What Happens With Sensory Overload
Hypersensitivity is believed to be a core mechanism of FMS and ME/CFS.

It means that our bodies react strongly to all kinds of input – noise, bright or flashing lights, crowds of people, strong smells, a chaotic environment, or multiple things competing for your attention.

Our brains appear to have a hard time processing a lot of input at once, possibly because of dysfunction of the neurotransmitter serotonin. Some researchers believe we have a problem in our brains with what's called inhibition.

Inhibition helps your brain filter out things that are unimportant. When you answer the phone, it should help you ignore the television or your family's conversation. It should help you ignore a repetitious noise, like a loud beep. It should, after a short time, stop you from noticing the buzz of fluorescent lights.

However, our lack of inhibition means that we can't tune those things out. That means our senses bombard our brains with information, and our brains can't handle it all.

I am sensitive to bright light, people being loud and smells. I also have fibromyalgia depression and anxiety what do you take for yours TeresaAustin? I also sweat terribly like my hair will drip at times it’s really bad after doing any little physical thing or while shopping and sometimes just sitting in my chair it is so embarrassing

This is a constant curse. I find ear plugs and layering my clothes, ask the niece not to hang on me and totally isolate myself if it is all too much. Ask people to not hug me hard and make my world quite and dark and it helps. Family get togethers to walmart, over sensory is with me always

Yes Rick! Facial recognition is another big thing

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Totally understand how you feel. Everything u describe there is me to a tee.

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