Mood swing triggered by Music

nickJ · ‎11-09-2014

Hey guys,

I am 19 years old and I have been diagnosed with multiple conditions such as bi-polar, depression, anxiety, post traumatic stress and a few others things. I no longer drink (and never really have) but when I go out with friends to clubs etc. and even though I am sober, when i hear electronic music I lose control many of may friends get concerned that I have had my water spiked but this happens almost every time i listen to techno. I am wondering if anyone has experience anything similar? I used to just sit their and listen to techno when i was a kid and things weren't going well and i was wondering if this could be the link?

I look forward to hearing from you,

nick

white knight · ‎11-09-2014

Hi nickJ,

I'm much older 58yo. I would go to water at the sound of any song by the BeeGees. That highlighted a highly emotional side to me.

But I've not heard of techno effected people. It is however so unusual you might want to pursue it further.

A visit to your GP and he/she may have a specialist in the right field.

Jacko777 · ‎12-09-2014

Hi nickJ,

As WK says, get to a GP and see what you can find out. I know when I am having cluster headaches any repetitive noise drives me nuts. When you say you 'lose control', how do you mean exactly?

It could be the sound or could it be the strobing lighting??

geoff · ‎12-09-2014

dear Nick, I know that you haven't replied back but WK and Jacko have raised some good points especially about the 'strobing light'.

If I go to any place and they are playing heavy metal music it drives me nuts and I hate it, and the sooner I leave the better I feel. Geoff.

nickJ · ‎21-09-2014

Sorry for the late reply.

I think the light does have an effect. I am not sure if I enjoy the lights more or if they are a trigger as well. I had a red led on my mp3 player and i used to flick play with it for long periods of time (hours) while i was listening to music. I was in a trance like state. The light looked like glow sticks when they are spun around really quickly.

I did have one false alarm though, I though I was losing touch with reality when I was on a holiday to the Gippsland lakes because the water was putting on an amazing light show so I grabbed my brother and ask him what he saw. Turned out it was bioluminescent algae, so we both had a little bit of a laugh.

In regards to what i mean by "going crazy". I am on the highest of highs. I am incredibly hyperactive and I almost always have a compulsion to do reckless things for example twice I have gone swimming in the bay at 1 in the morning. Another time i decided that it would be a good idea that i should run home which was about 12km away. I cannot stop dancing and I have a very small attention span in conversations because i feel like I am not moving and being held back.

nickJ · ‎21-09-2014

I regards to seeing someone about my mental health; I spoke with my GP and he thought I had been spiked or something and didn't take me seriously. I have had some back luck with councilors and things. Three of the the councilors that i have seen broke patient confidentiality and spoke with other teachers so each time I never went back and went in search of someone knew. I saw two others one was good and the other didnt have a clue but I moved 300km away so i was back to square one again and in search of another councilor. I finally gave my psychologists the flick and started looking for a psychiatrist and I was on track (at this point I was only suffering from depression and anxiety attacks). Then i started having auditory hallucinations other symptoms arose and my shrink shut his practice down and when traveling around the world. I then went to the GP again and he started over medicating me, and my other meds were getting shuffled around. I cannot remember all the changed i would have to go look at my diary to work out everything he put me on. I was only awake for about 2 hours a day and remember very little from this time because i was a complete zombie. My mental health does have an impact on my life but I am still highly functioning in the grand scheme of things. I am into the second year of my degree, live out of home comfortably with my partner of just over a year. So now I have just found a new psychiatrist but he is still setting up his practice and i am getting a little impatient. The only reason i am waiting is because i am confident that i will get along with him and I think that being able to really get along with who ever it is that you are talking too is really important and i don't want to start the long process of therapy with someone i don't have any recommendations of.