You're withdrawaling from alcohol and need to seek medical help to cut down/quit. This is a common side effect. I went through it myself in my mid 20s when I got sober.
For me it got progressively worse and more horrifying before I was able to safely withdrawal.
I heard lots of things, but yes it sounded like it was coming out of a radio. I've heard others describe it the same way. It began as a vacuum sound. I actually thought the neighbor was vacuuming at 3 am and was pissed off at how rude they were lol. Within a day it morphed into what sounded like voices coming out of a radio. That turned into a demonic jazz swing band telling me they were going to kill my family if I told anyone what was happening to me.
Why a swing band I'll never know. But that went on for a few days before I finally told a friend what was happening who happened to be a nurse. Was booked into rehab a week later.
You can have seizures and die from this. Don't do it alone.
Nice work. I don't know if you're at my hospital or not but wherever you ended up, we'll take good care of you and get you to the other side. You got this, buddy.
Make sure they give you Thiamine, Vitamins B12, and folic acid. Check your electrolytes too. Continue supplements post discharge if instructed. Take thiamine for like 3 months.
I occasionally hear the radio for about two days after a drinking binge but once eventually one morning the presenter lady just gave a very loud final scream and stopped. You'll likely forget what happened during radio days but I vividly remember the screaming.
People often don't realize that auditory hallucinations sound like they're coming from outside your head and can be indistinguishable from normal sound.
Hmm, that’s interesting. I had no idea withdrawal from alcohol could cause those effects. I knew it was dangerous and could be deadly but didn’t know you could literally have hallucinations like that.
Hey I'm really glad you posted here so you can get some support. I was drinking about half a fifth a day before I stopped about a year and a half ago. I'm glad you're at the hospital, buddy. There's a way out, it's easier if you do it with others, and there are plenty of us. Hang in there.
I just listened to podcasts constantly to stand them off. I also couldn't be in the dark, because I was having visual hallucinations too. Highly don't recommend. I almost died that night.
Auditory hallucinations are a sign of severe withdrawal. What people hear varies from person to person. You need to be really careful right now because this can be fatal, so you might consider medical assistance.
I mean, it is poison to the body. You throw up if you drink a lot of it because your body is trying to not die. It destroys important internal organs and severely inhibits crucial bodily functions (respiration, rest, circulation, etc etc etc)
So yeah it's not good for you.
Pretty much any drug that can cause physical addiction can have negative consequences upon withdrawal. For instance, alcohol can cause this because it essentially amplifies the effects of the inhibitory neurotransmitters of the brain (causing sedation), and so in consequence, they down regulate and your brain goes into overdrive if you stop drinking when alcohol is no longer there to amplify them (since they are down regulated inhibitory, meaning more excitable).
But the same thing happens with other, legally prescribed medications, that are used to save lives, or treat medical conditions. For instance, benzodiazepams, like midazolam used in surgery or Ativan or Valium used for panic attacks etc., they can all cause the same symptoms if you abruptly withdraw.
It doesn't mean they are intrinsically evil. It's just psychopharmacological symptoms that occur due to the way the drug works in the brain and body. You typically have to abuse them, or just use them a long time for this to occur, and there are medical treatments/ways to avoid this withdrawal without too much trouble.
As others have said it sounds like auditory hallucinations from alcohol withdrawal. Alcohol withdrawal can turn life threatening so please reach out to a medical provider or go to an urgent care or ER. If you get inpatient treatment they will normally use a benzo to help with the symptoms and monitor you for any signs you are experiencing a life threatening event that would require hospitalization. All that said sobriety is a great thing and you are doing an amazing job taking the first steps to better your life for yourself and those you love.
White noise can cause this if the elements to do so are all there. Doctors and your typical AB personality types who believe that we went to Afghanistan to stop terrorists from some diabolical plot, will naysay all day. I'm telling you from scientific and radio frequency background, it absolutely can happen.
To be as simple as possible without needing to hear theory that won't make sense. You have these radio waves going every which way. We are blanketed with them now. Long ago it was really only AM stations and emergency vehicles as well as truckers. The ham radio.
Basically the signal comes anything that has the appropriate noise floor, for telecom it was -120 but the louder the noise floor the harder it is to get a clean signal. Now, our bodies are basically a transceiver. That being said, our human ear cannot pick these sounds up... HOWEVER, our brains are a different story. They love to say it is auditory hallucinations and sometimes Go as far as jumping the gun and labeling someone schizophrenic when they're not actually schizophrenic. The doctor's words are law, so that's what the masses believe. If you have a fan going or a vacuum cleaner or something to that extent and it provides a constant steady noise the sound waves can absolutely get caught in that and then our brains can try breaking it down however because this noise floor is so high it's next to impossible to have the right circuit board to filter out and amplify signals back to a suitable size to process. It's really quite remarkable.
They did a study on soldiers who kept hearing these stations in their heads. During which they found that the mercury fillings provided a more stable environment for their minds to differentiate the voice from the noise. Throw tinnitus in there, and you've got yourself a transceiver that will hear these stations. If your disassociated at all that just increases the body's ability to pick up these radio waves, because it doesn't have the defense running to sift it out. There's plenty of information out there backing this up, however big pharma, the government, friends and family will all mock you. They'll tell you you're crazy they'll try to get you on meds and it'll just push you further down in a rabbit hole that you don't belong in. I began to think I was crazy after a while, but then six other friends were able to differentiate what radio station that is and we dialed in on it and sure enough I was calling the shots of the basketball game and they were watching it in real time. Other people then jumped on board and said oh I could hear that too. It's possible it's unlikely but it's possible. If your house isn't grounded properly that increases the chances of you hearing stations that are at a lower frequency or amplitude. I hope this helped it all. Still, good for you for quitting drinking. The body definitely doesn't need that.
