Shoooosh!
 

Do any caregivers living with PCS peeps ever get shoosh'd? I think I get shoosh'd about 100 times a week. LOL, kind of annoying at times. I wish me and my son had a built in mute button, or...that somehow we could turn DOWN my husband's hearing so we could run, play, laugh, squeal, do dishes, run the dishwasher, run the vacuum, ect.

so to all the other loud ppl out there......"Shoooooosh!!!!"

I'm constantly telling the other members of my household to "Shoooosh"!!

On a bad day I'm extremely sensitive to any kind of stimulation. If people are making noise in the house it could make my symptoms a lot worse. So, don't be upset. Your husband is just trying to protect himself from having his symptoms increased.

Good luck and "Shooooosh"!!!!!

Hopegirl,

Has your husband tried using ear plugs or head phones? They can make a big difference. The cheap red dollar store head phones work great or the yellow foam ear plugs, also.

Hopefully, he realizes that there are things he can do to reduce the sounds.

My best to you all.

Also, does he have a quiet place he can retreat to when life "out and about" in the house gets too overwhelming for him?

In the early stages I'd have these random outbursts when too many people in the house started talking to me at once. I've since gotten in the habit of wearing earplugs and/or asking nicely for them to settle down and speak *quietly* one at a time.

It's tough because my dad has a hearing impairment and often doesn't realize how loud he has the TV or how loud he's talking. It was a problem before (nothing was more upsetting than being woken up at 2am because my dad decided to watch some television) but with PCS it's been especially bad.