Do certain every day sounds trigger anxiety in Bipolar sufferers
 

In the past,telephone rings have bothered me.There use to be a louder bell on a telephone before 1980. Everything is quiet,the ring even at a low level sound drives me up the wall. I'm on the, "Do not call list".

Now charities can call you. They are exempt. The worst is the fraternal order of Police,who go by many different names. Usually Al _______ is on your caller ID. I got called by Al Montgomery last night,and I know that it is not a Al Montgomery. They are relentless,and they never stop. They will tell you that they are exempt from the,"Do not call list". I've had a few that have tried to pressure me into giving money.

At work they rang a loud alarm bell when I worked. Even the customers where bothered by the rings. They had different rings for different departments. These alarms where shocking if I was in the middle of something that I couldn't drop immediately,like if I was helping a customer,or operating machinery,and a bell on top of the machinery noise got on my nerves,especially if I had to secure the machine,and they didn't give me enough time.

No matter where you are ,you cannot get away from rings,alarms,and honks,even if the honk isn't at you. The telephone is always ringing,and If you pick up,there's a hesitation,because it's a computer that has called many people at once,and the first one who answers get's the call.

Do rings,and bells cause anxiety,or anxiety attacks for anyone else then me? This may sound like a strange question,but it isn't to those who get alarmed with to many of these alarming sounds.

Are there any other sounds that trigger a anxiety to the people who read this? I know Jackhammers,and hammers near by are startling. I was a carpenters aid,and I've done allot of hammering. I remember if there was a loud knock,I'd be startled. I've tried to sleep with a party going on next door. If I had to be at work at 6 AM,it can be nerve racking.

So my main point is,do sounds startle people with Bipolar problems,more then other people. Brokenfriend:eek:

noise
 

Dear Friend,

Yes. I get jumpy around noises.
I don't know if it is bipolar or not.
I have a musician friend who is extremely sensitive to bad noises.

Here are some thread we had a while ago about noise:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...ighlight=noise

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...ighlight=noise



I still jump for noises that I should be used to.
I don't know why. I stopped looking for why.

What noises are bothering you the most right now?

M.

For me it's rattling noises that often set off anxiety....

I guess you could say the rattling of electric motors (fans, vacuum cleaners...)

also small engines like lawn mowers, leaf blowers, weed eaters, motor cycles, go-carts....

these make me feel as though my heart is going to beat out of my chest.

:(
Abbie

Hi Mari
 

The gosh darn telephone ring bothers my for some reason. It's not to loud. If I'm sitting down in the den,and the telephone rings in the kitchen,it bothers me. It startles me,and scares me sometimes,and has caused panic attacks at times.

The worse sound to me is a Jackhammer. One time I was trying to sleep,and jackhammers went off close to where I was. I forgot the situation. I tried to sleep anyway,but it didn't work. I remember the sound of it was excruciating,when I was trying to sleep. Brokenfriend

I'm not sure if it a bipolar thing but what makes me jump out of my skin is my telephone. But it all depends on my mood. Some days people munching on a potato chip makes my skin crawl. And when I hear music other than my own, that really irritates me. And the scanners at the grocery store :eek:

low B6 status.
 

People sensitive to sound, or who claim to have overly acute hearing, can be low in B6 (pyridoxine). Or they may not be converting to active form in the body called P5P (pyridoxal).

Pyridoxine is a cofactor in making serotonin, the neurotransmitter.

http://journals.cambridge.org/action...ne&aid=1073172

http://books.google.com/books?id=FrY...l=en#PPA817,M1

The B6 in vitamins is not active in the body, and requires activation in the liver. This step can fail due to drug interactions or genetic failures (failure of the enzyme pyridoxal kinase).
You can purchase P5P as a supplement. It is not expensive.
iherb.com has several choices. I use the NOW brand.