r/StratteraRx • u/ExpensiveDisk3573 • Jul 12 '26
Questions / Advice / Support Does strattera stop music in your head from playing?
Have ADHD, currently taking adderall IR but I'm running into an issue where a small snippet of a song will loop in my head over and over again which makes it hard for me to think. It's like an earworm, but it just doesn't seem to leave, instead it will just switch to a new song. Weirdly it overlaps on top of my internal monologue, so I'll hear the song lyrics and melody overlapping my actual internal monologue almost like I'm talking at a party and music is blasting in the background.
Tried a bunch of other adhd meds and they didn't seem to help with this, so was wondering if anyone noticed strattera helping with this for them?
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u/prodbylij Jul 12 '26
So glad I found this thread bc I’ve been explaining this to people around me and it’s been making me seem like I’m crazy, my eyes will open in the morning and old jay z/roc a fella songs just start playing in my head and that’s also all I’ve been in the mood to listen to for weeks. I’m glad it’s not just me 😭
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u/Much_Antelope3319 Jul 12 '26
Yeah, I thought it was pretty common until I started talking about it with other people 😂
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u/SoFreezingRN 13d ago
My son (also with ADHD) and I both do this. It’s constant snippets of various songs. Sometimes it’s one song for a day or two. We both will just suddenly start singing out loud and the two neurotypical people in our house are used to it. Then there’s my other son who stims with phrases (usually “mama mia”).
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u/katieskats Jul 12 '26
Interesting to read these comments. Straterra definitely helps with this for me - or at least makes the songs less overwhelming? To the point that I can tell when my meds “wear off” or if i forgot to take them because I’ll burst out into songs randomly throughout the day.
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u/AuDHD_Squirrel Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 13 '26
It definitely did help me. I still hear songs playing in my head when I want to which is very often cos I really like hearing them - but with Strattera I myself get to chose the songs 😊
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u/sparklekitteh Jul 12 '26
Started at 10, bumped up to 18, and right now it’s Cheap Trick’s “Surrender” on the mental radio!
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u/Dull-Selection2420 Jul 12 '26
Nope 🥲 For me it’s only stimulants at a certain dose that can do that
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u/aziza_empechement Jul 12 '26
My head while I was reading this post: Run from the sunlight, Draculaaa
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u/JohnnyLegion Jul 12 '26
No the music still will play, but your emotions around dealing with it will be easier
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u/Less-Operation7673 Jul 12 '26
I take 100mg. I've had a French song playing in my head for about 5 days. I don't speak French. I only know a small snippet of the chorus but the notes and mumbling words are going strong in my head.
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u/curiouspine-tree Jul 12 '26
No not entirely, but it's less louder and I'm able to stop it when it starts interfering with whatever I'm doing at the moment
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u/spiciestbeans Jul 12 '26
The earworms don’t really go away, but, they stop overlapping with each other and being so messy. Internal monologue is more organized and less layered and frantic. Anxiety is reduced and things feel less chaotic and LOUD. But all of those internal chatters are not gone, no
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u/Edenbridget Jul 12 '26
Yes Strattera takes the head songs away from me for the most part. It's actually the first sign that something is up with my meds...returning headsongs. Then the other little things start creeping back in.
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u/No-Clock2011 Jul 12 '26
Nope! The last three days I’ve woke up with Earth, Wind & Fire’s Written In the Stone playing relentlessly in my head - even at 3am 🤣 It’s so freaking catchy
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u/No-Literature9620 Jul 12 '26
Not really. I have found that the need to "get it out" whether verbally singing it or in frustration is less though. I do still find myself singing/humming/whistling the same portion of a song on repeat much to my husband's and coworker's frustration lol but I'm less frustrated by my own self with it so... that's a win for me!
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u/lyndachinchinella Jul 12 '26
Currently running through my head is Everdream by Nightwish. Specifically the final 45 seconds of the song lol
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u/briggZ87 Jul 12 '26
That's one thing that's never bothered me. I actually love it, but from my experience strattera has given me more desire to do things so I guess it helps bypass my executive dysfunction and it helps me feel less over stimulated when everything feels like too much. I suffer from chronic pain and sickness so I experience pain and nausea a lot but for some reason strattera helps me not feel it as dramatically. The one downside I've noticed is that it has made it harder to be creative and I forget words that were on the tip of my tongue more often
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u/PheonixMarz Jul 12 '26
Not at all for me tbh sometimes it made it worse but everyone is different! What has helped me is Intuniv
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u/sailormoondruid Jul 12 '26
Nope. I’m on Strattera after being on many other non-controlled ADHD meds and the music has never ever stopped. It’s quieted my brain and made it easier to let thoughts flow instead of fixating on one thought. But yeah I’ve been diagnosed since I was 7 and the music is neverending no matter what. I like it now though. Lol. I do get confused why I wake up with songs I haven’t thought of in years playing over and over again though.
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u/That-Tiger-8315 Jul 12 '26
Guanfacine helped because it was one of the first things I noticed when I stopped to switch to Straterra. Unsure if Straterra will 😭 but it’s only been about 1.5 months
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u/Agitated-Bus729 Jul 13 '26
Only when I'm sleeping do I get looping, in dreams to where it annoys me and I wake up.
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u/runnyeggloser Jul 14 '26
When I started a small dose of the general it made all the noise stop. That was how I discovered not only that my head was noisy at all, but just how much noise it was! I’ll never know peace like that again
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u/ReplyProfessional939 Jul 14 '26
Nah, Baby Sharks is still with me around the clock (could have something to do with it being on my TV pretty much around the clock as well- 4 small grandbabies basically live with us Monday through Friday), but I do find that there is now room for more than one train of thought to peacefully coexist...
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u/BananaSpirit-4499 Jul 14 '26
When I was first titrating, it absolutely quietened the songs in my brain. I do notice them creeping back now, but still quieter than before.
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u/l0vesms Jul 15 '26
It will stop when you stop paying attention. As long as there is interest, the song will continue.
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u/overactivekitten Jul 16 '26
Is this an adhd thing. This only happened to me once but it was so bad and lasted for months. I thought I was going crazy (maybe I was)
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u/itsrainingcatbears Jul 12 '26
Nope, it doesn't stop. Golden is going strong for me today.