[PuffinMuffins]

I honestly don't know if this is the right subforum for this question because I don't know what it is lol.
more easily when I'm tired, but not exclusively, I seem to get easily overstimulated by sounds especially. for instance I'm tired and just had to leave my living room because my room mates watching a movie and with every sound I get this horrible feeling. I've always gotten this feeling but it seems to be happening more easily, maybe just because I've been relatively stressed and working quite a bit.

when I hear sounds coming from multiple directions, loud sounds or sounds of certain higher pitches, I get these "zappy" feelings in my head, the best way I can describe it haha. I see these sort of pulsing spider Web type visuals that accompany the zappy feelings. if it gets bad or I don't remove myself from the sounds, I feel the zaps throughout whole body and eventually start to feel weak and shakey as if I'd just had way too much caffeine. sometimes I get dizzy and nauseous. the sounds don't actually hurt my ears, they just cause this weird electric shock effect. this also makes me nervous and irritable comparable to the feeling one gets when one really, really "needs" a cigarette.

it's most obvious and unbearable with sounds but also sometimes lights of they come from multiple sources, or a mixture of stimuli like a relatively bright light that wouldn't normally bother me + a sound of a certain pitch that wouldn't normally bother me. certain types of complex music also have this effect, like most classical music or complicated guitar solos.

I also tend to have issues hearing certain lower pitches - women speaking are generally much easier for me to understand than men, the lower the pitch the more difficult it is for me to essentially translate the words being spoken into something I can understand, if that makes sense.

it's not a horribly crippling affliction or anything, I tend to calm down if I can retreat to dark/dim light and near quiet for a few minutes. I'm just wondering exactly what the hell this is and what the cause might be because it seems as though no one knows what I'm talking about when I try to explain it and I haven't spoken to anyone about it who also experiences this.

[zapatoes]

It may be synthesia and/or misphonia. Also I believe migraine sufferers are bothered by loud noises before a migraine starts.

[Wild Coyote]

I am very sensitive to noises.

I feel noises go through me when it's worse!


WC

[Deejay14]

Happens when my PTSD gets activated. It gets loud in my head and it feels like everything is screaming at me!

[MickeyCheeky]

Perhaps you can ask your doctor?

[seeker33]

That happens to me, too. There are multiple reasons. Some people are just born Highly Sensitive (see the book by Dr. Elaine Aron). For others it may come from trauma, anxiety, autistic spectrum or physical reasons.

[xmascarol]

Originally Posted by PuffinMuffins

I honestly don't know if this is the right subforum for this question because I don't know what it is lol.
more easily when I'm tired, but not exclusively, I seem to get easily overstimulated by sounds especially. for instance I'm tired and just had to leave my living room because my room mates watching a movie and with every sound I get this horrible feeling. I've always gotten this feeling but it seems to be happening more easily, maybe just because I've been relatively stressed and working quite a bit.

when I hear sounds coming from multiple directions, loud sounds or sounds of certain higher pitches, I get these "zappy" feelings in my head, the best way I can describe it haha. I see these sort of pulsing spider Web type visuals that accompany the zappy feelings. if it gets bad or I don't remove myself from the sounds, I feel the zaps throughout whole body and eventually start to feel weak and shakey as if I'd just had way too much caffeine. sometimes I get dizzy and nauseous. the sounds don't actually hurt my ears, they just cause this weird electric shock effect. this also makes me nervous and irritable comparable to the feeling one gets when one really, really "needs" a cigarette.

it's most obvious and unbearable with sounds but also sometimes lights of they come from multiple sources, or a mixture of stimuli like a relatively bright light that wouldn't normally bother me + a sound of a certain pitch that wouldn't normally bother me. certain types of complex music also have this effect, like most classical music or complicated guitar solos.

I also tend to have issues hearing certain lower pitches - women speaking are generally much easier for me to understand than men, the lower the pitch the more difficult it is for me to essentially translate the words being spoken into something I can understand, if that makes sense.

it's not a horribly crippling affliction or anything, I tend to calm down if I can retreat to dark/dim light and near quiet for a few minutes. I'm just wondering exactly what the hell this is and what the cause might be because it seems as though no one knows what I'm talking about when I try to explain it and I haven't spoken to anyone about it who also experiences this.

The one thing that triggers a anxiety attack with me is my stupid hot water heater. It hums so loud I have to yell at it to shut up. When they built these apartments they installed them of all places right in the kitchen so I have to listen to that noise every single time it goes off. It runs for about 13-15 minutes it drives me crazy I can stand it for about five -ten minutes but after that ugh I just put my radio on with my headphones. It kind of drowns out the noise. However if it doesnt shut off after 13 minutes I lose it. Just tonight I sat here listening to the noise as I call it for about five minutes I just couldnt take it anymore on goes the headphones but I could still here that awful humming noise when it didnt shut off after 13 minutes I ripped into it I have told my land lady and the guy who fixes things that it gives me bad panic attacks sometimes they are so bad I start to cry. They were not very understanding they looked at me as if I was a nut case. I told them I want that thing shut off half of the time I dont use water. They said they cannot do that it is against the law to have no heat or hot water especially for the elderly. So in the meantime I have to suffer every single time that thing runs. I was doing pretty good there for awhile but it is bothering me again. It is like it triggers something off in my mind. I feel as though I am yelling at someone. .Funny thing was whenever I sat outside and there was a train coming the noise did not bother me the only thing is I couldnt hear anything because it was so loud. Maybe because I know the train will go away .I have this awful fear that the heater wont shut off and I wont know what to do. I can shut the fuse off but I would get into trouble for it, It scares the hot water heater heck out of me. Every ones is noisy. I think they think that I have a screw loose. Let them sit in here and have to listen to that noise. So I understand how you feel.

[mote.of.soul]

Hi,

It also sounds like something called 'brain zaps' which is sometimes a side effect of coming of psychiatric medication.

Have you recently tapered of any antidepressants or the like, PuffinMuffins?

[mote.of.soul]

*off ...