What in in a medication would cause extreme noise sensitivity?

Question

I don't know if it's specifically because of the medication or not, but I'd have to assume it's a side-effect of either lexapro or inderal.

By noise sensitivity I mean that when I start to get stressed or anxious that's when the noise starts to heighten both of those emotions extremely. I never used to have this problem until I started the meds. People talking, people walking, the sound of people crumpling up a paper... it just starts to make me so stressed and anxious to the point where I feel like I'm literally about ready to lose my grip on everything.

What is the medication doing to my brain to cause this? Or if for some reason it's not the medication, what is my brain doing to make me freak out this badly? Again, I've never had this problem until after I was on both medications.

Any help would be extremely appreciated!

Answer 1

You could be experiencing agitation.
You are irritable and on edge all the time.
This can be a side effect of many medications.
Be sure to let your doctor know how you are feeling.
I feel this way quite often. My doctor didn't seem to respond very much when I told him. I hope your doctor can help you feel better Good Luck

Answer 2

While I do not have an exact answer for you, I will say that I suffered for years with similar symptoms.

The presence of sustained loud sounds (music in particular) would cause me difficulty with my train of thought. To loud sounds I would - for a period of time - lose the ability to think and to reason or to respond to questions. The only way I found to get beyond this was to sleep, taking a nap would "re-set" my abilities.

I have had some serious mental health issues from time to time, depression being behind my troubles. I found that times when I was initially over-stressed or anxious, that my senses would become hyper-sensitive. Sounds in particular would become annoying. I recall saying to my therapist on one occasion "my refrigerator going on and off is sounding more to me like a lawnmower".

While I was on medications, I never took either of the ones you inquired about. I do not believe my hypersensitivity was caused by medication, but rather by my own mental-emotional condition itself, or comes out of my PTSD.

As I have lost the upset emotions and the anxiety and depression, the problem with loud sounds and with soft sounds sounding loud, has become minimal. It rarely bothers me today.

I would suggest you check with your pharmacist and your Dr. to see if it is listed as a side-effect of the drug.