How do you deal with really bad sensory overloads?

[writer2036]

Lately I have been getting these really bad sensory overloads where my vision goes all fuzzy and weird. my hearing gets really distorted as well. My other senses go crazy as well. Do you know any good strategies to better cope with this? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank You.

[Aspergers Girl]

Lately I have been getting these really bad sensory overloads where my vision goes all fuzzy and weird. my hearing gets really distorted as well. My other senses go crazy as well. Do you know any good strategies to better cope with this? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank You.

Are you sure it isn't a migraine? I've never experienced vision distortion except for migraines. How is your hearing? It feels like my ears are being stabbed sometimes. You could try ear plugs

[writer2036]

It's definitely more than a migraine. I only seem to get this really bad when I am extremely stressed out. When I posted that I was severely stressed. The vision distortion causes you see as if you a viewing the world through a television with very bad reception. My hearing goes all weird. It's difficult to describe in words. It's the like the pitch and tone of the sound either goes very high or very low and has a muffled buzzing sound. Again similar sound you get on old analog TV's when they are not on a channel properly and make that loud shhhhhh noise, That's also what it sounds like. Sounds really weird but it's true. About ear plugs: Every time I go to see a person or a band perform live always wear ear plugs as the noise is far too much for me to withstand. I hope you are doing well, thank you for replying and for your help.

[Qaletaqa]

I have like episodes of this, mostly when i'm stressed out or tired, I also have serious headaches.
I went to the doctor and it's not migraine but she says it's caused by tension headache (stress headache), I once had an episode where I had a headache for longer then a week caused by pain in the shoulder and neck.
I got a salve to help relax the muscles located in my neck, shoulder and back, she also gave me pain killers wich combined Tramadol and Paracetamol because pain killers with only Paracetamol didn't help.

I suggest goeing to the doctor and explain it if you can even if you don't have headaches because it might be something else, if it's caused by tension headache you'll probably need prescription drugs for the pain and/or to reduce the symptoms. A neck, shoulder and back massage helps alot if it's tension headache.

Just in case you get pain killers that contain Tramadol, be cautious, it's an addictive substance. So only take them when really necessary. I got this warning from my doctor, but many don't give it.