u/Still-Conversation61

Severe Stuck Song Syndrome

This is my first reddit post so bear with me cause I don't really know how this works, but months ago I started getting songs stuck in my head pretty bad. This had happened to me a couple years ago but ended up going away pretty quickly, this time it has not. I know this isn't just like a regular earworm, I truly cannot function in my day to day life without blasting music in my ears, I'm actually typing this right now with music blaring. Whatever song I listen to last, a couple broken segments get involuntarily stuck in my head. I have never been diagnosed with any sort of ADHD or OCD but I know this can be associated with them, I would honestly consider myself to be a fairly healthy guy I just don't know what to do about this. It's to the point that I have to hide an airpod in my classes just so I can pay attention (very backwards I know). I I've tried all the dumb remedies like "chew gum", "listen to the song in full", "write the song down", none of those even come close to helping. I know there have been some studies that say some SSRI's have had positive effects, but I just wanted to ask if anyone has been in a similar spot and found medication that has given relief, I really cannot deal with day to day, it's insufferable. A big hobby of mine used to be reading, now that is mentally not possible anymore with how bad it is.

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u/Still-Conversation61 — 11 hours ago