Sense Haven: A Site Dedicated to Misophonia
  • Home
  • Triggers
  • Resources
    • General Information
    • Scientific Research
    • Non-Scientific Articles
    • Video and Audio Clips
    • Articles Focused on School-Aged Children
    • Other Misophonia Websites/Blogs
  • Coping Tools
  • Support Venues
  • Blog
  • Past Polls
  • Contact

The "Butterfly's Whisper" Blog

Welcome to my blog. I hope by sharing my own misophonia experiences, others who are frustrated with misophonia sensitivities will discover that they're not alone. I also hope that people who may not have misophonia will gain some insight about what it's like to have this condition.

Please feel free to post any comments or use the "Contact Us" page if you have any questions/comments you don't want to post online.

Contact ME

Getting back into the swing of things... Literally!

6/25/2013

0 Comments

 
Hooray! Yesterday I got the "go ahead" from my doctor to start working out my upper body again (as long as I didn't push it too hard.) It felt so good to start hitting the kickboxing bag again. Granted, I still didn't do much with my bad shoulder (coach's orders), so simple jabs on that side and no push-ups or even jumping jacks. Did a bunch of extra sit-ups/crunches instead. Ugh! I did have a LOT of pent-up frustration/energy from last week's headache with the car; so I'll admit that I compensated by wailing on the bag with my right side instead. It felt *so* good to finally be able to release all that energy.

I noticed something interesting this morning with regard to my misophonia triggers. I usually put the morning news on the TV as I'm getting ready and more often than not, I find myself scrambling to find the remote to mute or change the channel anytime a commercial with whistling comes up - even to the point of running from the bathroom to get the remote on my bed. (Whistling is my absolute worst trigger.) This morning, a commercial with whistling came up and even though it was a bit annoying, I didn't rush to mute or change the channel.  I thought to myself, "I wonder if the Pristiq is finally starting to kick-in..." It didn't last though. By the time noon came around and the firm got together for our monthly staff meeting over lunch,  I found myself being annoyed again by some of the whistlers waiting on line to get their food. I even had to take my ponytail down to create a hair "blinder" to shield my peripheral view from on of my coworkers a couple of tables away from me who was bouncing his foot.

I'm not sure why I seemed to be okay when I woke up this morning but not a couple of  hours later.  I take the Pristiq in the morning so it should be the most potent then, not weakening by lunchtime. The only explanation to me seemed to be that, since I still have trouble waking up in the mornings due to the pain killer that I've been taking for my shoulder (albeit half pills now, instead of whole pills), perhaps the drowsy effects of the pain killer were lessening the effects of the whistling triggers. I've been taking them before going to bed because my doctor warned me about their drowsy side effect. Once I had my morning latte and wasn't drowsy anymore, my misophonia reactions to triggers were back to the way they usually are.

Might be something to ask my doctor what she thinks... If I'm onto something, I'm not sure what that'd mean. There's no way I'd be able to function if I'm constantly in that drowsy state, even if it did lessen trigger reactions.
0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Want to know when a new blog entry is posted, then click the RSS Feed button below to sign up for the "Butterfly's Whisper" update notifications.

    RSS Feed

    Picture

    About the Author

    Emlyn Altman has been suffering with misophonia for over 40 years, even though she only found out about the actual medical condition much more recently. As frustrating as the condition has been over the years, her heightened sensitivities across all the senses considerably influenced her talents within the visual fine arts (particularly sculpture), music (singing, piano, and many other instruments), writing, and culinary backgrounds, as well as professional achievements as an architectural lighting designer. Her goal in developing this website is to promote more awareness about misophonia and help other sufferers as well.


    Archives

    October 2021
    January 2019
    March 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    January 2017
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012

Copyright © 2021 Emlyn G. Altman