I can attest to this. I could see slot machines with women with huge tiddies swaying with each pull of the lever. I heard noises from the OR like beeping machines, distinct conversations, I “saw” someone try to slide a card between the bolt of my door trying to break in. I tried detoxing alone but ended up having multiple grand mal seizures.
I recommend “Amend” for recovery as I went to BRC.
This is the scariest shit ever. I took a picture of my ceiling trying to convince a friend there was someone on my ceiling. I was driving at night and thought dogs were hiding under my car and I didn’t want to run them over. I was so lost, my BAC ended up being .56. There’s a much better way to live my friend.
Glad you got better. Recently read a story of a Bulgarian man who was driving his car, very poorly, before crashing. ER clocked his BAC at 0.914% even though he was speaking coherently with doctors. High functioning alcoholic for sure.
This is interesting. I quit drinking (really hard binge drinking) 8 years ago and in that period I had audio and visual hallucinations. I still “hear things” like conversation or door knocking underneath loud ambient noise. I also still see flitters in my peripheral vision in low light. Sucks. Drinking bad
Don't just stop! Especially if you drank a decent amount. My dad did this and had a seizure & almost died. You HAVE to taper down! Get help from a professional if you can.
6 days with no booze is a giant gift you deserve after what you've been through. Keep it going and follow these awesome strangers' advice by recruiting some more help
I went through this when I got sober. Very suddenly withdrawaling from alcohol after a long period of binge drinking can cause temporary psychosis.
https://www.healthline.com/health/alcoholism/delirium-tremens
How bad does it need to be before you should be worried? When I stop drinking after a stint of daily drinking the first night I often hear sounds/music. Only at night after all the lights and sounds are turned off, and usually with a fan blowing. Sometimes its a song im pretty sure my head is composing, other times it sounds like someone left the tv on in the other room. My theory is yes it's a form of withdrawal or overactive brain activity because of no alcohol and my brain is trying to organize the white noise into something that makes sense.
It usually stops after the first night though. Maybe 2 nights. But other than that, nothing during the day or anything. Is that enough to be worried?
Also on "first nights" I'll have hypnic jerks and exploding head syndrome, but the latter has only happened like once or twice. Hypnic jerks every time though for the first couple of hours I'm in bed.
I can't say how much psychosis is safe, but I do know only a small fraction of people who withdrawal get it. It's a sign of severe withdrawal so I'd wager it's never a good sign.
I’m not an alcoholic and actually haven’t had a drink in over 3 months now, but I kind of get the same effect with my white noise machine. My girlfriend has commented the same, that it can sometimes sound like there’s some music or noise being muffled by the white noise generator. I think that’s just a mental trick of white noise. Your brain looks for some pattern in the sound. I don’t think it means you’re experiencing psychosis.
> I think that’s just a mental trick of white noise. Your brain looks for some pattern in the sound. I don’t think it means you’re experiencing psychosis.
You're partially right but also completely wrong.
Yes, your brain is seeking order in the chaos - but with alcoholic hallucinosis, the effect is *CRAZY* magnified.
When it happened to me, a box fan sang me a military chant about the Randy Dandy Goldblues who live at Lindsey Hall.
I heard the Gerudo Valley theme playing clear as day in a completely quiet room.
When I walked by my TV, which was off, it blared the "Alert!" sound from the Netflix show The Circle
It's not "psychosis" per se but alcoholic hallucinosis is the first step on the staircase to delirium tremens, which is full blown psychosis, not understanding what is real and what is hallucination, and if you want to see what that's like (you don't) you can find plenty of videos on YouTube.
You can devolop alcohol dependency that will cause withrawal in as little as 2 weeks, but it depends on your body. Some people can drink a handle of whiskey a day for 6 years and then stop cold turkey with minimal symptoms. Some people can go on a mild month long bender and have seizures within a day of quitting.
My best friend just went through this whole experience as well and it’s definitely woken up our group of friends to the affects of alcohol. Homie lost his job, home and car in 2 months. It’s serious stuff, definitely be careful with your drinking for sure.
Did you recently stop drinking after drinking large quantities? Assuming not since your post is very coherent but my pops had this as one or many symptoms from detox.
When I was a much heavier drinker and took breaks (because I was also a broke drinker), that was what the "radio" sounds would always be. I would often be able to even identify the artist or the musical it was from but never once were they real songs. They'd also go on forever. Which is one thing if you're hearing a jam band. But I was hearing 20 minute fake Marina and the Diamonds songs.
You might just be manifesting the song, thinking its correct.
Usually your brain always thinks it correct.
So even if the song is wrong in your head. You will thi k you know it 100%
i do, i call it my phantom radio.
my psychiatrist says it’s a psychosis caused by my head injury.
sometimes it’s polka music, then tejano, so forth.
before i was informed that no, there is not a party or people yelling next door, i was going mad!
never really full on voices yet discernible beats and rhythm.
it’s much better now that i know No there is not a party next door and medication helps!
This is exactly why I have a white noise machine by my bed. I used to lay awake at night listening to the music in my head. The worst was the ice cream truck music.
Is that true? That’s kind of mind blowing to have listened to the radio for so many years and never noticed tha
Like I do remember on the hour sometimes, but for the amount of time I spent listening… you’d think I’d have matched that pattern 😆
"While we pause for station identification" was a pretty common thing to hear if you listen to a national broadcast. More common when people used the radio to listen to ball games. The broadcaster would go silent to allow the local station to chime in and announce their call sign/ID.
I would go to the ER, especially with you clarifying about abruptly quitting alcohol. Detox and DTs can take a few days to set in. They can give you Ativan or other medications to prevent you from having a seizure.
