blueberry2015

Anyone find themselves more sensitive to noise in sobriety?!

Berrybean

I was more sensitive to EVERYTHING in early sobriety. (Real and imagined).

sleepie

I have always been very sensitive to it due to my wacky neurology- I would say yes in sobriety as I no longer have drink or pills to relax me.

I know that coming off benzos definitely made this worse as well and even the sense of smell! Though again I tend to be sensitive anyway.

But, as alcohol and benzos work on the same receptors and have near identical withdrawal symptoms- wouldn't be surprised if any of this applied quite a bit to becoming alcohol free as well.

Just store yourself in a cool dry place blueberry- dim the lights and keep things a as quiet and calm as you can

I listen to birds chirping on youtube or rain fall sometimes for nice calm background noise.

blueberry2015

Its driving me insane! I feel like my ears are bleeding! I live in a VERY noisy household lol

oldsoul1122

Yes, mostly my emotions.

BlueBlueBird

Day 2 (the first time around) I was about coming out of my skin everything seemed so noisy and chaotic. We were at a restaurant and I almost lost my mind.

sleepie

Have you got kids blueberry?

....earplugs aren't going to work in that case huh?

I wonder can your partner take them someplace for a bit while you decompress...

ScottFromWI

Yes, I'm a lot more sensitive to bright lights too. But it's a heck of a lot better than how I felt when I was drinking !

blueberry2015

I have three.... its almost impossible to get any quiet unless they are asleep but yep I do feel I need a little resbite from a noisy household! It is driving me mad!

sleepie

Time for a play date bluberry!

FormerWineGirl

I am MUCH more sensitive to noise. I drive my husband nuts turning down the TV. There is a sandwich shop that my husband and I frequent for lunch. I often ask them (politely, of course,) to turn the volume of the music down a bit.

blueberry2015

Im sitting here with headphones on listening to white noise, the tv is too loud even though its not up high. White noise is helping actually im starting to feel more relaxed.