Hi Julie,
On your radio show from a few years ago, you spoke of your “brain chatter”? Can you explain what you mean by this?For myself, sometimes I just run the same words over and over in my head when I am anxious, maybe in a group of people. I do not believe it to be psychosis (i.e. audio hallucinations), or even a delusion, but one thing I do know it to be: annoying. It is even as if it exists in a certain physical location in my skull.
Weird—huh?
I told my sister about it who said, “No you don’t!”
I lied and agreed with her, “You’re right, I don’t.” 🙂
C.
Hi C.
Ah, brain chatter. This is what I call the brain in a blender feeling I get when I’m sick. I have so many thoughts and sounds in my head I have trouble functioning. It’s like having a group of people following me around while talking to each other through my ears.
I get it with agitated depression – the opposite would be catatonic depression where I don’t really have thoughts at all.
Agitated depression is noisy- there are often comments about what you’re doing wrong and how you’re never succeed. You can hear conversations you have already had or ones you’re going to have.
The brain chatter is really bad when I’m psychotic as the noises are distorted and very confusing. They just won’t be quiet. Sometimes I hear someone talking to me or feel like I’m at a very loud party where I’m not a welcome guest.
You can have manic brain chatter as well.
I simply use the term brain chatter to mean the thoughts, sounds, noises, voices, music, etc in your head that you don’t want there. You didn’t ask for it and you want it to go away so that you can think clearly.
When I started to get a lot better last year, the main improvement was LESS BRAIN CHATTER.
My book Get it Done When You’re Depressed has techniques for getting rid of it.
That’s funny that you had to lie to your sister! We can’t expect everyone to understand our weird brains!
Julie
I’m so very glad you talked about this. I was beginning to wonder if I was the only one. Each day “the voices” in my head grow louder & louder until I feel as if I am going to go off the deep end! Also, they start getting worse as the day progresses so that by dusk/night, I am absolutely crazy! I cannot take it anymore!!!! (I am also seeing some visual hallucinations which I find easier to deal with than “brain chatter”.)
Any1 else going thru this? What do *you* do to help yourself?
(I’ve already tried all meds & the side effects, believe it or not, are worse than the “brain chatter” if that is even possible!)
The world right now is awful for me. My brain never stops. Seroquel, lamicta;,adderral,trazodone,carbazepine,and other meds are awful. So much weight gain,elevated lipids and at leat been through 4 docs. I will be so happy to get my brain to turn off at times. I’m hoping your website helps me out.
Hi. I have not been diagnosed with any disorder (yet). I have brain chatter. It usually comes in spurts of a few days consecutively before an anxiety attack. I also have trouble moving from subject quickly in conversations. In addition to this, I have pretty serious mood swings, the most common one is impatience or anger. Does this sound familiar to anyone? My grandfather passed recently, and I was with him through the process. The brain chatter seemed to begin after soon after the funeral. Thanks for any input.
if doctor prescribe me an oleanz,nozinan and benadryl what mentall illness that i have?
Hello! If I had a doctor prescribe me anything- I would get the answer to this question from the doctor! We are 100% responsible for what we put into our bodies. If you have a mental health disorder- the first step is getting your doctor to be honest with a diagnosis- you can then ask WHY each medication is prescribed. WE PAY OUR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS! We get to ask them any question they want. We are the boss. Julie