Posted by Emme on September 30, 2001, at 17:53:00
In reply to Overstimulation and anxiety, posted by Dinah on September 27, 2001, at 8:45:37
Hi Dinah,
Yes. Although I don't have problems with tactile oversensitivity. It's noises for me. Under normal conditions I'm sensitive to really loud noises like trucks and horns and rock bands. When I'm under stress, I really need a lot of quiet to work. But for a couple of hellish days this past week I couldn't tolerate the sound of a phone ringing or other people's voices. I though I was going to just disintegrate. I understand exactly what you mean about feeling like your nerve endings are raw. As if all the wires in my nervous system are pulled too tightly. Some Neurontin and Klonopin have helped quite a bit.
When my anxiety is poorly controlled, I sometimes just feel generally overstimulated, like a little kid who's all wound up. It seems like anxiety can manifest itself in so many ways and I do think your nervous system can become sensitive to too much input. I hope your pdoc can help you find something to ease your discomfort. Ask him about Neurontin.Emme
> Has anyone else reached the point of anxiety where it seems that all your nerve endings are unbelievably stimulated? My bangs are hurting my forehead where they touch. My dress is irritating my legs where it touches. A light breeze feels like my skin is being scraped. I feel like I need to wrap myself up tightly like a mummy so that no stimulus can reach me. It often comes in the days after a panic attack, but sometimes on its own. It can last for days and what seems like weeks. My pdoc just looks at me and nods (like he does for everything). I'm sometimes not sure how much doctors know about the physical symptoms of being anxious or depressed or withdrawing from meds. So I'm not sure if what if this is just my imagination or if I am really feeling it.
> Thanks,
> Dinah
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