- Does anyone have any thoughts about the meds? ( sorry, I don’t know which one she is on) Has anyone seen problems with any ADD meds which exacerbate over responsiveness to sound.
- Which sensory strategy would be the best to try first?
Heather
Wednesday 26 October 2011
Meds exacerbating sensory concerns?
I have a girl who is in elementary school. She has a diagnosis of mild C.P She has sensory issues and recently went on medication for a diagnosis of attentional problems. Since being on the meds, she has become very oversensitive to sounds…people talking, a binder closing, etc. to the point she is in tears and says it hurts. Her mother says she had been fairly sensitive to noises when she was young but she had improved greatly and only had a few issues, prior to being on the meds. Mom reportsshe is getting enough sleep. I haven’t seen her since this began so I have not put any sensory strategies in place yet. I have two questions:
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ReplyDeleteEllen Yack talked about how antihistamines can increase sensory arousal and this happened with one of my guys with antihistamines... I wonder if there is an ingredient in the attention med similar to that. The mom might want to talk to the pharmacist and peadiatrician about it and other options. Could the medication have "improved" the attention so much that she is no longer blocking out even the non-significant... or could the original attention difficulties actually have been related to distractions with her sensory environment and now it has just been amplified significantly. These are just all hypothesis of course :)
I would start with the Wilbarger first as it is fast and if there are results you will see them quickly. Do proprioceptive activities help her at all? What about doing the ILS (results take a bit longer to see).