so can you cure me?Glutamate toxicity causes light and sound sensitivity and it's caused by neuroinflammation.
I read somewhere that light sensitivity might have to do with our autonomic nervous system dysfunction. In a healthy person, the autonomic nervous system makes the eyes automatically adapt to the amount of light around. Our autonomic nervous system doesn't react quickly enough or not at all so normal light to our eyes feels like the light beam is out to burn our eyes out of our eye sockets. Or something along those lines.
No idea where I read this though.
I couldn't go out with ear plugs for a long time when I was at my worst. In a crowded place with a lot of different voices, I just about lost my mind. I was terrified of restaurants. But, like you, I was also sensitive to simpler sounds, like rain on the roof, or bouncing balls, etc.Many of us are hypersensitive to sounds. For me it's whines of fans or clicking sounds, thumping bass, bouncing balls, repetitive sounds are torture. I can only listen to music in a car
What's this from. Anyone know?
I'd review @Hip's list of microglial inhibitors...and try high dose fish oil or GABA.so can you cure me?
The autonomic failure is a symptom of the neuroinflammation too. Correct the inflammation, correct the autonomic failure, correct the glutamate toxicity...it's all the same thing.I'll see if unicorn farts work. I'm pretty sure mine is more related to what @bobby said because I have significant relief when I was messing around with glandulars.
And I think this is one of those things that drove me insane as a kid. So now I'm more confused. Just take me out back and shoot me!![]()
Lamictal also blocks or lowers glutamate. I've been on it for about two months now. I'll have to see if it has any effect on the hypersensitivity thing. I haven't felt much different from it yet, but you have to start slow with it to avoid a potentially dangerous rash.There are also specific drugs that block glutamate like riluzole.
Mine is OI, Mine is quit severe, I use earplugs to sleep, public places and even to go to the movies. It goes away with Midodrine (I still cannot tolerate a rock concert, loud music like metal...) But for my daily live is enough to make it go away. If I am doing really bad I take Aleve every 6 hours for a day or 2.What's this from. Anyone know?
yes, totally! they're all in a state of dysfunction but probably none of those things are the cause. I think that's why it's hard to tackle just one thing, cause in a weird, twisted way when you try to heal one dysfunction, the whole system gets even more out of balance. Dysfunctional balance, but still a balance...The autonomic failure is a symptom of the neuroinflammation too. Correct the inflammation, correct the autonomic failure, correct the glutamate toxicity...it's all the same thing.
I read somewhere that light sensitivity might have to do with our autonomic nervous system dysfunction. In a healthy person, the autonomic nervous system makes the eyes automatically adapt to the amount of light around. Our autonomic nervous system doesn't react quickly enough or not at all so normal light to our eyes feels like the light beam is out to burn our eyes out of our eye sockets. Or something along those lines.
No idea where I read this though.
yes! can't see a thing, it takes a while for my eyes to catch up...Anyone else also have problems when turning out the lights in a room?
Paw - not for me, it's not a matter of brain zaps. It's like an overwhelming escalation of irritation and anxiety. It's like being trapped in an Alfred Hitchcock movie and the birds are attacking from all sides. I guess is some ways, it's like a panic attack, where the cacophony of sound just overwhelms me and I just need it to stop... I think for me anyway, it's more GABA/glutamate related. Gaba drugs (mostly benzos) blunt the hypersensitivity and make it bearable. I've tried other things, including glutamate reducing meds (lamictal) and dopamine increasing drugs and they haven't provided the same relief.I'm wondering what this hyper-sensitivity feels like. Could it be related to the dreaded "brain zaps" typically associated with withdrawal from SSNRIs? (Although I have found they can be set off by various imbalances, including GABA (the flip side of glutamate) and the dopamine chain -- not just serotonin.)
When having a spell of brain zaps, any sharp or unexpected noise or light will set off an alarm in the form of electrical shivers through the brain -- sometimes severe, but always disconcerting.
Is it anything like that?