SPD Support Forum

I think mabye that SPD over stim results in a lot of what I would call secondary emotional moments. I know when I feel a threat such as someone to close to me.. or if I am somewhere and its to over stimulating I go into fight or flight,, which goes into if I don't leave I turn into a blubbering idiot lol. Only recently,, as in a month ago have I been able to stay where the issue was.. interesingly enough when I had my first recogniziable panic issue (meaning I just didn't cry and sob I could barely stand up and was wheezing my brains out) my boss was like your not going home and she made me sit in her office for an hour and talked me down.. never had someone be able to do that before so I guess we are making progress... but yes spd can manifest itself into an odd assortment of entertaining emotional results. (I have learned to look at this with lots of humour or I would probably have jumped out a window by now... /

My emotional over loads have been classified as GAD, Depression and having a low baseline. I take small doses of meds to control them so when I do get over stimmed it isn't quite that bad.. I also am very very stubborn,, it helps....

I hear you. I've actually been on anti-depressants for the past few months, and that takes the edge off of it. But I've also been doing some new things about helping my SPD symptoms in my worst situations, and those have helped far more. So I guess you could say I'm working on both sides of the problem, and it's been helping immensely.

yea I used to hate taking meds but had to start two years ago.. taking the edge off helps manage everything else.. I only take em as needed tho.. not every day....

Ah, I see. I don't do welll with the prn drugs. I pretty much have to take then daily, or I have to take them daily, you know what I mean? lol But things are getting better with that, too, since I've been incorporating more things into my sensory diet. Preventative things most of all, like making sure I'm ready to drive and such. But it makes all the difference.

This is exactly what happens with me. I was diagnosed with bipolar at 18 and have managed to be ok with meds for 10 years but my biggest trigger is pain....i am in pain 24 hours a day and i don't have a way to cope with it.