Hypersensativity help

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Is there anything that can help with hypersensativity, like therapies or anything that can ease or maybe cure it?

Hi lonely autistic,

The best thing I can think of right now is stress relief. No, it may not be an actual cure for physical symptoms of hypersensitivity, but it can help you feel better overall in general.

One idea that doesn't cost a lot of money is an Epsom salt bath. If you only have a shower, there's another way I discovered by accident ... you can at least give yourself a facial by using a mixture of Epsom salt and water. Make sure not to get any into your eyes ... that really hurts. What I mean is using a cotton ball to apply a combination of Epsom salts and water onto your face and not rinsing it off right away.

Try to have the Epsom salts soak into your skin ... the salts consist of magnesium sulfate ... both minerals are very good for your health, especially for autistics from what I read. I need to do this tonight, because I've had a headache today, and Epsom salts can help with that, too.

If you have more money to spend, you might consider going to a massage therapist at your local salon or spa. Yes, it sounds weird, especially if you don't like being touched. But I tried it, and find it very relaxing.

I look forward to seeing other people's ideas as well.

Hope you will feel better soon.

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Yep.....Phoenix offers good advice.

Additionally, I believe taking a bath with bath oil beads would help you to relax.

Just be careful because the bathtub becomes slippery with the bath oil beads.

Occupational therapists who specialize in sensory integration issues can provide sensory integration therapy and/or help with learning coping mechanisms and developing a sensory diet (I think the sensory diet might actually be part of sensory integration therapy, I'm not sure).

Occupational therapy is very expensive, though, and in some places it's difficult to find OTs who work with adults (I had OT for sensory issues as an adult, but I have heard from peope who couldn't find anyone who didn't work exclusively with children).

You could also just try to learn/develop coping mechanisms and a sensory diet yourself. A potentially helpful book is "Too Loud, Too Tight, Too Fast, Too Bright" by Sharon Heller. It's the only book about Sensory Processing Disorder written for adults that I'm aware of.

I am very hypersensitive, especially I have auditory hypersensitivity. I find that playing soft music helps me relax, especially when I'm driving or drifting off to sleep. I have some visual hypersensitivity as well. When I'm driving, I frequently use sunglasses. I get massages some times, but they are expensive.

I second the suggestion of Epsom salts, I used to have a bath with them every night and they really help with stress relief. I moved into a house without a bath about a year ago and didn't realise how much I needed it until it was gone. But now I do hot footsoaks with half a cup of Epsom salts in every night instead and it seems to do the trick.

I listen to white noise on my mp3 player when out in public in noisy places, also at night to help me sleep. Sunglasses also really help too.