Typical Day: My sensory overload. My MS affects my sensory overload on a daily basis. Sometimes the noise from my cell phone, text alerts, the beeping, the vibrating of the calls, video phone ringing and bright lights just makes me feel overwhelmed and my brain cannot process everything. Sometimes people text, text, text instead of just one text (all the information on one text) drives me insane. Even turning on the lights makes me cringe. I love watching tv in the dark. It calms my feelings and my brain can finally relax.
When I go out to the grocery store, restaurants, social events or even attend workshops I become overwhelmed by the sounds, people talking to me, pulling me in every direction. My brain starts to spin. I have to look away to communicate and process what I can see. I don’t wear my hearing aid often, I can’t stand the sounds some days. The noise vibrates through my head and I cannot grasp what I am seeing or hearing. Sometimes I feel like I am going insane. The buzzing in the ears start, my body becomes all hot and inflamed, my hands cannot sign or type, everything becomes wavy. Some people accuse me of not remembering things and often use the memory issues as a way to prove a point or win an argument.
But once I am able to do down time, I can process the information and remember again. Sometimes. Still a warrior and kicking some MS butt!
MS and My Life 