I suffer from pretty much the same thing as you, perhaps not to the same extent though.

Oh, by the way - a very warm welcome to PC.

I cannot handle repetitive noises such as dogs barking (my own poor dogs get told to keep quiet often enough), my son's incessant chatter gets me very anxious sometimes, lawnmowers, hammering, neighbour's music, like you, revving cars and motorbikes that are forever going up and down my quiet street, sometimes even the sound of wind and hard rain is too much to bear. The most confusing is the sound of birds .... sometimes I just can't handle all that chirping!

I could handle a rock concert though ..... doesn't make sense!

Very often, when the family have left for work and school, I work in total (except for outside noises) silence. I work from home so that makes it easier! It helps me to cope sometimes.

I can also become quite the nasty just because I am anxious from noises. My son, who is 9 now, understands .... even though I am forever on at him to turn the volume down on the TV.

I cannot explain why this happens. Very often I tell myself to just back up, I'm being unreasonable but I just get very anxious with too much noise all around me. Perhaps it is because my own head is noisy enough!

Don't be afraid to go to a doctor. If it is affecting your daily life to such an extent, that might be a wise thing to do. It isn't fair to you that you should be crying all day!

I understand your fear of being wacked out on meds with a young child - but not all meds should wack you out, even if it is often a "trial & error" sort of process.

Please get help if you are so afraid. I really do understand where you are coming from and what you are going through!