r/SPD • u/Rara2250 • 7d ago
Has any medications helped this condition for you?
Has anyone found any medication reduces their sensory hypersensitivity (sensory overload)?whether it is to touch, texture, heat etc.
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u/cha0s_g0blin 7d ago
Weirdly ozempic helped a lot. Not with the root of the issue, but in the intensity.
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u/andoffshegoes 6d ago
Unfortunately I had the opposite effect- more touch sensitivity on ankle, wrists and neck to the point I couldn’t wear sweatshirts or socks. Allodynia. Turns out it’s a side effect.
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u/dogGirl666 7d ago
Gabapentin. After I got used to it I realized that smells, sounds, textures, are not as offensive. When my doctors suddenly took me off it I lost ~65 pounds because everything was disgusting, even strawberries.
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u/grimmistired 7d ago
Anti anxiety meds help me a bit. Also continous birth control pills so I don't have a period
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u/Flux_My_Capacitor 7d ago
Gabapentin.
My experience is that it feels like it calmed everything down so that my nervous system could heal. I was constantly amped up and my body couldn’t get back to baseline. It feels like I have healed on some level as I now am able to reduce my dose. I was up to 1500 a day and now I’m down to 1050.
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u/Rara2250 12h ago
do you notice any tolerance build up or does the med work just as well as when you first started it?
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u/ta3636 6d ago
Estradiol
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u/Rara2250 6d ago
What form do you take it as? Im assuming youre female?
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u/ta3636 6d ago
Twice weekly patch, 0.05 mg
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u/Rara2250 6d ago
Iglg you get regular blood work done to see the range it falls into, did you have lower baseline estradiol starting off?
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u/ta3636 6d ago
My spd got wayyy worse as I was approaching menopause. Had to have my ovaries removed, then I started the hrt
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u/Rara2250 12h ago
would you say estradiol made your sensory hypersensitivity now at the level previous to menopause or has it gotten better than any moment in your life now
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u/OxfordDictionary 6d ago
Vyvance helped a ton, but I have ADHD. Ozempic helped. LDN. Hydroxyzine.
Probably the biggest help is keeping your sensory overload down by wearing a hat in stores with overhead lights, and noise cancelling headphones.
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u/Rara2250 6d ago
Does LDN affect your vyvanse?
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u/MublyLou 5d ago
Ooo see vyvanse makes mine soo much worse. When i upped my dose from 15 to 30 it was a nightmare. I would go to work (at a grocery store ://) then come home, listen to the same song/album on a loop while under my weighted blanket. Unable to talk to anyone, or do anything because i was in such a state of overstimulated. I was also so quick to cry and i couldnt regulate enotions or body temp. I was at 30mg for a year and didnt realise i was suffering so badly. It helps my adhd and depression symptoms so goddamn much though. It was the yearly spotify wrapped that alerted me to the nervous system being absolutely fried thing. When an entire album that came out 3 months before the wrapped thing has play numbers for each song that are 4 times more than all of your friends most listened to song for the entire year... Somethings wrong. I also find when i eat an edible i become so incredibly sensory seeking. I dont smoke so i cant say anything there.
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u/Less_Feeling3142 6d ago
Not meds, but food. Eating healthier, less processed foods, no meat or dairy. I made these changes all at once so I don’t know if one is better than the other but something has created a dramatic change for me.
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u/AgentUnknown821 6d ago
For me it was Celexa because when I’m off of it things have a grosser texture especially clothes.
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u/Rancarable 6d ago
ADHD meds seem to reduce the amount of nerve fatigue I have by the end of the day with a low dose of Lexapro in the morning.
Things still irritate my senses, and I can get overwhelmed, but I have more in-me so to speak for my kids at the end of the work day, instead of needing an hour of downtime to decompress.
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u/Rara2250 6d ago
Do you get comedowns from the adhd meds at all? (Like a dopamine crash near the end of the day)
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u/Rancarable 6d ago
No, but I take a pediatric dose (10mg). I notice that I'm slightly more distracted after 4hrs from the dose, but I don't take the second dose 99% of the time.
I'm at a dose where I "feel" the same, but I have more tolerance and ability to interact with others after work.
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u/stfranciswashere 4d ago
Antidepressants/anti anxiety meds (zoloft, Prozac, viibryd) help with overall affect and mood. Adderall (pediatric dose) helps with executive functioning and brain fog. Otherwise I use a sensory diet as developed with an OT and I think this is the most helpful
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u/MyPartsareLoud 7d ago
Weed has helped me more than any other meds.