‘Earworms’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist

Q: OK, I’m not hearing voices exactly. I am being treated for depression (Zoloft 100 mg) and Seroquel 25 mg at night to help me sleep. I’ve been on Zoloft for 15 years and the Seroquel for about three years.
For many years, however, and even before I started the above meds, when I’m lying in [...]

Q: My beautiful, smart, confident, and happy 19-year-old 2nd year college student is going thought a harrowing experience, and I hope you can shed some light and hope for her. Literally, as though a switch had been hit, she was at a party with her friends (New Year’s Eve) and prior to any drinking, started [...]

Q: Can you get earworms from having premenstrual dysphoric disorder? The reason I’m asking is that before I got the music (earworms) I do remember becoming depressed around that time of the month. So I was just wondering if that could have lead to the earworms. Thanks.

A: An “earworm” is a song or a part [...]

Q: I am hoping with your experience you can help me. I suffer with “obsessions”, one thought that will stay with me almost the entire time I am awake. They can go on for months, sometimes years. They can vary but usually don’t really involve something I am really worried about. I start out worried [...]

Q: I am a 24-year-old female. In March of this year I woke with a song stuck in my head (so I thought). I now have constant music playing in my head. When I hear a song on the radio, TV, etc. it stays in my head till I hear another. So I pretty much [...]