Sensory issues... fading?

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I would like to know if any of you have experienced an improvement in sensory issues, and if so, what do you think precipitated a change? Thanks

I think it's slightly better here than it used to be. I used to need something near to absolute silence at home, but these days my neighbours can breathe occasionally without making me want to kill them. Haven't noticed much trouble with clothes being uncomfortable lately either.

I don't know why it's got better, but my best guess is that it's because I've got better control over my environment than I used to have. As long as I stay in, I've got a lot of coping strategies at my fingertips.....if a clothing item is irritating me, I can just go and get changed. I can drown the neighbours out any time I like. I control the room temperature. I've got plenty to do and to think about, and as long as I'm doing something reasonably absorbing, I don't really notice much else.

Mine likely aren't worse, but it feels like they are. Pre-Dx, I'd stuff all the misery down because I was afraid to exercise any control. (in my teens, I'd asked a doc about my sensory issues and spent a week in a lock down mental facility because of it). Now, when I can't do something without pain, I simply don't do it.

Mine are more annoyances than anything else.

I know I used to throw a lot of tantrums as a kid over sensory-type stuff. I don't do that anymore. Well, sometimes I moan and complain. I don't think anything has changed in regards to the level of sensory issues.

I guess in non autistic's frayed nerves are usually considered when sensory issues are present.

Maybe your nerve health is now good, as you are coping much better.

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What is a Nervine?
A nervine is a plant remedy that has a beneficial effect upon the nervous system in some way. This makes the word nervine another catch-all expression, and to study them properly it helps to differentiate them into a number of categories. It may be superfluous to point this out, but any successful treatment of nervous system problems with herbs must involve treating the whole body, heart and mind, not simply the signs of agitation and worry. Of course, the agitation can be reduced greatly, but the whole system must be strengthened in the face of the storm! The main subdivisions include:

Nervine Tonic : Oats, St. John's Wort, Scullcap

Nervine Relaxing : Scullcap, Valerian, Vervain

Nervine Stimulating : Cola, Guarana

Nervine Tonics
Perhaps the most important contribution herbal medicine can make in the whole field of neurology is in strengthening and 'feeding' the nervous system. In cases of shock, stress or nervous debility, the nervine tonics strengthen and restore the tissues directly. On the other hand they can contribute to the healing of damaged nervous tissue, whether this is due to a pathological processor physical trauma. This invaluable group of remedies is best exemplified by Oats. Ginkgo is an important tonic for the nervous system, but appears to work via its vaso-dilating action on the blood vessels of the brain. This will increase oxygen availability to brain cells. Other nervine tonics that have, in addition, a relaxing effect include Scutellarialaterifolia, Verbena officinalis, Hypericum perforatum andStachys betonica. Of these relaxing nervine tonics, Scutellariais often the most effective, particularly for problems related to stress.

Nervine Tonics with No Relaxing or Stimulating Effects
Oats
Avena savita
Ginkgo
Ginkgo biloba

Nervine Tonics with a Relaxing Effect
Chamomile
Matricaria recutita St. John's Wort
Hypericum perforatum
Hyssop
Hyssopus officinalis
Vervain
Verbena officinalis
Lavender
Lavandula officinalis
Wood Betony
Stachys betonica
Skullcap
Scutellaria laterifolia

Nervine Tonics & Their Secondary Actions
Analgesic : St. John's Wort, Wood Betony
Anti-Catarrhal : Chamomile, Wood Betony
Anti-inflammatory: Chamomile
Anti-Microbial: Chamomile
Anti-Spasmodic: Chamomile, Hyssop, Lavender, Scullcap
Astringents : St. John's Wort
Bitter: Chamomile, Wood Betony
Carminative : Chamomile, Hyssop, Lavender
Demulcent: Oat
Diaphoretic: Hyssop, Linden, Vervain
Diuretic : Linden
Emmenagogue :
Expectorant : Hyssop
Hepatic : Vervain
Hypnotic : Chamomile
Hypotensive : Linden, Scullcap
Tonic : St. John's Wort, Scullcap, Vervain
Vulnerary : Chamomile, St. John's Wort

Nervine Relaxants
This group of nervines are most important in our times of stress and confusion, alleviating many of the accompanying symptoms. They should always be used in a broad holistic way, not simply to tranquilize. Too much tranquilizing, even that achieved through herbal medication, can in time deplete and weigh heavily on the whole nervous system.


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I have severe sensory processing issues, and sorry to say that they have not improved with age.

I don't think mine have got better or worse as such but I have become more honest about them. I now tell people that I dislike kissing and touching socially (interestingly some people get a bit funny about this-especially huggy air kissy people). My other half knows what type of touching I cannot tolerate, I can't do mouth kissing either.

I no longer go to night clubs or noisy bars or anywhere with a lot of people. I used to do all the above when I was younger as I felt I had to in order to fit in and hated pretty much every minute of it. I'm more comfortable with who I am now even if people think I am anti-social.

Mine got better. My parents kept taking me back to places that were loud and I gradually got used to it after a while. I also had therapy for it so they got better too with touch. Now it's like I have been cured.

Currently not better.

Mine have not overall gotten better with age. But many people seem to have it happen where they do get better. Nobody really knows why, just probably part of the maturing process for some people.

Mine got better for years and then my Father passed away and they came back with a vengence. My homeopath put me on maganese and that actually helped some. Resting and keeping low key are helping too. Mostly though I just have to advocate for myself in loud places and wear ear plugs, excuse myself for breaks and that sort of thing.

I definitely have. When I was three, I tried to play in the snow, and all I remember is standing in the yard with my hat pulled over my face, screaming because the snow touching my face hurt so badly. When I was in fourth grade, I tried to get in a hot tub and couldn't because it felt like I was being burned. I would also get migraines once a month for years; I would completely shut down when I got one.

Now, I love hot tubs, and I played in the snow (with no gloves, which was pretty dumb) three weeks ago and had so much fun. I haven't gotten a migraine in three or four years. I don't know what's made my sensory issues improve, but improve they have. Now the only remnant of the temperature sensitivity is I can't drink hot chocolate until it's just "warm".

I do still have issues hearing people when there's a lot of background noise (all through high school I was completely mystified how people could hold conversations across the tables in the cafeteria), and I have trouble picking out objects in a crowd. I'm hoping teaching myself piano will help with the auditory issues as well as the proprioception issues (finger coordination, mostly).

I'm less annoyed by my touch sensitivity. I used to wear socks on really hot days because I hate the sensation of my bare feet on the ground. I still don't like it but can tolerate it.

I'm not sure about sound sensitivity. Sometimes it's really bad and sometimes it's not.

Light sensitivity is pretty severe.

Most of my issues became worse when I became a teenager, including sensory issues and it hasn't seemed to improve since.

Compared to when I was 3 or 4, yes, but not much beyond that (not much beyond adolescence).

Yesterday, I was at a restaurant, which is something I would usually avoid on a Sunday (there was a power failure at home), and was reminded of how overloading the noise and bustle of densely packed people is.

In the past, I might've said that my sensory stuff has improved some, but lately, I've realized that I spent a lot of years in a state of continuous, partial overload, and had forgotten what it felt like to be not-significantly-overloaded.

I've recently come to this realization too. The more I remove overloading influences from my life, the more I notice that the overload was there in the first place.