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Post by newdawnfades on Aug 20, 2015 10:32:49 GMT
I seem to have been suffering from this for some time now.
My main triggers are hearing a neighbors TV or music. When it happens, I feel it is all I can focus on and just wondered if anyone else had experience of this?
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Post by manson88 on Aug 20, 2015 12:11:27 GMT
Oh yes it's common on here to hear this one.
Auditory processing disorder. Common with Adhd cause autism could be a factor. Certain noise can be over bearing one of mine is a child squealing at the top of its lungs.
It's been known for me to have ear plugs near by.
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Post by vagueandrandom on Aug 20, 2015 12:22:26 GMT
Me too - screaming children, anything that beeps, birdsong, ticking clocks. . .I could go on and on. . . and it doesn't have to be loud. I also am very sensitive to smells.
I've started carrying earplugs everywhere with me.
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Post by newdawnfades on Aug 20, 2015 13:05:28 GMT
Sorry to hear that others have this too.
I live in a house with the thinnest walls and although TV next is not that loud, the fact I can hear it drives me to distraction.
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Post by chappy on Aug 20, 2015 14:38:56 GMT
Noise in general don't bother me, in fact I need some background noise (a fan or talk radio) to be able to fall asleep. What really drives me mad to the point that I get a fight or flight response is people eating with their mouths open. I get a boiling rage inside that's all out of proportion, like someone was spitting in my face or something. I have not eaten with my brother for about 15 years because of this. I have read about a condition called Misophonia and it seems pretty spot on to what I have. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misophonia
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Post by newdawnfades on Aug 20, 2015 15:25:11 GMT
Noise in general don't bother me, in fact I need some background noise (a fan or talk radio) to be able to fall asleep. What really drives me mad to the point that I get a fight or flight response is people eating with their mouths open. I get a boiling rage inside that's all out of proportion, like someone was spitting in my face or something. I have not eaten with my brother for about 15 years because of this. I have read about a condition called Misophonia and it seems pretty spot on to what I have. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misophonia I have read a lot of misophonia. Mine is just TV and loud music but the eating one seems to be fairly common with misophonia.
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Post by contrarymary on Aug 20, 2015 16:55:59 GMT
sound sensitivity is really common with adhd & with asd. it can be a trait or part of sensory processing disorder (SPD). there are a gazillion threads on this... maybe worth running a search to see what people have previously come up with - there's a lot of accrued wisdom on this forum
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Post by tessaract on Aug 21, 2015 2:13:52 GMT
Yes, I hear noises that nobody else hears. React quite strongly to screaming babies, neighbours upstairs sounding like a herd of elephants and its all i can focus on. I have a kind of extreme reaction and I just want to run away. I wrote a bit about this on 5 A4 pages that I brought to my assessment and I think it may have been a big factor on my diagnosis of aspergers. In my opinion I think it can be part of ADHD.
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Post by skycaptain on Aug 21, 2015 6:37:26 GMT
I get this too! So many of you have mentioned screaming children! This is the worst! Its like someone sticking 10" needles through my eardrums!! Sometimes I don't mind a bit of background noise, but if a noise is past a certain decibel that its all I can focus on and it gets irritating. Like next door neighbors TV. He's ALWAYS got it on and he has it so loud sometimes I can actually hear the exact words and its always during the night its the loudest
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2015 7:02:00 GMT
Earplugs! They're the best! I've spent years finding the best possible ones for sleeping. Ended up with really cheap ones that are soft and shut out almost everything. My next step is moving to a cottage in the middle of nowhere. One great advantage is that I have found I can really enjoy high quality music because I can readily pick up the details. I'm now enjoying listening to high resolution audio by plugging in my earphones, shutting my eyes and forgetting the rest of the world. Great therapy because I sense more of the world than normal people. There just isn't the usual filter. Everything is registered.
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Post by newdawnfades on Aug 21, 2015 11:32:57 GMT
I've been sleeping with ear plugs for over 15 years now. Feels odd without them at night now.
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Post by manson88 on Aug 21, 2015 14:27:28 GMT
I use the memory foam ones. The guys use them for shooting.
I use to work in a factory before my lorry driving days. I would had lined my pockets with the ear plugs so that I have a good supply.
I would've also kept my ears plugged ontil I got out of work and we'll on my way home.
When you plug your ears for a while you do get use to it. Then they get sore I would take them out.
