Posted by susan C on August 12, 2001, at 21:05:50
In reply to Noise hypersensitivity...anyone?, posted by Paige on August 12, 2001, at 20:21:26
Yes, At one point, this summer, when I take a rest in the mid afternoon, a male robin was defending his territory. I think where he was some how amplified his call by bouncing off other buildings to my open window. Finally, I got up, went out and tried to find him. to somehow break the constant calling. He must have been responding to the threat of one of the numerous neighborhood cats. It went on for weeks. Then, silence. It drove me nuts.
I have teenagers in the house and realized one day that they had to 1. wear headphones if they were going to play shooting games, 2. Not use the bathroom for showers and getting ready for bed after 9:00. It was a simple thing to ask for, but I just never had done it. I now use my reaction to sounds as a measure of how well a medication may be working.
And finally, like some TV shows, content as well as sound, peoples voices, types of music can set me off in either direction: soothing or agitated.
Good question.
-s> Has anyone experienced a hypersensitivity to loud voices,
> or noise in general of any kind? I feel like I am at
> the edge of my seat some and most times if sound is too
> loud, this would include birds chirping (I know it sounds
> pathetic) loud voices (adults and children) I get so i cannot
> hear anything anymore and frustration level is very high.
> Is this merely a high anxiety level or something possibly else?
> I get very tense and anxious when this happens. I only
> take 1mg of klonopin at night. The side effect of all the noise
> would be relative to ongoing PMS. If anyone would care
> to share and join in with the sympathies and possible
> similar stories I would appreciate it. I am under a lot
> of stress, but somehow this noise thing is really
> geting worse.
>
> Thanks for listening (that isn't a pun, really it isn't)
> Paige
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