Auditory Hallucinations When Tinnitus Gets Worse?

I've had tinnitus all of my life, but recently (around 2016), when my tinnitus "acts up" (don't know the terminology) I sometimes will hear things like music, repetitive noises (beeps, phone notifications, knocks, etc), and especially while I'm trying to sleep, voices. It's gotten worse the past couple years since. I don't have any history of mental illness besides general anxiety disorder. I never brought it up because I always thought people might call me crazy, but after telling a friend recently, I now think I should look more into it.

Because it usually happens when my tinnitus "acts up", I feel it is connected in some way. Does anyone else experience this? Thanks for reading!

 

Maybe it’s some type of musical ear syndrome. Even though you don’t hear music.

 

YES, exactly like what you have. See my thread in "Introduce Yourself.":

Tinnitus Just Gets Worse and Worse: Now I Hear a Baritone Man's Voice Chanting Over and Over

The only time I don't notice it is when I'm asleep. I have depression but no mental illness. I don't tell most people because I'm afraid they'll call me crazy too. I was doing OK until the man's baritone chanting started in just the afternoons.

 

I also have this - most recently I will hear bird calls or other strange dynamic noises which are not a tone. How are you holding up?

 

I think it's hyperactivity spilling over into other areas of the brain that causes this... my theory.

 

Yes between awake and asleep I hear beeps, voices, and other strange things.

 

I usually hear police sirens, since I play a lot of GTA Online, but yesterday and today it was okay, I didn't hear that much. The white noise is still with me tho.

 

I was just about to ask about auditory hallucinations and found this old thread.

I have had them occasionally for a year or so. They always sound like real sounds, e.g., a dog barking, my wife calling my name, an electronic device beeping while on mute. The disturbing ones are like someone rattling a doorknob which makes me get out of bed to look.

I don't see any correlation with my chronic tinnitus, which remains unchanged. It's certainly strange.