#extrapieces

As a continuation from my ‘Extra pieces of the jigsaw blog’ as part of the co-occurring conditions I get to deal with I can also add, the next items to my list.

Symptoms of Sensory Processing disorder

Children and adults who have sensory processing disorder cannot properly process the sensory stimuli from the outside world and will have trouble interpreting information from one or more senses. No one with the condition will have the same sensory dysfunction, so symptoms will vary from person to person.

These are my symptoms:

Behavioural:

Withdrawing when touched;

Difficulties calming down when struggling with an issue;

Refusing to eat certain foods due to the texture;

Hypersensitive to certain fabrics;

Only wears soft clothes or clothes without tags;

Over-sensitivity to loud sounds;

Notice or hear background noises that others cannot hear;

Being oversensitive to strong or mild odours;

Avoidance of messy textures such as lotion or dirt.

Effects of Sensory Processing Disorder

The long-term effects of living with SPD can cause significant difficulties in everyday life. Many healthcare professionals are not trained to recognise many of its symptoms and as a result the disorder may not be diagnosed for years.

Long-term effects of SPD include:

Challenges with interpersonal relationships;

Depression;

Anxiety;

Underachievement;

Low self-confidence;

Decreased friendships;

Low self-esteem

Everything I have outlined in today's and yesterday's blog I deal with. It irritates me that these are the things I had to deal with as a child and I didn't know or understand, but I also take heart that I've brought myself to this place and I know what I need to know. I’m proud of myself.

Like myself, many of us will learn to adapt, others may go through their lives pretty much as they started. It has taken me 55 years to get to this place, although I was aware for a long time that this is how I presented. The hard part was trying to convince others.

The trouble I have is others fitting into my life my living with SPD. But I take comfort I am now able to write about what I’ve had to deal with and continue to deal with. To get my experiences and symptoms out there, finally.

I’ll never know now because it’s way too late in the day, but it would have been that I would have had a little more to go on had my father and my consultants over the years discussed my disability and my presenting symptoms. You couldn’t make up what I’ve had to go through.

I have cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is the physical condition, but along side that I have Sensory Processing Disorder symptoms

Sensory Discrimination Disorder

Those with this disorder have problems assigning proper meaning to the qualities of particular sensory stimuli. Children or adults with this condition may struggle with interpretation of characteristics of sensory stimuli that is associated with poor skills performance and Dyspraxia.

My symptoms include:

Difficulties following directions;

Problems finding an image in a cluttered background;

Poor balance;

Uses too much or too little force;

Poor balance.

Sensory Modulation Disorder

Sensory Modulation Disorder is where children or adults have problems regulating the nature and intensity of sensory input. The responses could be behavioural, emotional, negative responses to stimuli not averse to others, but the problems are also exacerbated by stress.

My symptoms include:

Withdrawing from lights and unexpected touch;

Difficulties with textured foods;

Strong preferences to certain types of clothing, including textures;

Over-sensitivity to sounds or visual stimuli;

Avoidance of messy textures such as lotion or dirt.

Co-occurring Disorders

Sensory processing disorder can occur with other types of disorders.

My co-occurring disorders include:

Autism;

Asperger syndrome;

Learning disabilities.

My learning disabilities explain my struggles in school and college. My sensory symptoms also fall into the above three co-occurring disorders. All the symptoms I have outlined in my blog here are me down to a ‘tee,’ and there is more.

In my next personal blog I will continue to outline the rest of my symptoms. My SPD symptoms confirm what I have known all along about how I present and what I have been dealing with for all of these years.

Source: http://www.ascentchs.com