Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi all.
This morning I went with my family for breakfast and met my mum and dad. We then went in the amusement arcade with the children (which I hate due to the noise, lights, people etc etc. ) in total we were out 3 hours.
I am now in my bedroom with the curtains closed and laying on my bed but the vibrations and noises still feel like they are surrounding me. I feel like my body is still anxious and I can't shut it off. I hate this feeling. Can anyone relate?
My best friend got access to work to assess his workplace for reasonable adaptions for his ADHD. Not only did they do big computer things with specialist software they got screens around his desk in an open plan office. Best of all was training for senior management about hidden disabilities because they had been trying to say he didn't need any reasonable adjustment and it was all in his head. They were told their disability positive rating was going to be removed if they didn't start thinking a bit more about hidden disabilities!
Ohbyes. I work in an open plan office and its only pure stubborn iron will that stops me from crying and running out of the place. I long for hours of silence that never come.
Hello
when out in public I wear invisible ear plugs that regulate noise I got mine professionally done at specsavers but they are SENSATIONAL and not dear
they literally mouldy to inside you ear sit in your ears and it filters noise so outside noise is blocked but when people talk to you right next you you can still hear them but it's not as noisy
if you can't get them I really reccomend ALPINE earplugs I have these aswell and they do ones that professional musicians wear it's amazing they are so good and not visible so no one takes the mick out of you for lights maybe try wearing tinted glasses or sun/light detector glasses they change to one single colour but you can still see but its stops horrible bright light becoming distracted
Yes. It's exhausting. When it happens to me it sometimes feels like either I've put my sking on inside out or I've got gravel trapped just inside my skin. It feels like the world is just turned up too loud/bright and it's exhausting.
For me, I find baths work. I've always loved immersion in water; sea swimming is my favourite (but as we are in the UK that is a very occassional pleasure), but a bath, especially with epsom salts, is an acceptable alternative. Sensory deprivation works as well, although I tend to use music to block the noise in my ears and stop my brain from fixating on stuff.
I don't know how old you are or when, if, you got diagnosed but I am pushing 40 and got diagnosed relatively recently. I was trained out of stimming as it wasn't lady-like or acceptable but since my diagnosis I have been allowing myself to stim (my husband informes me that I've stimmed for as long as he's known me I just did it totally unconciously and in really small ways or in private) anyway, I've been experimenting with stimming and have found that it can be very soothing and calming.
I also have a sensory first-aid kit for me and the kids for when we have to go out anywhere that might have sensory triggers. In ours we have noise cancelling headphones, sunglasses, fidgit toys, a soft piece of velvet, my knitting/crochet, a book, colouring things and a hair brush (that last one is for my daughter, she likes having her back gently scratched with it). You could try something like that?
I hope you feel better soon, give yourself as much time as you need.