Noises

Teresag56

Just curious does any if your loved ones make loud random noises. Every time my mom sits down or rides in the car she makes these loud yawning sounds and she will do it over and over...some days it drives me crazy.

RobOT

It's very common.  I think it might sometimes be an anxiety release, and other times--as my dad's psychiatrist said--it's just something to do. My father taps and wiggles his feet.

Kath50

Yes! My mom does it every day. She literally can’t exhale without making some kind of noise. She does it more when she is restless, nervous, impatient or her mind isn’t tuned into the tv or music. Fake coughing, yawning, loud sighs, clicking tongue, clearing her throat. Sometimes she’ll start one noise and halfway thru start another. It drives me nuts! When she sits down, it’s several noises, usually a big sigh, saying finally, followed up with a fake cough. Some days I internally don’t let it bother me and I laugh to myself. Other days, it causes me so much anxiety because there is never quietness around her. It’s really sad.

French

Oh I feel less alone !

My partner yawns loudly all day, especially when he is alone. He blows and sighs too. When he blows it’s a little like horses with the lips that vibrate. When something isn’t going as he wants, I hear a tong noise.

He also starts to eat or drink noisily which makes the children open their eyes wide. 

This is probably associated with a loss of inhibition 

harshedbuzz

My dad did this as well as making nonsense sub-vocalizations. I almost got the sense it was an attention-seeking behavior at times because it ramped up a lot if someone was in the house other than just my mom as if he was competing for attention or just reminding us he was there.

Once I was doing some financial sleuthing online at their house; turns out dad had 5 internet security suites on auto-renewal that I was trying to clean up. While in another room, I heard him vocalized every 20 seconds. Yes. I timed him.

My friend's mom developed a clicking behavior with her dentures that was more like a tic. Dad's sighing and nonsense words were annoying at times, but her mom's tic made you feel like your hair was on fire. 

HB

Teresag56

Well I am glad I am not alone...lol...I try to ignore but somedays . Now she is whistling or trying too oh so irritating....Alzheimer's and dementia is the most awful disease ever...thanks for the support

WheezeHandler

Not alone in this irritation! I know it's time for a breather when I want to poke out my ear drums to stop hearing the constant: sighing, nose blowing, or finger circles she makes on her legs that sound like a needle riding at the end of a record. I know she can't help it and sometimes I take it in stride. But gosh, there are times when it makes me want to crawl out of my skin! If someone else is home, I take a 15 minute "quite" pause with ear plugs in and focus on the sound of my own breath. If I'm the only one home, I usually try to distract her with an activity. Good luck!

French

Yes, also the nose blowing or sniffing. I have also forgotten the « psittt psittt » with the lips to the cat every 30 seconds... ( poor cat, how can she sleep ?) and the crackling noise of the 130 years old wooden floor when he turns around the living room table ... almost half the daytime. 

I often have to isolate myself not to explode.