How do sensory issues affect you

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I was at a shoppong mall earlier, (which I dont realy like doing anyway). I saw one of those 'ride simulators', and thought as it is a more controlled enviroment than amusement park rides etc., I'd have a go; it was quite tame realy, and I almost enjoyed it. However, after I got out, I had all sorts of things going on. First was my balance, went a little off, my thought processes went slow and sluggish, and my limbs did not seem to want to co-operate in walking; overall I felt like I was drunk. These symptoms lasted for about an hour afterwards.
It made me think, with all the noise and motion, I had overloaded my senses, and wondered, does anyone else experience similar symptoms when their senses are overloaded?

Sudden loud noises will cause me to lose all train of thought.
Certain low frequencies will make me vomit..or just feel really mentally and physically ill.
Certain smells will give me an instant crushing headache that might last for days.
Going to loud jostly places like restauraunts with lots of NT's makes me feel very akward stressed out and detached from myself. I often end up throwing up what I have eaten partially due to sensory overload, I think...
Um...I will list more when I think about them.

That's why I totally freak out on roller coaster. I'm not afraid, I'd quite enjoy it, the problem just is that my senses overload so badly that my head feels really painful as if it would burst any second. I think it's rather funny how I can't walk a straight line after the ride though, I almost chocked after one ride with my friends, because I was laughing so badly at the seemingly spinning world that I forgot about breathing.
Alas, my vision also starts to flicker somehow, it becomes a lot harder to focus on anything too.

It always has an amazing effect on my thought process too, but when all my senses excluding the tactile sense are overloaded I don't mind the loss of my thoughts that much. It's way more crucial, because it's so much more problematic with all the expectations that people have towards a person, in situations such as poopylungstuffing described. These everyday social situations in which one's expected to function, but can't because speaking and thinking just doesn't seem to agree with the loud talking of people at the table nearby for example.

I used to believe that I got migranes a lot because light hurt and I would get nauseated. Now I know that it's due to sensory issues. Certain sounds will cause me to feel nauseated (though I've never actually thrown up). I have pain in my ears at work, like someone is shaking my ear drum. I get so irritable, that yesterday I thought I was going to punch someone. It's not getting any better.

Also everything seems just a bit too bright. My clothes need to be loose, though I only take the tags out of my underwear. I have to sleep under a lot of blankets in order to fall asleep in a reasonable amount of time and not wake up during the night.

I don't have all that much to contribute with in this thread, but I'd like to take the time to thank the posters as it's made me more aware of my own reactions.

being in a place with a lot of NTs makes me extremely agitated upset and angry and very very volatile!

I hate the malls, i can handle it for maybe an hour, but thats pushing it, after awhile, i get very dizzy, major headaches, nausious, light headed almost feel like im about to faint, then my legs start buckling underneath me, my heart starts racing fast, and before u know it, i'm literally so out of breath and weak, that if i dont find a way out of there, 911 would probably be have to be called. It sucks, its like too many ppl, too much noise, the lights, the different fabrics that rub up against me as im walking, ugh its just too much. I always get a sensory overload, even at the gym i go to. My gym is huge, but i go during a time when theres not that many ppl, but even then, the noise, the lights, and if one person looks at me, i start getting very overloaded, thankfully my first 15mins there is in a secluded corner i do abs, and regain myself.

the sensory side of autism is one of the strongest parts of autism for am.
Am lose some vision,or go blind altogether via too much sensory input,it quickly sets off meltdowns and any amount of it leaves severe exhaustion.
On a lesser scale,it just messes up visual perception,coordination and causes some tiredness-stumble around like am drunk,walking into things like they were never there etc.

my autism is mostly sensory too... i have issues dealing with it a lot of times... i am severely hyopsensitive.

I have a lot of sensory issues, that make me apprehensive about different situations and avoid many things.

One of the worst that happened was a couple years ago when my mate persueded me to attend a concert. I hate loud noise and crowds and only go due to the fact I feel I owe it to them, and it is one way I can show my appreciation of all they put up with... due to my "eccentricities" lol.

Anyhow towards the end there was a very load bass voice and music sequence... it started suddenly and my instinct was to flee... I did'nt I put my fingers in my ears and starting saying non stop the frequency's to low... my leg muscles were weak. I thought that it would be affecting everyone the same and expected people to start backing off, puking etc... lol.

No one did, only after time did I realize I believe I was basically the only one experiancing the sound in this unpleasant manner.

I have always hated bass tones (low and load enough to cause vibration) since I can remember.

In any case I have a lot of issues with noise and touch... less with visual although I can become entranced with patterns in things.

high sounds like the scan frequency of tvs and the like irritate me. I usually have to have something on to drown out the sound. Flickering lights are extremely annoying. Rooms and areas with harsh echoes like gymnasiums and the like kind of freak me out.Other problems I have are hearing conversation in a noisy or active environment, to the point of asking people to repeat themselves multiple times. They'll think I'm deaf or something. Large open environments, particularly with lots of people, are stressful.

My biggest problem I find is being emotionally unable to cope with lots of stimuli. My mom is a regular animal lady and she has 10 or so dogs and 2 very noisy birds (a cockatiel and some bird of paradise). The result is I have frequent meltdowns and I spend most of my time hiding in my room trying to block out the noise.

My main thing is when there's a lot going on, noise, activity. I also hate malls, hate shopping, because there is just...too...much!
Roller coasters and things of that nature I avoid just because of vertigo.
Love bass tones (see name), but high shrill tones kill me.
When I get overloaded I get irritable, even more withdrawn, and even more hypersensitive.

Ditto.
This seems to be one of the things that happens to me quite often, even at home.
Even sometimes when it is not that noisey at all I experience this.

I remember once it was quite bad when I was out with my youth worker and we went into a cafe. We got to the counter and the lady at the counter asked me something. I kind of stood there for a moment and felt like everything was combining into one...such as vision, smell and hearing etc. I couldn't comprehend what she said so I asked her to repeat, everything seemed loud so I must have been talking loud as people were looking at me. I felt sick and like I was in a dream because everything was happening in "sections"...kind of hard to explain.

After she repeated it four times I just walked outside, told my youth worker what I wanted to order and she went in and ordered it for me. We ate at outside tables.

If I am in a place where there is a lot of things going on, for instance in a corridor, after a couple of minutes I start feeling sick and like I am going to pass out. It also feels very much like I am in a dream, as above poster, with the things happening in 'sections'.

People. People, people and goddamn people initiate my "tantrums".

Classic "shutdown"/"meltdown" if I go to a mall. I totally withdraw into my shell, I lose my cognitive functioning; I become mute [to my mother], I rock, flap and bang my head on stuff; I can go to a mall when there's no people and I experience none of this (I'm always a little apprehensive when I go out, but that's to be expected with me). Sitting in a classroom with people does the same thing. A busy reception area does the same. Public transport..., I'm guessing that'll do the same, but I refrain from trying that.

Naturally, I don't go out much.

Hey guys im new at this forum and the way sensory problems effect me is that my hearing is EXTREMELY sensitive (but only at night) and other than that oversensitivity isn't really a problem except on rare occasions in the daytime. However i do hear a constant ringing in my ears but its usually the right ear that has the greater intensity of ringing than the left