Yeah this OP, if you can't find the source it could be a musical hallucination. Try and rule out if it's a neighbor or something first. Put on soundproof headphones/earmuffs and see if you still hear it.
Have you tried outside the house. Walk to the end of the street. If the sound goes away then it's your house. If you hear it in the park. Then it's you....... It could be anything. It seems like you have a good lead on what's wrong. I wish you the best of luck. But if the DJ starts encouraging you to murder. Then see a Doctor or a psychiatrist.
Also I hope you are able to sleep. I know Blondie would keep me up.
Generally speaking, somebody should see a doctor for hallucinations even if they aren’t feeling like a danger to themselves or others. It’s good to do a check-in, especially if the hallucinations are distressing as they are for OP.
Hey, man, I lived within a quarter mile of a major high-power radio station growing up. We could hear it on our landline phone, and we could hear it on our radios tuned to other stations (including clock radios). It was muffled but clear. We *couldn't* hear it in our fillings, nor our heads. Not the same volume.
You seriously need to get to a radio and see if you can tune it in - your car, or a friend's car, or a friend's radio. If you take a half hour and can't find the frequency, you need to see a doctor pronto.
If you go to the er and tell them you think you are having withdrawal hallucinations they will check you out and not require any money up front if they ask tell them you have none, they will still see you. Also don’t worry about getting a bill your health is more important
It’s going to be crazy when we can tap into people’s thoughts and songs start playing. And is it going to be a version with parts/instruments missing or will it sound like when a talking bird repeats something and it sounds like a rough/bad recording?
I love this thread - because I've been hearing this stupid shadoopy doooy song my (awesome) dj neighbor has been playing for practice and I have actually been enjoying. But goddamnit is it stuck in my head like crazy. Super loud. In my head.
Only my head loud
I once had a pair of computer speakers that would pick up and play a radio station completely without power. I thought I was nuts at first, but it can happen if the frequencies of the transmission and something in the speaker match.
Man oh man I have been (casually) waiting YEARS for someone to say this because I had this freaky experience up in Buffalo, NY once where I was driving and for sure my radio was off...and it started to receive and broadcast ...something. It was around a large hospital, which was our best guess - some kind of frequency matchup on a seldom used band? I don't know. But it really did happen.
My dad was dying of cirrhosis in the hospital, and the doctor offered him some alcohol to avoid seizures. His heart failed, and he died. He was 40 years old. I don't drink.
Hey! If you live in an older house, it’s probably the pipes! I don’t remember what the phenomenon is, but I feel like it had to do with the alloy of the metal
This reminds me of a time my sister and I walked home from middle school. We opened the door, and heard like 4 women having a discussion. We were seriously terrified, and thought some random ladies broke into our house. Turned out our mom left some morning show on the surround sound in her bathroom while she was getting ready earlier that day, and forgot to turn it off when she left for work.
Reddit LOVES to hype that story. It might be true, but it's highly unlikely that it's OP's problem.
However, it's a good thing to have a good CO detector. Get one of the ones with a digital readout.
I like [this one](https://www.homedepot.com/p/Kidde-Code-One-Battery-Operated-Carbon-Monoxide-Detector-with-Digital-Display-21030009/309365026). It will tell you the peak reading since the last time it was reset. Also, the unit won't alarm if it's below 30 PPM, but when you press the button, it will show you any readings above 10 PPM. Good to rule out any low levels that might have some puzzling effects on you.
Uhh hm. Could it be like this but with your speakers instead of a phone?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_on_hold#development
The Development section is what I’m referring to
turn off your entire breaker box, and see if you still hear it. if so, visit anyplace in the house where you may have a battery operated or emergency radio.
are you on a new medication?
I had this happen in the mid 2000s. one room was country. one room was rock- like guns n’ roses. and I would walk room to room, listening to the different stations. the rooms would change songs, just like any normal radio station. and it was *clear,* not loud, but I could hear every word and note.
I started a couple antidepressants/anxiety meds at the time, but also had been sick and was on antibiotics and antivirals.
I tried to explain it to people, including my doctor. they said it was stress. depression. anxiety.
looking back, I think it was medication mixing poorly.
but i’ve been there OP. enjoy it, until you figure it out.
there’s ones of us!
Thanks for sharing! I always assumed this was my brain trying to interpret whatever it’s perceiving by creating patterns, but it’s reassuring to know it’s a real thing
I have CPTSD and when I’ve come close to or hit my limit, I hear music or a lawn mower. Kiss of Ativan shuts it right down. And, yes, I do have doctors I check in with and meet regularly.
If it’s not the radio, know great help is out there.
Much love and good luck.
OP you indicated in a comment that you have hearing damage. I suspect you're hearing some white noise like a fan or AC running and your brain is trying to interpret the sound as music or speech instead. I was born with hearing loss and have had this experience personally. It can definitely be disconcerting.
That's too much of a delay. This is a symptom of your detox. Detoxing like this from alcohol can seirously harm you.
I'm proud of you for quitting alcohol so firmly - do it the right way, and get help.
This is a medical emergency. You can receive care, even without insurance. Hospitals have a number of means to assist and even discharge medical expenses. Medical debt is the easiest kind of debt to discharge.
Alcohol detox can literally kill you. You can die from this. You're already doing the right thing, now please do it the right way.
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Let's go to the telephones now and take a request."
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\[Jim:\] "You hear radio waves in your head?
Ah! Is there a request that you have tonight for KAOS?"
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I have tinnitus and while most of there time it sounds like a high pitch “eeeeeeee!” or cicadas buzzing, sometimes my brain tries to interpret it as music or like a tv show that’s on in another room.
