Does Sensory-Overload go hand in hand with Anxiety?

[autumnmarie5]

This weekend was a busy weekend for me! I had a great time celebrating my fiance's birthday with my brothers and my sister-in-law. We ended up going to walk around our downtown and I ended up feeling very light headed and nauseous. I threw up (which is normal for me), and really dreaded the restaurant we were headed to for dinner. I talked one on one to my sister in law that night and she said she thought I might struggle with "Sensory Overload". I know I have GAD but does that go hand in hand with my anxiety or would this be something completely different? I did some research on the topic and it seems as if she's right. Also, does anyone else struggle with Sensory Overload? How do you manage that as well as your anxiety??

Thank you sooo much in advance!! Y'all never fail to leave amazing comments

[ynes2021]

I too suffer with sensory overload. When i am in the middle of a Bi Polar high i find supermarkets particualy over stimulating with every sence heightend. All at once i can hear the bleeping of the tills, the smells of bread being baked, all promotions jumping out, snipets of conversations etc. Equarly i find when i am low i feel a desperate urge to escape.

[autumnmarie5 in reply to ynes2021]

Yes I get like this at restaurants. I think it's because when i'm anxious my appetite changes to where I won't eat then I get sick because I don't. So that explains why I don't like restaurants. How do you find is the easiest to escape this feeling when you feel as if you are trapped?

[Midori]

Could be related. I have CPTSD as well as Fibromyalgia, and I find it quite easy to get overloaded, especially if I'm tying to follow a conversation and I have to do something prractical at the same time, with loud noise going on all around me. It makes me freak out!

[autumnmarie5]

Yes that is very relatable. How do you find it is easiest for you to manage this when it is going on?

[Midori in reply to autumnmarie5]

Unfortunately, the CPTSD can make me very ratty, especially if I am in the kitchen trying to do things. It's not the biggest kitchen, my son is a big guy, and he means well, but I can't stand him under my feet! He Looms, which also unnerves me somewhat.

Cheers, Midori