Can we turn it down, just a bit..

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Hey, I'm posting here, instead of doing research because I simply find it better to read the opinions here than the dodgy articles on google that are 8 paragraphs too long and don't have any points what so ever.

So.. My question, How do we turn down the volume?

Are there medications? sound therapy? certain foods, ...

Besides putting ear plugs in, is there anything else?

(not like ear plugs work anyway..)

I usually listen to music and/or do something i enjoy, it distracts me from the loud noise and makes me forget.

Music over headphones helps me. Or isolating myself somewhere like the shower.

I'm not sure I understand the question, but I turn the volume down by dragging the bar to the thin end, it's a lot quicker than repeatedly pressing the volume down button

I once wondered whether listening to loud music would dull my sensitive hearing, but apparently the resulting damage would only make the sensitivity worse.
I've been making do with an iPod and earbuds. It's a godsend when I'm vacuuming or putting away dishes.

Seroquel helps me - makes sound and visual stimuli manageable.

That's true. My hearing deteriorated a little during the decades and my sound sensitivity increased simultaneously.

OP: Maybe some meditation technique may help: Consciously trying to either deflect the attention from the noise or weeding out negative thoughts associated with the annoying noise. It works with certain noises for me to a degree, but it's never a perfect solution and always requires some attention.

Lol I doubt I can perceive to be 'deaf' just from meditation.

Just from extreme focus you can prevent acoustic epilepsy??

What's acoustic epilepsy? Is that real thing or did you make it up? I've researched epilepsy quite thoroughly so I'm just curious.
The only sound related epilepsy I have is phantom voices, also known as auditory hallucinations.

As for what I do to turn the sound down: Ritalin, ear phones and Fall Out Boy. Or, some band that makes me forget about where I am.

meditation can make your thinking clearer and help you focus or just relax, but it has never worked well for me. ADHD.

there are ear plugs and in ear monitors like the ety er4. you can get custom tips from westone for them. I've tried that as most ear plugs hurt. they all hurt actually.

medications can make you more sensitive from what i read. plus the effects on your health would be very destructive.


you can always call the police. but that doesn't mean they'll do anything. i've pretty much resigned my self to losing several hours of each of my days to butt holes that like to drive by bassing or whatever. hours in which i could read something i want to but don't because i know as soon as i start i will be interrupted.

talking to people who do that crap does nothing. they think they have the right to annoy others in their own homes.

it's just a sign of the s**thole society we live in.

the only way to avoid it is a concrete underground house.

i just have to get away from loud sounds. I isolate myself to a dark, quiet area. I haven't really been able to find anything else that works.

Sitting alone in a dark room helps me. I also need to socialize as well, so I like to balance it out.

earplugs work usually, i got some specially made to my ears so they fit snugly without irritation; well worth the money.

i do however try to limit their usage, as getting used to them reduces the effectiveness; my main method is the meditation mentioned before.

as for the acoustic eppilepsy; i have been known to use this torm as well, i dont think it is a true form of epillepsy, but the effect feels simular

Good question, I had been wondering about this for some time until recently diagnosed with Aspergers and ADD.

I carry ear plugs everywhere, but they only turn down the external noise

- How do I turn down the noise?

During my Aspergers/ADD diagnosis I was strongly advised to cut out alcohol. Coincidentally I had stopped drinking alcohol about a month before my diagnosis.

At the same time I had also switched to a low carbohydrate diet, which seems to be helpful with some who have ADD and/or Aspergers.

I had already begun to feel the internal noise being turned down after just a month on low carbs and no alcohol.
- My diagnosis and consultation then made sense of all this.

I have also now been prescribed anti-anxiety medication, Lorezapam/Ativan which really helps to bring down the anxiety (and the noise)
- I really had no idea of the extent to which I had been living in a constant state of anxiety (all my life) until I started taking Lorazepam and experiencing life without the anxiety for the FIRST time.

I am not a medical doctor and I am not qualified to give any advice to anyone regarding their own conditions - this is just an honest personal account of my own experiences.

Good luck Kail

Have you tried a white noise machine?

if i can't deal with ANY noise anymore i usually scream so loud that i can only hear myself or i would just beat those people up(sadly), there is no way i can get away from the sound so i gotta deal with it or act on it.