I also had a friend recently tell me that one night she was up partying and for some reason every time we she went to the bathroom she would pee tejano music 🤣
Seriously kids, don’t drink too much or do too many drugs, and for fucks’ sake, turn the music down and wear ear protection
Prob a signal from one of your neighbors getting picked up by something in the house. Turn off all your electronics (all of them) and see if that helps
I used to live in very old house with a lot of old wires around, including wire radio. So I was able to hear radio in some places of building until all communications were replaced to fiber optic :) Also I worked in telecommunications so sometimes our equipment was playing radio too especially with very bad grounding wire. Good luck OP. I'm also trying to quite drinking, can't sleep without but I'm trying. We can do it!
My fiancé is a heavy social drinker. When he stops abruptly, he gets tactile hallucinations, feeling itchy all over by day 2 or so. I didn’t know that auditory hallucinations were also common.
I think you might have musical ear syndrome. I have it, it’s very real. It’s an auditory hallucination (not a neurological one) and things like fans, running water, white noise trigger it. I’ll hear all kinds of different music or muffled talking from “other rooms” of the house. It’s totally harmless and usually a symptom of mild tinnitus. It’s also always exacerbated when I drink.
ETA: it’s a way for your brain to process patterns in sounds. It’s not dangerous. But glad to see you went to get checked out anyway
I have pretty bad tinnitus and every once in awhile I can hear vary faint music. I rarely drink so it is not because of that. I have high and low tone hearing loss from the tinnitus or the tinnitus is a result of the hearing loss, I'm not sure (although I can't tell I have any hearing loss because I don't have a hard time hearing anything/anyone) but my audiologist/ENT said that people with tinnitus that have hearing loss can hear faint music as well.
When I was in nursing school I had a bad drinking problem from PTSD (military related) on my ER rotation a patient came in withdrawing from alcohol with your symptoms. I saw him get progressively worse in the ER during my shift, I sat with him and as a grown man I cried, told him how powerful he was for coming in on his own free will and told him he’s not alone. I stopped drinking immediately after. I made it through school and I’m a nurse now.
Just want to say you’re not alone. And I’m fucking proud of you for going to the ER
Single family home?
Get someone else to come over and see if they hear it, too.
If you walk outside the front door, does it cut off cleanly at the threshold? Walk around the house and listen. See if it's stronger near the floor. See if you phone camera can record the sound. Put your ear up to the wall and see if it's louder. Or get something like a broomstick, put one end up against your ear, and the other end against the wall or the pipe. It sort of actls like a stethoscope. What happens if you stick your fingers in your ear?
Did you abruptly stop drinking recently after having been drinking on a daily basis for a little while?
Yep
You're withdrawaling from alcohol and need to seek medical help to cut down/quit. This is a common side effect. I went through it myself in my mid 20s when I got sober. For me it got progressively worse and more horrifying before I was able to safely withdrawal.
You heard the radio?
I heard lots of things, but yes it sounded like it was coming out of a radio. I've heard others describe it the same way. It began as a vacuum sound. I actually thought the neighbor was vacuuming at 3 am and was pissed off at how rude they were lol. Within a day it morphed into what sounded like voices coming out of a radio. That turned into a demonic jazz swing band telling me they were going to kill my family if I told anyone what was happening to me. Why a swing band I'll never know. But that went on for a few days before I finally told a friend what was happening who happened to be a nurse. Was booked into rehab a week later. You can have seizures and die from this. Don't do it alone.
Dude, it's now a soft vacuum sound lol. Make it stop
Can you get to an ER? DTs have a mortality rate of 37% without appropriate treatment, according to the 10 seconds I just spent googling.
I'm here
Nice work. I don't know if you're at my hospital or not but wherever you ended up, we'll take good care of you and get you to the other side. You got this, buddy.
I just wanted to say this comment was a Reddit moment of love ❤️ Beautiful 🫡
Man, I wish we could still guild comments.
Phew, great job OP!!!!! 💪 rooting for you, you ***CAN*** do this.
You better stop with the free music or you will get a dcma takedown.
imagine he gets ads in his head too?
/r/stopdrinking can help you once you get through this
This comment needs to be much much higher
Make sure they give you Thiamine, Vitamins B12, and folic acid. Check your electrolytes too. Continue supplements post discharge if instructed. Take thiamine for like 3 months.
And don't forget to adjust your antenna for best reception.
Dt what is it with acronyms?
Delirium Tremens aka "The DTs".
What is a dt?
[Delirium tremens](https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/166032-overview#a1).
What is DTs?
[Delirium Tremens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delirium_tremens)
From my experience once you know what it is it'll just kind of morph into whatever you're thinking about. Seek medical attention.
me on meth
Good bot
Me not on meth.. radio chatter
them drafts from air going thru the doorway/vents etc. rlly b spittin some wisdom
I occasionally hear the radio for about two days after a drinking binge but once eventually one morning the presenter lady just gave a very loud final scream and stopped. You'll likely forget what happened during radio days but I vividly remember the screaming. People often don't realize that auditory hallucinations sound like they're coming from outside your head and can be indistinguishable from normal sound.
Exactly, but they don't have a direction. You can never pinpoint where they come from.
Hmm, that’s interesting. I had no idea withdrawal from alcohol could cause those effects. I knew it was dangerous and could be deadly but didn’t know you could literally have hallucinations like that.
It is an absolutely sinister addiction
That's what all those old cartoons that showed people seeing pink elephants were referencing.
The demonic swing band has goooot to be inspired by futurama
Lmao maybe I have watched a lot of it.
Holy Christ how much were you ou drinking every day
A fifth of rum a day. I only drank for about a year but became absolutely out of control rapidly. Started drinking around 22 and was in rehab by 24.
