Although SPD related disorders show clear patterns in their symptoms and underlying causes, they are still very individual in their particular characteristics given the complexity of the sensory nervous system. This means their treatment is individual in a similar fashion. Not everything or the same amount of something works in the same way in every patient, while sometimes there are surprising effects from something unexpected. At the end, patients have to go by trial and error to see what has an effect and in which way. In short, it’s about throwing the kitchen sink at the problem and see what sticks.
In general, there are three types of remedies which can be applied: Active components, sensory triggers, behavioral patterns. In an ideal scenario, the various remedies should be tried both in a small, but increasing dose to test the limit, but if possible also an “overdose” to test what happens when the body is flooded with something. Equally important is to test the various remedies under exclusion of any possible stimulus or trigger, but also in combination with various other remedies, as well as triggers and stimuli to see whether there are changes in the symotoms and of what kind they are.
Active components include:
- Vitamines
- Minerals
- Herbs/Tea
- Adaptogens
- Healing Mushrooms
Sensory triggers include:
- (Infrared) sauna
- Cold exposure
- Solarium
- Daylight exposure
- Massages
- Sound therapy
- climate
Behavioral patterns include:
- Sleep rhythm and napping
- Sports and movements
- Relaxation techniques
- Yoga, meditation, prayer
There are three possible outcomes for each remedie: One symptom or the entire state improves, or it becomes worse, or nothing happens.
Everything with an adverse effect on one symptom or the overall state should be dismissed, whereas everything with a positive effect should not only be kept, but if possible, additionally there should a test at high dosage for a few days to see if more helps more. Equally, everything with no effect should also be tested in a high dose for a few days to check for possible effects at higher quantity.
Testing for all remedies with no or positive effect should be repeated three times during different seasons to check for environmental influences like sun hours, air pressure or humidity. In case there are sensitivities for heat, light, sound or any other sensoric dimension, it’s important to include stress tests during the trials at least for the very high doses.