Hypersensitive to noise, light and sound

Does anyone ever get hypersensitive to the noise, light and sound all around them? Smells sometimes make me almost vomit, and noise hurts my ears and brain so much

I get this way frequently. Soft noises sound like they are pounding on my head. Light is painful in my eyes. Smells, UGH. Add on to that hypersensitive to touch too. I can't stand to be touched, it's feels anywhere between physically uncomfortable to painful. Crowded areas are hard for me to be in because there is so much input it overwhelms me.

People with migraine headaches sometimes go through periods like this. FWIW

I know what that's like. It's common in bipolar people, especially during mood episodes. The senses are heightened to a point where things that don't normally register in our brains, become noxious and distressing to us. I can get extremely irritable if the TV sound is too loud, if there's a clothing tag rubbing against my neck (although I usually remove them for this reason), if my husband's model paints are open. When I'm not in an episode, none of this bothers me.

The more stressed I am the more sensitive I am, particularly to noise and touch. When I was psychotic, people's voices felt like knives in my brain. When I am irritable I can't stand noise or to be touched and that comes with both ends of the spectrum. It's unfortunate bc I have a young son who doesn't understand so I really have to reel myself in at times so I don't upset him. It's not his fault mommy doesn't want a hug.

I get this to the extreme, especially noise.