Hey I'm really glad you posted here so you can get some support. I was drinking about half a fifth a day before I stopped about a year and a half ago. I'm glad you're at the hospital, buddy. There's a way out, it's easier if you do it with others, and there are plenty of us. Hang in there.
I just listened to podcasts constantly to stand them off. I also couldn't be in the dark, because I was having visual hallucinations too. Highly don't recommend. I almost died that night.
Auditory hallucinations are a sign of severe withdrawal. What people hear varies from person to person. You need to be really careful right now because this can be fatal, so you might consider medical assistance.
This thread went somewhere I did not expect
Bruh! Right?! I came to be a smart ass and this is honestly something 😅 Good luck OP!
Holy shit is alcohol really this evil?
I mean, it is poison to the body. You throw up if you drink a lot of it because your body is trying to not die. It destroys important internal organs and severely inhibits crucial bodily functions (respiration, rest, circulation, etc etc etc) So yeah it's not good for you.
Pretty much any drug that can cause physical addiction can have negative consequences upon withdrawal. For instance, alcohol can cause this because it essentially amplifies the effects of the inhibitory neurotransmitters of the brain (causing sedation), and so in consequence, they down regulate and your brain goes into overdrive if you stop drinking when alcohol is no longer there to amplify them (since they are down regulated inhibitory, meaning more excitable). But the same thing happens with other, legally prescribed medications, that are used to save lives, or treat medical conditions. For instance, benzodiazepams, like midazolam used in surgery or Ativan or Valium used for panic attacks etc., they can all cause the same symptoms if you abruptly withdraw. It doesn't mean they are intrinsically evil. It's just psychopharmacological symptoms that occur due to the way the drug works in the brain and body. You typically have to abuse them, or just use them a long time for this to occur, and there are medical treatments/ways to avoid this withdrawal without too much trouble.
As others have said it sounds like auditory hallucinations from alcohol withdrawal. Alcohol withdrawal can turn life threatening so please reach out to a medical provider or go to an urgent care or ER. If you get inpatient treatment they will normally use a benzo to help with the symptoms and monitor you for any signs you are experiencing a life threatening event that would require hospitalization. All that said sobriety is a great thing and you are doing an amazing job taking the first steps to better your life for yourself and those you love.
Dude, the call is coming from inside the house, metaphorically speaking.
White noise can cause this if the elements to do so are all there. Doctors and your typical AB personality types who believe that we went to Afghanistan to stop terrorists from some diabolical plot, will naysay all day. I'm telling you from scientific and radio frequency background, it absolutely can happen. To be as simple as possible without needing to hear theory that won't make sense. You have these radio waves going every which way. We are blanketed with them now. Long ago it was really only AM stations and emergency vehicles as well as truckers. The ham radio. Basically the signal comes anything that has the appropriate noise floor, for telecom it was -120 but the louder the noise floor the harder it is to get a clean signal. Now, our bodies are basically a transceiver. That being said, our human ear cannot pick these sounds up... HOWEVER, our brains are a different story. They love to say it is auditory hallucinations and sometimes Go as far as jumping the gun and labeling someone schizophrenic when they're not actually schizophrenic. The doctor's words are law, so that's what the masses believe. If you have a fan going or a vacuum cleaner or something to that extent and it provides a constant steady noise the sound waves can absolutely get caught in that and then our brains can try breaking it down however because this noise floor is so high it's next to impossible to have the right circuit board to filter out and amplify signals back to a suitable size to process. It's really quite remarkable. They did a study on soldiers who kept hearing these stations in their heads. During which they found that the mercury fillings provided a more stable environment for their minds to differentiate the voice from the noise. Throw tinnitus in there, and you've got yourself a transceiver that will hear these stations. If your disassociated at all that just increases the body's ability to pick up these radio waves, because it doesn't have the defense running to sift it out. There's plenty of information out there backing this up, however big pharma, the government, friends and family will all mock you. They'll tell you you're crazy they'll try to get you on meds and it'll just push you further down in a rabbit hole that you don't belong in. I began to think I was crazy after a while, but then six other friends were able to differentiate what radio station that is and we dialed in on it and sure enough I was calling the shots of the basketball game and they were watching it in real time. Other people then jumped on board and said oh I could hear that too. It's possible it's unlikely but it's possible. If your house isn't grounded properly that increases the chances of you hearing stations that are at a lower frequency or amplitude. I hope this helped it all. Still, good for you for quitting drinking. The body definitely doesn't need that.
I can attest to this. I could see slot machines with women with huge tiddies swaying with each pull of the lever. I heard noises from the OR like beeping machines, distinct conversations, I “saw” someone try to slide a card between the bolt of my door trying to break in. I tried detoxing alone but ended up having multiple grand mal seizures. I recommend “Amend” for recovery as I went to BRC. This is the scariest shit ever. I took a picture of my ceiling trying to convince a friend there was someone on my ceiling. I was driving at night and thought dogs were hiding under my car and I didn’t want to run them over. I was so lost, my BAC ended up being .56. There’s a much better way to live my friend.
Glad you got better. Recently read a story of a Bulgarian man who was driving his car, very poorly, before crashing. ER clocked his BAC at 0.914% even though he was speaking coherently with doctors. High functioning alcoholic for sure.
This is interesting. I quit drinking (really hard binge drinking) 8 years ago and in that period I had audio and visual hallucinations. I still “hear things” like conversation or door knocking underneath loud ambient noise. I also still see flitters in my peripheral vision in low light. Sucks. Drinking bad
Same !! Sober 6 years after 45 years of drinking. I still hear people talking and lil flash backs of people shadows
How about any head injuries?
Don't just stop! Especially if you drank a decent amount. My dad did this and had a seizure & almost died. You HAVE to taper down! Get help from a professional if you can.
