Re: It gets worse with age

January 4, 2012

I'm sorry you had that experience. It sounds like when I was in a bookstore

while there was an event going on -- with a really healthy background noise.

Then it started. The woman sitting at the table next to me starting tapping her

foot to the music. Ahhh! (I can see a cartoon in the Sunday paper here.)

I'm starting to wonder if this doesn't necessarily get worse with age, but with

other neurological conditions that that may get worse with age -- if we let

them.

I also have migraines, body ache/pains, fatigue. As many here have pointed out,

though not for everyone, their misophonia symptoms tend to reduce when their

health is better, when their nerves are not so frayed.

Some use medication. I prefer meditation, walking in nature, yoga, etc.

I'm also about to try a relatively new medication called Low Dose Naltrexone.

Naltrexone (50mg tabs) is what they give at rehab clinics to get people over

opiate-type addictions. But it was discovered that in low doses (1-4.5mg), it

seems to be helping MANY disorders, including neurological ones. I'll keep this

group posted if it helps me.

For more info on Low Dose Naltrexone:

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> I,m 44 and my triggers continue to grow. I just spent New Years at the casino.

Years ago Black Jack was my game. It came to the point where I could no longer

tolerate the sound od people playing with their chips. I never understood why

people would waste their time on slot machines. But that became my new game.

Surprisingly I was not bothered by the sounds. The cocophany of sounds made it

posible for me not to focus in on a single sound. It was packed on new years,

and I was doing ok. And then it cleared out. A woman sat next to me and rubbed

the screen for good luck before each spin. My anger built up and I moved away.

Then at 4 am I sat at a machine that I was doing very well at. There were about

6 or seven empty BlackJack tables about 40 or 50 feet behind me. And then I

heard it. One man sat down and continued to to play with his chips. The sound

stood out abouve the row of slots I was sitting right next to. I was finaly

earning my money back, but I couldn't bear the sound of the chips, so I moved

on. We need to make drs and researchers aware before every sound causes,s me

anger and anxiety. It statred out at tapping and whistling. Now I have sooo many

more triggers.it,s bad enogh having migraines rule my life, not to mention this

growing proublem. I am also bipolar. Talk about being dealt a bad hand

everything my parents have in small doses, I got to the extreme.

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