@mamacita Wow! You can use ear plugs with no problems? I only use them under one circumstance and that is when I am using firearms. Earplugs to drown out noise or to calm myself down to sleep, hearing my own breathing, drives me over the edge. There are so many times my husband doesn't understand the extreme sensitivity of my senses of touch, hearing and taste, nor the ability to see the slightest changes in color shades. That last one deals me well in my craft endeavors with fabric and yarn, and was appreciated when I worked in the commercial sewing thread industry. I have long said that with my autoimmune conditions, basically my body is at civil war with itself, but now I am just realizing that civil war goes beyond the physical and also involves the emotional/mental operating systems on a daily basis. Ah, the things we learn here on Mayo Connect with other people in the same trenches as us!
Ginger