Gat damn you called it 🤣
Please elaborate?
Just was on a bender for a couple months after a split up. Abruptly stopped last Tuesday. Today is day 6 no boozy
6 days with no booze is a giant gift you deserve after what you've been through. Keep it going and follow these awesome strangers' advice by recruiting some more help
I went through this when I got sober. Very suddenly withdrawaling from alcohol after a long period of binge drinking can cause temporary psychosis. https://www.healthline.com/health/alcoholism/delirium-tremens
How bad does it need to be before you should be worried? When I stop drinking after a stint of daily drinking the first night I often hear sounds/music. Only at night after all the lights and sounds are turned off, and usually with a fan blowing. Sometimes its a song im pretty sure my head is composing, other times it sounds like someone left the tv on in the other room. My theory is yes it's a form of withdrawal or overactive brain activity because of no alcohol and my brain is trying to organize the white noise into something that makes sense. It usually stops after the first night though. Maybe 2 nights. But other than that, nothing during the day or anything. Is that enough to be worried? Also on "first nights" I'll have hypnic jerks and exploding head syndrome, but the latter has only happened like once or twice. Hypnic jerks every time though for the first couple of hours I'm in bed.
I can't say how much psychosis is safe, but I do know only a small fraction of people who withdrawal get it. It's a sign of severe withdrawal so I'd wager it's never a good sign.
I’m not an alcoholic and actually haven’t had a drink in over 3 months now, but I kind of get the same effect with my white noise machine. My girlfriend has commented the same, that it can sometimes sound like there’s some music or noise being muffled by the white noise generator. I think that’s just a mental trick of white noise. Your brain looks for some pattern in the sound. I don’t think it means you’re experiencing psychosis.
> I think that’s just a mental trick of white noise. Your brain looks for some pattern in the sound. I don’t think it means you’re experiencing psychosis. You're partially right but also completely wrong. Yes, your brain is seeking order in the chaos - but with alcoholic hallucinosis, the effect is *CRAZY* magnified. When it happened to me, a box fan sang me a military chant about the Randy Dandy Goldblues who live at Lindsey Hall. I heard the Gerudo Valley theme playing clear as day in a completely quiet room. When I walked by my TV, which was off, it blared the "Alert!" sound from the Netflix show The Circle It's not "psychosis" per se but alcoholic hallucinosis is the first step on the staircase to delirium tremens, which is full blown psychosis, not understanding what is real and what is hallucination, and if you want to see what that's like (you don't) you can find plenty of videos on YouTube.
Exploding head syndrome? I don’t think that’s normal for withdrawals
Uh dude this life your living doesn’t really sound great. I think you should be worried.
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You can devolop alcohol dependency that will cause withrawal in as little as 2 weeks, but it depends on your body. Some people can drink a handle of whiskey a day for 6 years and then stop cold turkey with minimal symptoms. Some people can go on a mild month long bender and have seizures within a day of quitting.
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My best friend just went through this whole experience as well and it’s definitely woken up our group of friends to the affects of alcohol. Homie lost his job, home and car in 2 months. It’s serious stuff, definitely be careful with your drinking for sure.
Did you recently stop drinking after drinking large quantities? Assuming not since your post is very coherent but my pops had this as one or many symptoms from detox.
I did, but I've never heard that song before. That's what I can't figure out.
When I was a much heavier drinker and took breaks (because I was also a broke drinker), that was what the "radio" sounds would always be. I would often be able to even identify the artist or the musical it was from but never once were they real songs. They'd also go on forever. Which is one thing if you're hearing a jam band. But I was hearing 20 minute fake Marina and the Diamonds songs.
Try and change the song, or manipulate the beat. If you think you can, it's in your head my dude.
You might just be manifesting the song, thinking its correct. Usually your brain always thinks it correct. So even if the song is wrong in your head. You will thi k you know it 100%
I’m schizophrenic and I hear stuff like this all the time.
i do, i call it my phantom radio. my psychiatrist says it’s a psychosis caused by my head injury. sometimes it’s polka music, then tejano, so forth. before i was informed that no, there is not a party or people yelling next door, i was going mad! never really full on voices yet discernible beats and rhythm. it’s much better now that i know No there is not a party next door and medication helps!
This is exactly why I have a white noise machine by my bed. I used to lay awake at night listening to the music in my head. The worst was the ice cream truck music.
the Mr Softee jingle is now stuck in my head
OP has an old head injury and is detoxing from alcohol. Honestly it's surprising this is his first time hearing the sounds.
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Is that true? That’s kind of mind blowing to have listened to the radio for so many years and never noticed tha Like I do remember on the hour sometimes, but for the amount of time I spent listening… you’d think I’d have matched that pattern 😆
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You learn something new every day
"While we pause for station identification" was a pretty common thing to hear if you listen to a national broadcast. More common when people used the radio to listen to ball games. The broadcaster would go silent to allow the local station to chime in and announce their call sign/ID.
Absolutely true.
This is 66.6 FM Smirnoff radio, and the time is 5pm
fm bands dont end in even decimals, always odd
What time is the top of the hour?
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This clears things up, thanks.
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When the big hand is facing near the 12 (the top of the clock)
I would go to the ER, especially with you clarifying about abruptly quitting alcohol. Detox and DTs can take a few days to set in. They can give you Ativan or other medications to prevent you from having a seizure.
Got an appt tomorrow
Buddy, if you are experiencing this severe of withdrawal, it's super dangerous. You should go to the ER and not wait until tomorrow.
On it
OP please, this isn’t a “tomorrow” thing. Please seek immediate care.
I went to the ER
keep us posted, I’m invested now lol and congrats on 6 days with no alcohol
You feeling any better today op?