Lol the things that we do.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2015 15:43:10 GMT
No significant noise sensitivity here. I think I am more the type of noise-maker that irritates other.
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Post by vagueandrandom on Aug 22, 2015 12:41:49 GMT
Current situation giving an excellent example: It's hot, so I have to sit at the back of the house and it's Saturday, so I'm looking forward to reading the paper. I have radio 4 on in the background to mask most of the annoying sounds as I do most of the time. Overexcited small girls have a paddling pool party out of the back . . then someone's cutting their hedge. . . here comes the ice-cream van. . . it makes me want to scream!!!! Tried earplugs, but can't hear the radio, so it's too quiet - time to get out the radio ear-defenders - YES! I might look stupid, but no-one here to see
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Post by contrarymary on Aug 22, 2015 14:11:21 GMT
Current situation ...makes me want to scream!!!! Tried earplugs, but can't hear the radio, so it's too quiet - time to get out the radio ear-defenders - YES! I might look stupid, but no-one here to see empathy the trouble is that sound layers up, so making our own sounds louder just adds to the pain - the other sounds are all still there and it all becomes v stressful in an end-of-the-world sort of way i've tried: *cotton wool - removes the pain from the sound but i can still hear *earplugs - don't like that they muffle everything and make me louder in my own ears *pink noise devices to retrain my brain's experience of sound - couldn't cope with having them in my ears at all, let alone turning them on *bog standard ear defenders (DIY sort)- they work for those difficult noises you can't avoid - neighbours drilling/having a party/police helicopters circling at 3am etc. (the former more likely to happen than the latter!) i had hearing tests in a specialist unit a few years ago, headed by someone who had training in neurology as well as hearing. it was way before i'd heard of adhd, asd, apd, spd etc. they diagnosed me with "global sensory disinhibition syndrome" ie my brain registered sensory input as pain. i always wonder how far getting a label depends what specialist you see what seems to work best for me is to consult consultants, rather than putting way too much trust in the medical profession to tell me about myself, and work out what works for me, one thing at a time
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Post by vagueandrandom on Aug 22, 2015 17:52:52 GMT
I know what you mean contrarymary it IS painful and I have been known to ACTUALLY SCREAM (with fingers in ears) in public to drown it out. Until ADHD came into my life and made me join the dots, I thought that I just found noises particularly irritating/annoying. It was one of the things that made me get an ASD assessment (when they suggested ADD). I'd not considered that my perception of noise (and all sorts of other things) was not the same as everyone else. This is from someone who'll get up in the middle of the night at my mums' to turn off the dishwasher which has finished and is beeping and is driving me up the wall. An ex used to wear a watch (ticking) to bed and it was as if someone was banging a drum in my ears! For years I've used radio 4/world service quietly in the background to help me concentrate and to distract the racing thoughts that keep me awake at night. I don't *listen* to it all the time and find that I can zone it out a bit. I can't have music on in the background as I have to LISTEN to it and can't concentrate on anything else. I can't have TV on unless I'm WATCHING it - it's too distracting. I also find some music really painful. I realised that my radio habit (which I had no explanation for previously - just *had to* have it on) was to mask the small annoying sounds, like cars, birds, creaks etc. I've never heard of pink noise - I'll have to google it. I use earplugs for times like on the bus. I don't like wearing head/earphones as you have to turn it up loud to block. I like my ear defenders (from DIY shop) with built in radio because you can have the radio quiet, but they are a bit uncomfortable. I don't know where I'm going now, so I'll stop
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2015 2:05:21 GMT
I was leaning over to pick some veg up at my local supermarket when a child in a trolley seat (<metre from me) let out a scream that nearly floored me. Why do they do this? It wasn't being attacked by a tiger.I have some deafness (I was classed as functionally one sided deaf by OH) so you'd think that would damp it down - but the kid was on my deaf side. I can be more irritable in noisy environments but think there might be a connection between the frequencies that children scream at and my tinnitus, which appear to match.
