Panic Attack Over Noise

[gidge]

I had my second appt with my Phychiatirst today which went well until a truck started up outside his clinic window. At this moment i started to feel dizzy, heart racing and so anxious and as if I was no longer connected to my body. I have no reason to fear trucks but at the moment every little noise has me on edge.

I think this is all to do with PTSD symtpoms however phychiatrist thinks this episode was meds related and thought i was gonna pass out, and has told me to stop taking some of the meds (which I admit have left me a little spacey at times). Does anyone have similar anxiety over noise that is unrelated to orginal trauma?

 

[Reclusive]

Absolutely. I'm a HUGE wuss when it comes to loud noises. I can't handle it when the garbage truck comes (twice a week) or if there's a sudden loud noise I scream and jump and try to run away. Has nothing to do with my trauma, it's all the hypervigilance.

 

[KP the nut]

Loud noises of any sort and I'm the preverbial cartoon cat, hanging off the ceiling by its paws.

I put it down to hypervigilance. Also my T has explained that my body/mind freezes until I decide on 'fight or flight'. I carry essential lemon oil with me and take a good sniff of that to come back to now.

 

[Aine]

I loathe loud noises.
It also doesn't help that I have synaesthesia, which means that I hear sounds in colour. So loud noises create a kind of over stimulation of my senses.

 

[gidge]

Thought it was all PTSD related interesting though that my doc thought was meds realted even though I explained me feeling dizzy was related to the outside noise, and all I wanted to do was leave the room as the noise was really making me anxious. Shall be some interesting sessions as the construction work will be going on for a few more months yet, and there are no other availiable rooms :(

 

[OKRADLAK]

I wear ear plugs a lot. You can still hear people talk. Can you take some and see if that helps?

 

[AngelaMarie]

Noises?! It's a nightmare for me alot of the time!!! I have noticed if I have sensory overload that I become more aware of every sound around me. I had a test for a job years ago and they told me I could hear sounds that other people wouldn't be able to. I 100% believe that it is due to PTSD with me. I had to learn to be aware of sounds around me when I was young to protect myself. I also learned not to make noise to protect myself. I still do it today. Any time I feel vulnerable I become more hypersensitive. What a wonderful world of PTSD!:confused::mad::cry:

 

[charliehotelwhiskey]

KP what a great idea. That is something I'm going to try.

If some shoots off fireworks, you can find me shaking out of control somewhere. Sirens are also murder on my nerves too. These are major triggers for me that I need to overcome.

 

[MAS444]

KP I really like the lemon oil idea. Thanks!

I'm the same way with loud noises too.

 

[gidge]

great ideas about lemon oil and ear plugs will have to try them

 

[Gloria]

Almost 30 years ago now, my brother committed suicide by shooting himself in the head right before 4th of July (fireworks in the U.S. big time!!) Do you know what it was like for years and years to try to sleep and not have nightmares around the 4th of July. It's hard. All I can say is that there are some really expensive noise blocking head phones if you are going to be triggered. They do work.

Now I have horses. So I never leave my farm on 4th. The fireworks go off and they run around in panic and I am so worried that they will run into the side of a barn or try to jump the fence. The worst thing you can do is keep them in the barn when there are noises as they feel trapped and go absolutely berzerk. So I watch them panting and terrified running up and down the paddocks. It's painful. But I don't think about myself at least. I think of my horses.

 

[KP the nut]

Sirens are also murder on my nerves too. .

Sirens are bad for me - they put me back at the accident scene