I slept like a fucking rock and feel like a new man
Nothing better than those first few nights of sleep during/after rehab! Enjoy the solid shits for me while your at it!
Glad to hear it! Hope you’re alright. And glad you had the foresight to ask Reddit of all places about your symptoms.
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Yeah this OP, if you can't find the source it could be a musical hallucination. Try and rule out if it's a neighbor or something first. Put on soundproof headphones/earmuffs and see if you still hear it.
At least it’s good music.. 😬
Have you tried outside the house. Walk to the end of the street. If the sound goes away then it's your house. If you hear it in the park. Then it's you....... It could be anything. It seems like you have a good lead on what's wrong. I wish you the best of luck. But if the DJ starts encouraging you to murder. Then see a Doctor or a psychiatrist. Also I hope you are able to sleep. I know Blondie would keep me up.
Generally speaking, somebody should see a doctor for hallucinations even if they aren’t feeling like a danger to themselves or others. It’s good to do a check-in, especially if the hallucinations are distressing as they are for OP.
Hahaha
I love right next to the airport all you can hear are planes
Hey, man, I lived within a quarter mile of a major high-power radio station growing up. We could hear it on our landline phone, and we could hear it on our radios tuned to other stations (including clock radios). It was muffled but clear. We *couldn't* hear it in our fillings, nor our heads. Not the same volume. You seriously need to get to a radio and see if you can tune it in - your car, or a friend's car, or a friend's radio. If you take a half hour and can't find the frequency, you need to see a doctor pronto.
If you go to the er and tell them you think you are having withdrawal hallucinations they will check you out and not require any money up front if they ask tell them you have none, they will still see you. Also don’t worry about getting a bill your health is more important
Can you tune it into KAZI tonight? I love their southern soul zydeco show
"back to life, back to reality"
It’s going to be crazy when we can tap into people’s thoughts and songs start playing. And is it going to be a version with parts/instruments missing or will it sound like when a talking bird repeats something and it sounds like a rough/bad recording?
I love this thread - because I've been hearing this stupid shadoopy doooy song my (awesome) dj neighbor has been playing for practice and I have actually been enjoying. But goddamnit is it stuck in my head like crazy. Super loud. In my head. Only my head loud
I once had a pair of computer speakers that would pick up and play a radio station completely without power. I thought I was nuts at first, but it can happen if the frequencies of the transmission and something in the speaker match.
Same
Man oh man I have been (casually) waiting YEARS for someone to say this because I had this freaky experience up in Buffalo, NY once where I was driving and for sure my radio was off...and it started to receive and broadcast ...something. It was around a large hospital, which was our best guess - some kind of frequency matchup on a seldom used band? I don't know. But it really did happen.
At least you aren’t picking up a religious station.
Or worse, InfoWars
My dad was dying of cirrhosis in the hospital, and the doctor offered him some alcohol to avoid seizures. His heart failed, and he died. He was 40 years old. I don't drink.
You should be able to hear DJs and commercials if it’s really a radio station. If not, I’d see a doctor.
Ads, hosts, all of it. Just heard a Stanley Steemer commercial
Hey! If you live in an older house, it’s probably the pipes! I don’t remember what the phenomenon is, but I feel like it had to do with the alloy of the metal
Built in 2021
Have someone come over and see
This reminds me of a time my sister and I walked home from middle school. We opened the door, and heard like 4 women having a discussion. We were seriously terrified, and thought some random ladies broke into our house. Turned out our mom left some morning show on the surround sound in her bathroom while she was getting ready earlier that day, and forgot to turn it off when she left for work.
Lucille Ball, is that you?
You might have carbon monoxide poisoning. Get that checked.
Reddit LOVES to hype that story. It might be true, but it's highly unlikely that it's OP's problem. However, it's a good thing to have a good CO detector. Get one of the ones with a digital readout. I like [this one](https://www.homedepot.com/p/Kidde-Code-One-Battery-Operated-Carbon-Monoxide-Detector-with-Digital-Display-21030009/309365026). It will tell you the peak reading since the last time it was reset. Also, the unit won't alarm if it's below 30 PPM, but when you press the button, it will show you any readings above 10 PPM. Good to rule out any low levels that might have some puzzling effects on you.
Found it. Calling them right now and requesting Yoko Ono
Our House is playing now
Uhh hm. Could it be like this but with your speakers instead of a phone? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_on_hold#development The Development section is what I’m referring to
turn off your entire breaker box, and see if you still hear it. if so, visit anyplace in the house where you may have a battery operated or emergency radio.
I just watched this episode of house too!
Have a link?
are you on a new medication? I had this happen in the mid 2000s. one room was country. one room was rock- like guns n’ roses. and I would walk room to room, listening to the different stations. the rooms would change songs, just like any normal radio station. and it was *clear,* not loud, but I could hear every word and note. I started a couple antidepressants/anxiety meds at the time, but also had been sick and was on antibiotics and antivirals. I tried to explain it to people, including my doctor. they said it was stress. depression. anxiety. looking back, I think it was medication mixing poorly. but i’ve been there OP. enjoy it, until you figure it out. there’s ones of us!
Nah, no meds. I abruptly quit drinking last Tuesday, that's all I can think of.
[maybe this will help](https://hearinglosshelp.com/blog/apophenia-audio-pareidolia-and-musical-ear-syndrome/)
Thanks for sharing! I always assumed this was my brain trying to interpret whatever it’s perceiving by creating patterns, but it’s reassuring to know it’s a real thing
you may have a gas leak
Do you use gas oven/stoves?
This has happened to me when I get extremely high
Has the neighbors dog started telling you to go kill people? If so, turn yourself in. If not, don’t sweat it.
