noise sensitivity

Unfortunately, I'm being woken up a lot in the night by a house mate getting up to go to toilet/ go downstairs and it's really impacting my symptoms badly. I wonder if anyone has found any ear plugs or noise cancelling headphones/head bands that are comfortable for wearing at night? I'm a side...

Hi, Over the past couple of years I’ve found some things that help my sound and light sensitivity significantly (at home especially). I just thought I’d post them, and wondering if anyone else has other things that helped them a lot. I haven’t seen a thread for aids that help with light...

i wear earplugs 24/7. i use disposables now, but there are issues. i wonder if there are any soft earplugs made out of a safe material. my old respirator had a soft silicone that would retain its shape. like that. [edit: i mean that it would RETURN to its DEFAULT shape and not squish around...

I take my medicine early hours in the morning in the middle of my sleep; b blocker at 5 a.m. after a small snack and then 7 a.m. thyroid medicine. I usually sleep in between. I have to sleep in pitch dark and no noise. Absolutely no telephones or similar gadgets allowed in my bedroom for a...

I have just discovered the bliss offered by noise cancelling headphones!! I had thought they would only be good for the really severe, and so had never considered them for myself. However I had started using my ear buds (the ones I use for Audio books) in busy places, and whilst good at muting...

Hello All, I don't know if any knows about or has had any experience with insulating rooms against noise to protect very noise sensitive ME sufferers? My daughter, Hannah, has deteriorated since first being diagnosed so that she is very sensitive to noise and light much of the time, sometimes...

I care for someone with severe ME who is very sound sensitive. They are using ear plugs and some Bose noise cancelling headphones but that is not helping enough. Please has anybody any advice, e.g. are noise defenders good, are they better than noise cancelling headphones. Any help or advice...