Can't stop humming!

what can i do to stop!?

I completely relate to this and the humming is not always out loud, it is in my head a good part of the time. It literally is enough to drive oneself crazy. It is definitely not relaxing nor making me happy in anyway. I have always wondered if it is a combination of depression, OCD although I don’t have other symptoms of OCD, possibly a very very mild form of Tourette’s. When I was really young my neighbor used to make fun of me because I would blink for too long and my youngest son who is grown now did something similar but it stopped around age 14. Hi I have suffered from restless leg syndrome since I was a teenager and it wasn’t until I was prescribed a benzodiazepine Clonopin that I got relief from it but now I realize that that is a toxic drug and I am in the process of tapering off of it very slowly. I had relief from the humming and repetitive wordsIn my head after starting an SSRI 20 years ago and it wasn’t until I was a month into my tapering off of a benzodiazepine that this has come back as well as my restless leg syndrome and it is very concerning to me. SSR eyes work for depression as well as OCD so that is why I never anticipated trying to go off of it. I am hoping that it will go away as my brain heels from being on Clonopin for 10 years. At this point I have no plans to go off of my antidepressant.

God bless you for praying for me. Read and think of what I am going to tell you. When you get up each day, put on something nice even if you do not go anywhere. Put on some makeup, perfume and read the newspaper. That news in there should stimulate you to want to do better. Get you a lazy boy chair, and some good books, take time to pray for yourself. Thank God that he has given you another day and ask God what you can do for him. A lot of ideas will come to your head. What you are suffering from is depression. Pure and simple depression. In this case you have to change your way of living and do things you never thought you wanted to do. Take a walk in the park, offer your services to society's that need help. Get into an art class. I never had an ounce of painting sense and I went to an art class (Bob Ross) and loved it. When I came home my family asked me who painted that picture". I told them I did. It was so pretty. The more you get out, the more you will want to do. Take good care of yourself. Tell your MD that the medication is making you hum the wrong songs. I will keep you on my prayer list and you start immediately with my instructions. Write and let me know how well you are doing. The humming not going to kill us. Just aggrivates us.

Humming is driving me nuts! I'llhold my breath to try to stop it,soon as I breathe normal,it starts.Its a weird feeling like my throat needs to position itself right.i recently had a cold,and a sore throat, and because I couldn't do the hum thing properly,I felt like I was suffocating,which made me panic.My sons and husband can hear me humming downstairs,when they are upstairs.I can be in a foul mood,but walk around humming (also some weird grunting )like everything is fine,because I'm aware of the humming,it puts me off going out anywhere,because of what people will think.I feel sorry for my family,because it's got to annoy them,because it annoys me,but I just cant stop it ☹

Try researching Tourette Syndrome. To have Tourette's, you need to have both motor and vocal tics for atleast 12 months. stresses can bring on the symptoms. My kids have this with many other facial and body movements and involuntary vocal sounds (like humming, throat clearing etc)do you have OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) also? It all comes hand in hand... being a neurological condition. You can have anywhere from a mild to severe case.

Hi! Boy was I glad to come across your post! My husband (67) hums continuously during his waking hours. He rarely lets up, and it isn't even a recognizable tune! It's just humming without a melody. When watching TV he is quiet, but then the fidgets move in. He loves those Hostess Ding Dongs, which have a crinkly cellophane wrapper. Once he has eaten the Ding Dong he continuously crinkles the wrapper. If he has a napkin, he has to fidget with it by folding it into a tiny object, but at the same time, manages to make noise with that as well. If I say something, and he stops, but with an attitude, then the feet fidgets come into play whereby he keeps moving his feet back and forth on the carpet making a noise with that too, or must tap his fingers on something. He just seems to have to hum or fidget constantly! He gets angry with me because these things annoy me so damn much. Glad to know I'm not the only one going through this.

I am 36 years old and have found myself humming short, randomly made-up tunes repetitively for the past several years. And I hum anywhere and everywhere at any point...I know it is annoying for those around me and I would love to be able to stop but I, too, would like to find out if there is an underlying cause.

i have the same problem but no idea how to stop HELP

I to constantly hum. Only about 4 or 5 bars repeatedly constantly. The only time I have any peace is when I am sleeping. I have been doing this for about 4 years now. I have seen doctors as well as psychiatrist. No one has been able to help me. I have been given several medications for depression but nothing has worked. I have lost my ability to sing and lose my voice by the days end. This certainly isn't a happy humming. I am miserable. If anyone finds the answer please let me know. I'm glad not to be alone in this but sorry for your suffering.

I can fully understand your situation! I used to notice this would occur when I hadn't had significant sleep.

The same is still true but I now noticed if I had spent any sufficient time texting that this occurs.

I currently am under major significant stress! So I have to wonder if that doesn't factor in.

It could be irritation causing this, or stress. My brother used to do it, he takes antidepressants now.

I just found this thread today. The humming has come back for me and it is making me insane. It is atleast good to know I am not the only one. For me it first started when I was about 8 years old. I used to get in trouble at school for doing it and I wasn't even aware of it much of the time. It seemed to come and go, but when it came on it was impossible for me to control it. I remember it coming back on once when I was about 15yrs old and my mom yelling at me for it. I remember trying to tell her I couldn't stop and she just told me to stop being a smart ass and told me I sounded "like a retard". I left home not long after that and I think I went almost a decade free from the hum. I had wondered if it had to do with stress in some way because my childhood home was a miserable place. The hum came back a few days ago (that I am aware of) and it is constant. I catch myself doing it and idk what to do about it. It sounds like a joke to even try explaining it to people. Last night I was talking to my young adult daughter about it and how this issue had resurfaced, and she said, "you do that all the time mom. we are just used to it." That was news to me! I would love to find answers; or even guidance on where to look for answers and help.

I am so happy I found this thread. I don't feel like I'm completely losing my mind after reading so many similar comments.

I am 40 years old. I hum every minute I am awake. I suffer from insomnia as well, so I am humming almost a full 24 hours sometimes. I don't know the song I am humming. It is usually the same few sounds/notes.No matter what I am doing or where I am at, I catch myself humming. When I am cleaning or working on a task the humming gets more intense and non stop. When I catch myself, I tell myself to stop because I sound like a crazy person, but I physically can't stop. I don't know why. My husband tells me to just stop, and doesn't understand I can't. It annoys one of my kids to no end and she is constantly telling me to stop.

I pray non stop for God to take this away, but it never stops. I worry it is neurological.

The few similarities I read on here are :

-I used to be on anti-depressants but stopped over 9 months ago, and this didn't start until 2 months ago.

-I have insomnia

-I have high stress all the time

-I can't stop

-I hum the same few notes over and over and don't know where the notes are from

-People are annoyed with me

-I am soooo over this, it is driving me crazy!!!!

Some other things that may be related??

-I had covid 7 months ago

-I find myself having a hard time with speech sometimes. I am very social but I find when I talk there is a slurring or something weird I can't explain. I don't know if others notice it. My husband says he doesn't but I definitely notice it when it happens.

-I also started having numbness,tingling,and a dull achy pain through my arms/wrists/hands/last 2 fingers, and across my forehead. It feels like I'm hooked up to a shocking device on level 2 all day and every hour or 2 it will flare up like someone turned up the intensity to 6/7.

-I am severely anemic and get iron transfusions?

Does anyone have any answers yet?? I have an appointment with a rheumatologist in a few weeks, and tomorrow I'm going to make an appointment with a neurologist.