does anyone suffer from noise sensitivity?

Question

i'm sure its rare, but I can hear the faintest of sounds, is there a treatment for it

Answer 1

Do you have any other symptoms or problems?
It can be a sign of a magnesium deficiency.
"Magnesium is a must. The diets of all Americans are likely to be deficient. Even a mild deficiency causes sensitiveness to noise, nervousness, irritability, mental depression, confusion, twitching, trembling, apprehension, insomnia, muscle weakness and cramps in the toes, feet, legs, or fingers."
http://www.ctds.info/noise-sensitivity.html

"Many individuals who are deficient in magnesium suffer from sound sensitivity, and they often experience an improvement after receiving magnesium supplements. The use of Nutrasweet (aspartame), a popular artificial sweetener, may also lead to hypersensitive hearing."
http://www.berardaitwebsite.com/sait/cause3.html

Answer 2

yes, thank goodness, and i thought i was going mad... yes, i'm also very sensitive to noise and i was worried about head tumors etc...i'm surprised that doctors haven't picked on this - possible magnesium deficiency? I went to my doctors and they said that there's no known condition for this, just the other way round - and i was made to feel like a prat, like I was there to take the mickey or something...i find that i'm more sensitive when i have hayfever or a cold, or just not enough sleep...it may be worth just taking note of when these times come up so you can be prepared to avoid it...the main thing is to make sure everything is healthy, and try to avoid noisy areas and get other people to be more sympathetic when these times happen, so they can reduce their noise for you..

Answer 3

There is a disorder called Sensory Integration disorder. Most people's brains can filter out different auditory loads and decide which are unnecessary....for some, each new sound layers, instead of filtering out and the auditory sense becomes overloaded. The other senses become bombarded in this disorder as well, such as sight (too much to look at makes you feel overwhelmed) and touch (can't stand the feel of some materials on the skin and anything but cotton feels "scratchy", or you cant stand turtlenecks - and the feel of hats on your head, etc)
Researchers believe it may be a mild form of autism. Unfortunately, I've not read much about how to treat it other than behavior modification.

I can be in my bathroom brushing my teeth with the water running and STILL hear my clock ticking in my living room - it drives me nuts! And don't get me in a room with balloons!!!!....I will not stay. I can't tolerate the thought that one of them will break.

Answer 4

My doctor told me that I have way above average hearing, which sometimes is fun, because I can listen to what people are saying about me when they believe I can't hear them, and a lot of times it's annoying, especially when I'm trying to sleep. My doctor suggested that I wear earplugs, but then I'm afraid I won't be able to hear someone trying to get into my apartment, or my son, or the smoke detector. So, right now I'm dealing with it the best way possible, by listening to music that I program to go off about a half hour after I go to bed. It's worked so far.

Answer 5

That explains why this miserable old fart can't stand the incessant music in shops these days. Asda even has a DJ on Asda Radio for heavens sake. Toys R us is appalling for multiple noise pollution, I refuse to go in there. There will be muzak in hell no doubt.

The other symptoms, apart from my strop re muzak, fit too. So it's off to get some Magnesium medicine!

Answer 6

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Answer 7

I do. I cant bear loud music for example and disco drives me crazy. Most people who are immune to noise think theres something wrong with me because I cant bear anything loud.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

sorry no but i like peace and quiet and get irrated by noise

Answer 10

No treatment other than filtering earplugs. My bf has it and the TV especially drives him nuts.