angry because you are being forced out of your child’s body before it has had time to form!

So you are being cheated out of being a well-seasoned adult.

And that should upset you greatly. Does it?

Because in being an adult before you’ve had time to be a child robs of you of any kind of “parent and child” interaction.

You’ve become either “parent-parent” or “child- child”.

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I put those equal signs in there to show that I know I veered away from the thread…

Sorry.

I go off on tangents sometimes too.

Bill

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Luckity, luck, luck to you!!

My muse needs to get back on the ball!

So far she’s inspired me to start knitting, repaint my kitchen and learn German. None of which she has continued to inspire within me to finish!

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Yeah, it was the voices that I was curious about.

Dang. If they don’t go away, I hope they start singing the good parts.