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Post by mypineappledream on Aug 23, 2015 6:49:18 GMT
I couldn't even deal with childrens noises when I was one. Noises is definitely one of the most difficult aspects of this for me, ugh can't the world just be quiet?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2015 7:56:50 GMT
I don't like wearing head/earphones as you have to turn it up loud to block. If you want to use earphones to block noise and give yourself a bit of piece and quiet, look for noise-cancelling/isolating earphones. There are those that actively cancel out noise from the environment (noise-cancelling), but also ones that do it passively (noise-isolating) and there are foam ear tips that you can replace the original ones with that work a treat! I used to have a colleague at the office who would hammer his keyboard as if his life depended on it. It was driving me insane. So I took some cheap earphones to work, but that didn't do enough unless I upped the volume. Bought foam tips on Amazon and those worked great. They were not terribly strong and needed to be replaced often, so overall it was a bit expensive, but worth it for the silence. These days I have pretty expensive earphones and those are lovely. They (passively) isolate noise so well that I can't even hear my wife talking if she's standing next to me. (Which contrary to what you might be thinking offers her more fun than me. ) There are lots of options in both headphones and earphones, in all sorts of price ranges (it doesn't have to be very expensive).
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Post by newdawnfades on Sept 1, 2015 10:56:14 GMT
My noise sensitivity is really bad at the moment. We have new neighbors who have their TV louder than the previous ones.
It got me so bad yesterday that my partner stormed out and said I was being irrational. I know she is right and I am but it really does get to me.
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Post by mike on Sept 1, 2015 12:49:40 GMT
im between a rock and a hard place lots of noises irritate me screaming kids and sirens are the worst,everything else is just a distraction! i never want silence though as i have really bad tinitus. so bad if its really quiet all i want to hear is a screaming kid or siren! mike.
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Post by newdawnfades on Sept 1, 2015 14:25:24 GMT
I just wish I could live my life with headphones in and music on!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2015 8:41:14 GMT
I never used to have this to a great degree but can feel that my meds do this on bad days
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Post by newdawnfades on Sept 2, 2015 15:13:19 GMT
I never used to have this to a great degree but can feel that my meds do this on bad days Sorry to hear this. I am really struggling at present with mine.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2015 19:32:12 GMT
I feel guilty and bad for you guys.
I am also glad we have no audio on the forum or I would be banned for my chatter and clattering!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2015 6:48:57 GMT
I never used to have this to a great degree but can feel that my meds do this on bad days While using my meds I don't necessarily hear more noise, or am more distracted by noise, it's more that I'm less tolerant to it when I have finally found the focus to do something important. Yesterday I was working quite nicely on something very important, but the kids from next door had the afternoon off and were driving me up the wall. I ended up putting in my earphones and some Mozart to drown out the noise, but didn't like the music either. Considered using earplugs and after a while decided to stick with the music. I don't think it's any worse than normal, rather it seems I'm simply more aware of my own feelings. I'm now trying to manage that and teach myself to more easily accept the situation. Acceptance really helps to not obsess over it and steer my focus back to the important things, after which the noise falls into the background much more. Very difficult, but I can do it.
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Post by shiveringsky on Sept 3, 2015 10:41:33 GMT
A fellow noise sufferer here. I like to be in control of my audio surrounds. For a long time, there were accusations that I was just some kind of muso snob. But it is more than that. I sometimes find leaving the house difficult without headphones, just for the loudness of unwanted sounds. Work is the worst. Keyboard clacking, coughing, breathing. Chattering. Drives me mad half the time - especially if I'm not the one making the noise. Alas, I have to answer a fair amount of phone calls so headphones and ear plugs here are not an option.
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Post by tessaract on Sept 3, 2015 15:21:21 GMT
My neighbour upstairs actually sounds like she is wearing work boots to walk around the flat. There is no sound proofing whatsoever so I can hear everything!!! She also likes to do a work out routine right over my head, yesterday she did it for an hour and a half and it drove me MENTAL!!! It sounds like someone running around right over my head.
Why cant she do it in her bedroom for example?
I have also been accused of being a music snob but in actual fact certain sounds in music make me really distressed and anxious. someone singing out of tune makes my skin crawl.
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Post by clubby on Sept 3, 2015 19:10:21 GMT
I've never thought about noise before so can't be too bad. On the other hand I moved to the country 30 years ago for the
peace and quiet so maybe that's why it's not much of a problem.
I can't stand the sound of metal scraping on concrete.
I'm ashamed to say I can't stand the sound of mother's false teeth clattering while she eats.
I need total quiet when on phone otherwise I lose the voice of the caller.
My husband can isolate sounds from other sounds. I find that really difficult.
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Post by kole on Sept 6, 2015 14:22:09 GMT
This is one of my biggest problems; some noises I just can't stand at all, whereas others don't bother me. It's particularly loud high pitched noises that do not agree with me. Oh and alarm clocks, those things drive me nuts lol.
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