This is the first time I've experienced this to this degree...
So today I have been feeling edgy and anti-social and so I have stayed in my room and away from people and animals almost all day, until I needed to get something from somewhere else in the house, so I went out there and started to look for the thing needed only to have my brother ask me what I was looking for, now as many of you probably know questions can confuse things for someone with fibro because it requires multi tasking in the brain, I was focussing on what I was doing and my brain couldn't cope with the extra stimuli, so I told him I'd rather not answer and to please leave me alone... needless to say a 17 year old boy who has aspergers cannot just let something go and so he followed me around insisting that I tell him what I was doing... well, each time he spoke he pushed me further into almost a panic attack mode, until I literally had to block my ears and close my eyes because it was too much... I abandoned my task and ran to my room closing the door.
I have never felt that intense confusion and over stimulation to that degree before... has anyone else had this happen to them?
Aren't brothers fun? My brother can do this to me as well. He doesn't drive so sometimes I will be nice and drive him somewhere - mind you he is 40 years old. He will start naming off every street we pass which just sets the fibro off and I get confused. So yes I have experienced panic like this and have also put my hands over my ears to block out extraneous noise (not while driving). Hugs and welcome.
2yrs ago I made the mistake of going to a Casino w/family members. I had to keep going outside to calm myself down!!! (the weather was horrendous, a cold front was coming & winds gusting, whirling sand & dirt into the air, up against & through me....). Bells, whistles, ding, ding, ding, clang, clang, clang, wheeoo, wheeoo, & 100 people talking or argueing or yaaahooing. Holy Cow!!! for 3 VERY LONG hours!!! By the time we left I was shaking uncontrolably, my teeth were chattering... & it was WONDERFUL to be in a vehicle with nothing but the radio on softly while they conversed on the way home!!!
Thanks so much guys, I'm sad and yet relieved that I'm no the only one who gets this... its not one of the symptoms I've read about so just that thought that I might have some ptsd or something was freaking me out... glad to know I'm not legitimately crazy... not that theres anything wrong with being crazy... lol, I'm in Fibro Fog right now so, don't expect any sense... I just had to thank all of you for your comments, I feel so relieved to have your support... hugs.