Re: seeing alot about hypersensitivity here. What about hyposensitivity?

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Our son is what they call a "Sensory Seeker" too (for the most part). Much like your son he is a crasher and won't notice twisted clothes and things like that. He doesn't get dizzy on merry go rounds and such. Always wants to go higher, faster, more, more, more. Until we put him on Abilify he LOVED sour things (the more sour the better), but the Abilify has him craving sweets. But, when we are at a parade I have to plug his ears if there are fire trucks, etc. and they are using their horns or sirens. He doesn't like to do fire drills at school because of the noise. Crowds can freak him out at times. Sensory issues can just run the gammit. And they can change too as a person grows. As our son started puberty (at age 8 as confirmed by an endocrinologist) we saw behaviors that were directly linked to the sensory come back, worsen, change and he still seems to have a higher need for sensory input right now (he's 9 1/2). Hope that helps!

Beth

( ) seeing alot about hypersensitivity here. What about hyposensitivity?

So i notice most of your kids are hypersensitive. is the opposite. He does not feel uncomfortable when he has wet his pants. He pours fire sauce on most all his food or it tastes bland to him. He purposely bumps into things for stimulation. He will wear shoes way too small and not be aware. He will know he is walking funny but not understand that the three sizes too small shoes are the problemnow on the other hand. if there is stimuli caused by outside forces (loud music. crowded room. more than one person talking at a time) david becomes quite ridgid and combative

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My son is like this, too. He is mostly sensory seeking. He does have

hypersensitivity to food textures and sounds now. We also saw hypersensitivity

to smells but mostly it's hyposensitivity. He spins around because his

proprioceptive sensory system (balance and movement) don't register the

movement. He is also tactile sensory seeking. He used to get in trouble for

touching girls' pony tails at school. He used to chew anything and everything

including chewing through an electrical cord which was fortunately not plugged

in at the time! I haven't seen him chewing as much since he started Intuniv.

The neuro said Intuniv/Tenex is good for that. I don't think anyone is sure why

but I have to say it's a relief not to constantly worry what he'll chew. He can

be too touchy feely. He always wants to hug people but is better now about only

doing that with family. He used to do a lot of visual stimming. He would flick

his fingers near his eyes or put a flashlight right up to his eye with it turned

on. He doesn't do much of that since we got him glasses and got vision therapy.

It's amazing how much variety there is in our kids.

Miriam

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> So i notice most of your kids are hypersensitive. is the opposite. He

does not feel uncomfortable when he has wet his pants. He pours fire sauce on

most all his food or it tastes bland to him. He purposely bumps into things for

stimulation. He will wear shoes way too small and not be aware. He will know he

is walking funny but not understand that the three sizes too small shoes are the

problem

> now on the other hand. if there is stimuli caused by outside forces (loud

music. crowded room. more than one person talking at a time) david becomes quite

ridgid and combative

>

[Guest guest]

some kids need pressure and others are sensitive too event he slightest touch- my son was a little of both- wore shoes that were three sizes too small until finally the OT and I figured out we were nto getting them out of his little hands or feet an the shoe fairy had to take them away in the middle of the night ; ) Other times if someone even brushed against him he woudl go into all out attack mode saying they shoved him or pushed him. He woudl get injuries no one would know about and then little things like clipping his nails or pulling out a splinter would send him to the moon. That said, sensory diet helps but does not make it go away. My son would crawl under the end of my bed under all teh quilts when he was upset to get the deep pressure. Finally, we got a benik suit, lycra

swing, lycra body sock and trampoline to help him feel the pressure more. After using these items for a while it starts to help balance their touch sensations swome- We also tried the Wilbarger brushing protocol. School wouldn't do it but it helped with a lot when he was little before school.

From: <jenniferhermanski@...> Sent: Sun, February 13, 2011 11:16:43 PMSubject: ( ) seeing alot about hypersensitivity here. What about hyposensitivity?

So i notice most of your kids are hypersensitive. is the opposite. He does not feel uncomfortable when he has wet his pants. He pours fire sauce on most all his food or it tastes bland to him. He purposely bumps into things for stimulation. He will wear shoes way too small and not be aware. He will know he is walking funny but not understand that the three sizes too small shoes are the problemnow on the other hand. if there is stimuli caused by outside forces (loud music. crowded room. more than one person talking at a time) david becomes quite ridgid and combative

[Guest guest]

Hello, -

This is how my son experiences pain and discomfort as well. I too read and knew

about kids with hypersensitivity - but my son clearly had opposite experiences.

He may only get agitated when in what would otherwise be high or severe pain.

This is apparently not all that uncommon. Tony Attwood's Asperger's Syndrome p.

135 has a good discussion about kids that experience life this way, and what to

do about it. One needs to suspect illness or a medical problem among the list

of possible causes when they are acting up. I recently took him to the dr for a

full exam to ensure a wave of more challenging behavior at school was not due to

appendicitus or something similar. No medical condition this time, and we were

able to isolate the cause after much discussion and reflection on recent life

events. I clearly need to work with our son to get him to be better about

self-disclosure in these and many other situations. But since he himself is not

aware of why he is agitated (schedule change? bent pokeman card? Appendicitus?

New bus for school identical to previous one but has a different licence plate

number? And on..), we have a lot of work ahead.

- Sue

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> some kids need pressure and others are sensitive too event he slightest touch-

> my son was a little of both- wore shoes that were three sizes too small until

> finally the OT and I figured out we were nto getting them out of his little

> hands or feet an the shoe fairy had to take them away in the middle of the

night

> ; ) Other times if someone even brushed against him he woudl go into all out

> attack mode saying they shoved him or pushed him. He woudl get injuries no one

> would know about and then little things like clipping his nails or pulling out

a

> splinter would send him to the moon. That said, sensory diet helps but does

not

> make it go away. My son would crawl under the end of my bed under all teh

quilts

> when he was upset to get the deep pressure. Finally, we got a benik suit,

lycra

> swing, lycra body sock and trampoline to help him feel the pressure more.

After

> using these items for a while it starts to help balance their touch sensations

> swome- We also tried the Wilbarger brushing protocol. School wouldn't do it

but

> it helped with a lot when he was little before school.

>

>

>

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> Sent: Sun, February 13, 2011 11:16:43 PM

> Subject: ( ) seeing alot about hypersensitivity here. What

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> hyposensitivity?

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> So i notice most of your kids are hypersensitive. is the opposite. He

does

> not feel uncomfortable when he has wet his pants. He pours fire sauce on most

> all his food or it tastes bland to him. He purposely bumps into things for

> stimulation. He will wear shoes way too small and not be aware. He will know

he

> is walking funny but not understand that the three sizes too small shoes are

the

> problem

> now on the other hand. if there is stimuli caused by outside forces (loud

music.

> crowded room. more than one person talking at a time) david becomes quite

ridgid

> and combative

>