Damn, 40 of us here right now are like "wtf is going on OP. We have to know."
I have CPTSD and when I’ve come close to or hit my limit, I hear music or a lawn mower. Kiss of Ativan shuts it right down. And, yes, I do have doctors I check in with and meet regularly. If it’s not the radio, know great help is out there. Much love and good luck.
OP you indicated in a comment that you have hearing damage. I suspect you're hearing some white noise like a fan or AC running and your brain is trying to interpret the sound as music or speech instead. I was born with hearing loss and have had this experience personally. It can definitely be disconcerting.
I have the same thing! I have hearing loss, and my ENT said the music or TV I was hearing( on a very low volumn) was my brain filling in the silence.
This is the craziest thread I've ever seen in 10-ish years on Reddit. OP I hope you're ok!
I have a cheap am fm radio delivering tomorrow. Will solve this caper.
That's too much of a delay. This is a symptom of your detox. Detoxing like this from alcohol can seirously harm you. I'm proud of you for quitting alcohol so firmly - do it the right way, and get help.
Ain't got no money!
That won’t matter when you’re dead. Seriously, cold turkey detox by yourself could kill you. You need medical attention. Please.
Lost a friend that way last year, dead at 40 from delirium tremens
This is a medical emergency. You can receive care, even without insurance. Hospitals have a number of means to assist and even discharge medical expenses. Medical debt is the easiest kind of debt to discharge. Alcohol detox can literally kill you. You can die from this. You're already doing the right thing, now please do it the right way.
Don't most phones have an fm receiver?
What’s the verdict, buddy?
Jury is still out. Radio delivers tomorrow
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How many mushrooms do you eat on a daily basis and do they look like the ones from Mario Bros?
You have braces that are attenuating the radio signal?
Get a CO monitor.
Radio is back. We've moved onto what sounds like a sports broadcast or talk radio
Is there some type of white noise like a fan, or shower running when you hear this? I have at times think I hear music when my box fan is running.
I'm here for the update. Hope it's something not health related!
I have tinnitus and while most of there time it sounds like a high pitch “eeeeeeee!” or cicadas buzzing, sometimes my brain tries to interpret it as music or like a tv show that’s on in another room. I also had a friend recently tell me that one night she was up partying and for some reason every time we she went to the bathroom she would pee tejano music 🤣 Seriously kids, don’t drink too much or do too many drugs, and for fucks’ sake, turn the music down and wear ear protection
As a soundguy, all I can hear when it’s really quiet is “EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE”
Hey, OP. How are you doing now?
Going strong buddy! Nearing 3 weeks
Glad to hear it!
Ah, the Bryan Cranston episode of The X-Files
Why not turn on a real radio and go through the channels?
I had an alarm clock radio playing on super low volume once driving me crazy.
Prob a signal from one of your neighbors getting picked up by something in the house. Turn off all your electronics (all of them) and see if that helps
What’s it playing now?
I can't tell. More barbershop quartet
I used to live in very old house with a lot of old wires around, including wire radio. So I was able to hear radio in some places of building until all communications were replaced to fiber optic :) Also I worked in telecommunications so sometimes our equipment was playing radio too especially with very bad grounding wire. Good luck OP. I'm also trying to quite drinking, can't sleep without but I'm trying. We can do it!
let me know when Elmore James or Willie Dixon begin and i'll bring some beer w me ...
Do you have metal fillings in your teeth? https://www.bradfordfamilydentist.ca/lucille-ball-heard-spies-dental-fillings/
Just wait until the free trial expires.
Do you have fillings?
My fiancé is a heavy social drinker. When he stops abruptly, he gets tactile hallucinations, feeling itchy all over by day 2 or so. I didn’t know that auditory hallucinations were also common.
I think you might have musical ear syndrome. I have it, it’s very real. It’s an auditory hallucination (not a neurological one) and things like fans, running water, white noise trigger it. I’ll hear all kinds of different music or muffled talking from “other rooms” of the house. It’s totally harmless and usually a symptom of mild tinnitus. It’s also always exacerbated when I drink. ETA: it’s a way for your brain to process patterns in sounds. It’s not dangerous. But glad to see you went to get checked out anyway
I love KLBJ! Tell Matt, Bob, and Chuy I said, WHAT UP!
OP! All the best in your sobriety or reduction. I'm 3+ years sober, 1 day at a time!
Wishing OP success and healing!
I have pretty bad tinnitus and every once in awhile I can hear vary faint music. I rarely drink so it is not because of that. I have high and low tone hearing loss from the tinnitus or the tinnitus is a result of the hearing loss, I'm not sure (although I can't tell I have any hearing loss because I don't have a hard time hearing anything/anyone) but my audiologist/ENT said that people with tinnitus that have hearing loss can hear faint music as well.
When I was in nursing school I had a bad drinking problem from PTSD (military related) on my ER rotation a patient came in withdrawing from alcohol with your symptoms. I saw him get progressively worse in the ER during my shift, I sat with him and as a grown man I cried, told him how powerful he was for coming in on his own free will and told him he’s not alone. I stopped drinking immediately after. I made it through school and I’m a nurse now. Just want to say you’re not alone. And I’m fucking proud of you for going to the ER
Mr Robot now
Pipes can work as giant antennas.
Get help
So you’ve got a rectifier in your mouth? 🤣
Single family home? Get someone else to come over and see if they hear it, too. If you walk outside the front door, does it cut off cleanly at the threshold? Walk around the house and listen. See if it's stronger near the floor. See if you phone camera can record the sound. Put your ear up to the wall and see if it's louder. Or get something like a broomstick, put one end up against your ear, and the other end against the wall or the pipe. It sort of actls like a stethoscope. What happens if you stick your fingers in your ear?