Constant music in my head.

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Ever since I can remember I have suffered with intrusive thoughts, recently these focused on my relationship (Will he leave me? Does he really love me? Do I even love him?) or they would be random (my dog/son being hit by a truck)
About a month ago these incessant thoughts became too much for me and I began having extreme anxiety and panic attacks complete with feelings of utter doom and the feeling I would never feel sane again.

After a particularly trying day of panic my partner arranged a doctors appointment for me in which the GP prescribed 50mg of Sertraline and 20mg of propranolol. The side effects of the sertraline were hard going for the first two weeks, I had heightened anxiety, insomnia, suppressed appetite and I became such an Olympic yawner that I swear my jaw touched the floor every time.
Going into the third week these things started to lift and the intrusive thoughts, although still there, were not so debilitating to me.

Now I find I have songs playing in my head constantly from when I wake up to when I go to bed. All different songs, easily triggered by hearing words or phrases ( I.e saw the word Holy and now have Holy Diver by Ronnie James fucking Dio stuck in my head)

My partner thinks this could be normal as he has lots of music going through his mind, what with him being a musician and all.
This is a very new thing for me though and it's driving me batty.
Is this something to worry about or is this my new normal??
Has anyone else experienced something similar?
Thanks in advance and Yay, this is my first ever mumsnet post ( finally driven to posting by the music!)

I have always had music in my head, for as long as I can remember. I thought it was normal and everyone had it until I realised that people complaining about songs stuck in their head weren't just complaining because it was a particularly annoying song, they were complaining because it was a song at all - and that most people don't experience this constantly, but only occasionally.

I was diagnosed as an adult with ADHD and apparently it is quite common. I can get it to go away by playing actual music, so that's what I do a lot of the time. Occasionally it is not even a song but a sentence or a piece of dialogue from a film etc or a set of words that I have read. It can be quite frustrating, but I'm used to it.

I think it could be related to the medication, perhaps? It might be worth going back to the doctors and explaining your problem.

Thank you for your reply.

I'm hoping it is my brain adjusting to the medication and maybe it will wear off 🤞🏻
Or maybe I will get used to it and it will be my new normal.

I'm trying to remain positive as overall the sertraline does seem to help me, it's just this one niggle I have.
I will definitely tell the doctor and the therapist when I get my counselling.