Hi Russ, ((((( Smiles )))))

I'm sorry but I'm haveing alittle trouble in menuvering around the board..
I'll figure it out but.. Is there two different hyperacusis forums??
One listed in disease's and one listed here..
Am I suppose to post here or there or..
Are they the same but it doesn't seem so because I don't see my post there..
This is just different then the network I've been on for awhile now but it's a nice set up too..
I like it....
I think I read your mercury story I'm not sure if I read it all yet..
I'll figure it out but I wanted to say....
I believe you and I know how it feels to be misunderstood by others as well..
the stories of people with hyperacusis disorder may seem incredible almost unbelievable
to others who don't expirence this but it's so true..
You should read the stories about the sounds or noise that devestated peoples lives.
a yell, a scream, an MRI , powertools, nightclubs, sporting events, eating out at a loud
place , noises at work, machine noises to a kiss blown into the ear ect ...
Sound, noise that other people aren't effected by but it leads use to hyperacusis..
And as most people who come down with hyperacusis from noise trauma were in
the company of individuals who survived the event with little or no side effects..
Our ears have been damaged by sound that does not hurt the normal ear..
Some times telling our stories are like telling yours because it's incredible that
this happened to us.. too other people but it did.. can't explain all of it but it did..
It's true!

But medications/drugs can cause hyperacusis as well..
Medication, toxins, noise ect....
Lymes disease can cause hyperacusis as well...

There are different terms that are used in hyperacusis or other sound , neurological
ect problems..
Like phonophobia is the fear of sound...
And misophonia is the dislike of sound..
And SSSS4 means select soft sound sensitivity ...
Sensitive to particular sounds, or certain letters or words ect...
and others have also used the word misophonia for that or it's seperated in two types..
as they are unable to tolerate the sounds of eating or chewing or lip smacking ect...
It's different then classic hyperacusis were all sounds can be expirenced as loud..
but hyperacusis can also contain other symptoms as well...
And people can expirence it differently in what bothers them the most or different
catagories of H... From severe to a milder form...

There is so much debate on all this and different opinions on this topic..
Of descriptions but one thing is so true..
This is something we expirence as incredible as it sounds..
To others...
And have a nice weekend..
I'll be off soon to come back maybe next week..
Thanks for creating this forum..
on hyperacusis and other things that can go with it too like..
Tinnitus, myoclonus ect.....
Plus hyperacusis is a symptom of something that went wrong..
With many triggering events, medical conditions ects..
The subject is really deep...

Have a nice weekend ...
I'm off....
Take Care
Lynn