Greetings. I'm 35, and am pretty sure I have had SPD or some sort of sensory issues for most of my life. It's been a lifetime of ups and downs, and of course when I was a child my family didn't know much about sensory anything, so I was sometimes treated harshly and told to buck up and deal with it.

I've done moderately well at learning how to cope but my challenges with noise take a daily toll. I am being treated for depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder (though I'm not sure about the bipolar diagnosis). Although I have never hesitated to seek treatment for those issues, I have always been too anxious to talk to a health care professional about my sensory issues. (Which is really dumb, since I have a feeling that they are probably at the root of my other illnesses.) I've managed to have a fairly normal life, am married and have a son, but I'm finally just... too tired to keep simply "coping".

(The woman who works near my desk at work just came back from lunch eating an apple, so I have to go somewhere ASAP where I can't hear her eating.)

I'm looking for help, basically. All the stuff I've read seems to point me toward misophonia, and everything I read about misophonia seems to fit me to a T. When I look for resources on OT or treatment, it seems like it is all geared toward children ONLY, and not adults. Any advice on finding treatment, and where to start? Do I start with my primary physician? I have a good counselor, but she is clueless about sensory issues and seems to think I just need desensitization.

I'd really like to have a more normal (or at least peaceful) life, someday.

Thank you.