Severe Sensitivity and Over-Stimulation??

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Hello,

I'm writing this to ask those here if there are any people whose sensitivity to sound, light and smell is severe?
I find everything like that very hard to deal with, I literally have black curtains and blinds and keep them closed during the day and actually write at my desk in the dark because I can still see just fine. As for hearing...OH where do I start...I wear earmuffs a lot now to block conversations because hearing speech and talking gives me a headache and that's in my own house with my own family talking!
Going to a mall you can believe is horrifying, I can hear the music playing, thousands of conversations, babies crying, children laughing, etc...etc...ETC!! !! I become so over-stimulated that I can feel my body vibrating, at times I could have had a total melt-down and just begun to cry. What do I do??? How can I go in public and actually relieve my stress from being so overstimulated with every sensory input on the globe? Any suggestions?
Thanks for reading everyone...

I have this problem in a different way. I do have the mall thing though, it's like a brain buzz right? But I cannot rub my hands across surfaces, especially velvet. it makes me want to throw up from stimulation. Also, I cannot touch paper at all if I wash my hands in detergent soap. It also makes me want to throw up. It's worse during meltdowns, it's unbearable really. I cannot slide my feet across carpeting either. Light hurts my eyes quite a bit after being in a lit room for too long too. I thought everyone had this until recently. (BTW I once tried to get off of my low dose of klonopin and the sensory overload made me want to kill myself.((not really but you get it.))

Yes, I have this issue too. As I basically just sprinted down into the basement to use this computer because my grandmother is blasting her television so loud that I cannot focus on anything. I cannot yet relate to the need for curtains and blinds, like you. But the whirring of the air conditioner is even playing with my head, this very moment. How long have you been suffering from this? I have been getting worse since the end of April. If I don't stay focused on something...like this post...I get so nervous I tense up and my muscles and metabalism go into high gear. And I literally wear thin as I lose patience with too much stimulation. I just got my Klonopin filled today and am looking forward to taking one for the muscle tension. Do you take any medications? And have you had any luck with any? I took a wellbutrin earlier today and it has made me all out of snyc...
The only way I can go into public these days is if I know where it is that I am going. And if it's going to be a family outing... I have to think ahead about everyone's personality and who the quiet one's are in the group. Then try to lead them to another room, so we can enjoy a movie and avoid the loudmouth group. I love my family very much. But, I have been doing this sort of thing for years. Now that I am sure I am an aspie, I do the best I can to cope in that manner. Hope this helps in some way.

I'm VERY sensitive to sound. My ability to deal with it it has worn away like yours has Emilykin. Klonopin helps. Stress worsens it.

Phones, cooking machine beeps, sirens obviously, car horns, dishes clinking, people talking in anything above a soothing whisper, people eating, blah blah blah.

I hyperventilate and generally panic.

I love beautiful music though.

I have pretty bad sensory issues. I really need a personal force field that blocks everything out. Recently, I sat next to a floor lamp for an hour, and that caused my brain to shut down for multiple days. I could feel it trying to chug to life, but it wouldn't when I wanted it to, so I just had to wait.

When I'm stressed out, not that I know when that is, all the sensory issues get even worse. Sometimes, I can't even stand people talking to me. Their words are just so exhausting to me. I can tell when my brain just stops processing them. I just refuse to hear any more words. It all becomes incomprehensible babble.

My favorite weather is cloudy/rainy, just so I don't have to be in the glaring sunlight. It also doesn't help that I see and continue to see every teeny-tiny little detail of everything in front of my eyes, and I swear my brain is processing every single blade of grass as a separate thing, and every blade of grass occupies as much space in my brain as a whole field of grass for other people. I have nothing on my walls at home. Just can't stand looking at clutter.

Can't stand hearing clutter either. I can hear people breathing on the other side of the house with my door closed. Gah! Every little sniff and plate hitting the counter is audible to me. It gives me the heebie-jeebies.

Unfortunately, I have no constructive suggestions. Except wearing a hat blocks out the lights from my eyes at least. Mostly, when I'm outside, I just want to space out and think about stuff in the dark silent world inside my head.

i only have problems when i want to think or sleep or something along those lines... or relax. noise and blinking things do it for me.

fans are good. i like the larger vornados.

and medications will only destroy your health in the long run. stay away from them. a quiet house is the best cure.