MY HEARING IS VERY BAD SO 'M ONE OF THOSE THAT YOU WOULD NOT ENJOY BEING AROUND, I WORKED WITH HEAVY EQUPT. ALL OF MY GROWN UP YEARS AND THE SCREAMING COMPRESSORS HAVE DONE A NUMBER ON MY EARS, TO ME IT SEEM NORMAL, BUT I TRY TO BE VERY QUITE AFTER HUBBY GOES TO BED AND I CAN HARDLY HEAR THE T.V. SO I USUALLY SHUT IT DOWN AT 9 PM SO'S NOT TO BOTHER HIS SLEEP. NONE OF WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT EFFECTS ME, SO I'M NOT AT ALL IRRITABLE ABOUT THAT, BUT I KNOW THAT HUBBY IS....LOVE....HELEN

helen you should get one of those headsets only you can hear..my DH is very hard of hearing and the kids got it for him so the tv doesnt keep me up at night.

Tell me about it! I thought being married was bad....ended that years ago. Now I live with a 13 yr. old with ADHD. Go figure right? Glad to see I'm not the only one like this.

Yes I get irritable when I'm in a bad flare and totally overwhelmed. I find I need to go into a dark quiet room and be left totally alone. I don't like to be touched, talked to or have the tv on. I can't concentrate and don't like to talk with the kids especially the teens who want to go on and on about something very minor but major for them. I think I just become so sensitive that all things that have to go through my nervous system just can't be tolerated including smells and light. I will literally pull the covers up to my neck and put a pillow over my head. I only get this way when the pain has become intolerable and it is like I need to shut everything down. If only people could reboot like a computer!

I'm so irritable atm that I almost can't read the site. I hate loud noises etc and have tintinitis since I got the CFS. My irritability tends to coincide with this urge to cry at the same time. Many times with no idea why I feel this way. Today is definitely one of those days.

Yes I am sensitive to bright lights noise crowds etc.Also have the ringing in my ears. On bad days it makes me irritable. marilyn . common to fibro i would say!

Yes fibro related. I also get ringing in the ears, drives me batty.

Yes, I can get mad at the dumbest things and noise drives me nuts. Stuff that normal people don't notice, makes my headache. My friends look at me like I am crazy but I am real sensitive to sound.

Dixie,
Im glad you posted this for the last month or so I cannot handle shrill and loud nosies I feel like climbing out of my skin.I am asmusing its the dreaded fibro!!!My ears are ringing to.So glad I
m not alone!!!!

I definitely get irritable, especially when the pain and depression is bad. I'll snap at my husband, and even my dogs for no reason. And I've always hated loud noise, and need daily quiet time. During the day while my husband is at work, I don't have anything on but the computer - or else I'll read a book or crochet. Same for after he goes to bed when I can't sleep. But as soon as he gets home the TV goes on - louder than I would like it. He's a TV addict!!! The only time bright lights bother me is when I have a migraine. Then it causes terrible pain.

You're not alone Dixie. Noise bothers me so much....especially those loud ads with the big mouth TV pitch men. I just about break a leg trying to get to the remote to "mute' them. I think it might be because we are so prone to anxiety.

I don't even watch the news any more. The talking heads drive me nuts. I read my news on the internet and in the newspapers.

yep I remember the days that I sat in front of the tv on mute and watched the tv guide thing roll up the screen. I have a hard time in the car with the window crack cause i'm a smoker and the radio going and the sounds of the tires on the road and the kids. I can't win in the car no matter what I do there is something that drives me nuts. I have a hard time talking when there is noise in the back round I can't remember what I was saying and stutter at times.
Take care and stay sane.

I could just kiss each and everyone of you. I'm so glad its not just me. I've been so bad lately andd felt so guilty.
So Now guess what! I can tell hubby its not just me, its the Fibro :) lol