I'm twitching...

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I'm twitching...
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Fri, 05-06-2005 - 12:43pm

Hi everyone, well between the meds, maybe the natural course of things and intentional sleep deprevation I think I'm on the way back up. I'm afraid it's going to be an irritable mania because I'm already all jumpy and super sensitive to sounds in particular but other senses to.

I need as much information as you can give me about this sense sensitivity. And I love to hear other people's experience.

I'm sorry if this sounds weird to you, it does to me and I don't mean that as an insult, but this just doesn't feel quite right or real. Like I have never been here before. Like...i don't know something's just not right.

Amanda

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Mon, 05-09-2005 - 5:21pm

Hi, Amanda! I get that sensory overload, too. Mostly mine is with my vision. It's almost like everything I see is in slow motion. If it's moving fast, I see the little trails behind it, like in time-lapse photography. I don't get this all the time, but when I do it makes me nauseous and really confused. Sometimes I get it with my hearing. It's like I'll hear somebody say something in English, but unless they're talking slowly it sounds like Swedish or something. I can't make sense of anything spoken. Very weird. It doesn't usually last very long with me, but it's still disturbing. Often I'll take a nap or I'll escape by myself for a little while (30 minutes or so) and then it'll be better. It's like I just have to regroup and then rejoin reality.


What are your experiences like so far? Anything similar? Have you mentioned this to your docs at all? I've heard that sometimes that can be a result of some meds. ??

~ Aislinn

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Wed, 05-11-2005 - 2:25pm

Hi Aislin, thanks for the reply.

In my experience, it's just like normal sounds are the most horrible sounds in the world. You know how you cringe when someone drags their fingernails down a chalkboard (even if i think about that *shudder* ice cubes are like that too...going on a tangent) well normal sounds do that to me. And it's just AHHHH please shut up/stop doing that, whatever.

And the other aspect, the only way I can think to describe it is like people came back from the war with (what is now called) PTSD and hear a car backfire and think it's bombs and guns. Well sounds were making me feel like that. I didn't identify it as a gun or anything, rather didn't know what it was, but it caused me to jump and feel scared.

I haven't mentioned it to the dr. My memory is so screwed up. I'm sure I've read about this alot and now I can't seem to find anything about it...same with other things lately!

Thanks

Hugs,

Amanda

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