Are there any meds autistic people take to reduce the sensitivity of all of their senses ? 馃
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@emily_rugburn actually there're quite a few
@maikel that are specifically created to desensitize? no there are not.
there are medications meant to adjust brain chemistry which for some people helps with sensitivities. sometimes it actually makes things worse.
do my meds help with my hypersensitivity? no but what it does is "flatten" my emotions so im not constantly overwhelmed by them. i am still thinking heavily about my clothes touching my skin and the hairs on my head or the buzzing noise from electricity. it doesnt make them go away, i just dont react as strongly to them.
edit: im actually quite
lucky that i even found medication to do this because A LOT of autistic people dont have anything to help at all.
@emily_rugburn that's a lot more thorough than a "no", let alone I didn't ask for "specifically" created.
Elvanse works for me, so does medikinet, Escitalopram is used sometimes for this, and also risperisomething and other meds. Specifically for this, surely not, but with this as side effect, there are plenty and if this is truly disabling is a matter of finding which one works with the least side effects.
@maikel @emily_rugburn the best med class for this for me, which I quit taking years ago due to individual concerns which may not apply to anyone else (and arguably maybe shouldn't even apply to me) was benzodiazepines. xanax, valium, etc. they don't reduce my sensitivity, rather they substantially increase the amount of stimulation I can tolerate before cognitive impacts start happening. however this isn't a commonly known effect of that class, I may be in a fairly small subset of people.
@maikel @emily_rugburn some people absolutely swear by l-theanine for this, I just tried it in the past 6 weeks and if anything it made my sensitivity slightly worse, so i discontinued.
I've also heard tell of inositol for this, haven't had time to research.