Hypersensitivity to pain, connection to hunger

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I am in the minority of those with AS in that I have a hyPERsensitivity to pain as opposed to a hyPO one...

I have been thinking though.... I have always had an issue with hunger and needing to eat. Often I have to eat as soon as I start to feel ANY hunger whatsoever, almost as if I am afraid to feel hungry. If it goes too long without me eating and I get REALLY hungry, I go crazy and am in a massive state of anxiety and pain from it.

Is this what the connection could be (the hypersensitivity to pain)? Any thoughts? Anyone know more about the brain circuitry occurring here?

(Possibly a very stupid question, but hey, that's one way to learn )

Thanks.

What is Hyposensitivity and what is Hypersensitivity?

I can't think of any words to describe hypOsensitivity, although I know what it means. HypERsensitivity means oversensitive (too sensitive), so hypOsensitivty means the opposite. I am hypERsensitive to the cold, but to the heat I'm just average, not hypOsensitive nor hypERsensitive.

It's not a silly question by the way.

I don't think I have the same as you, but I have something similar, where if I get too hungry, I get this hollow feeling in my stomach, which then turns into a severe stinging acidic pain in my stomach. Once I get this pain, it won't go away, even if I do eat something or drink milk. Usually laying down helps it go. Unfortunately pain-killers does not make it go.

Then I'm hypERsensitive to the cold as well. The instant I go out during winter, I wanna go inside, and no, it's not silly, silly.

I have problems with hypersensitivity to many sensations including temperature and pain. I don't register hunger or thirst accurately either. I overdrink now but as a child I wouldn't remember to drink unless prompted. I also don't register when I am full, hungry and full feel the same so this has caused a lot of problems. I have a lot of problems with accurately working out what I am feeling either with emotion or body sensation...it's very difficult and annoying...it's also embarassing as 25 year olds should really have a vague idea what hungry feels like. I've had a severe eating disorder for the last ten years largely contributed to by AS stuff including sensory things. I am now trying to slowly change things and I am finding that eating by the clock with controlled portion sizes is far more reliable that trying to do it via intuition eventually which is what they (the drs) made me do. ED treatment relies on trying to eventually go from a meal plan to 'intuative' eating...that was always where things fell apart for me so I'd rather eat by the clock that go back to that.

I'm hypersensitive to pain, too. And I have trouble recognising when I'm hungry because when I get very hungry I have symptoms like panic attacks.

I am hyposensitive to pain and hunger and thirst.

When i get hungry really hungry sometimes it makes me angry... so my gf knows that feeding is required