Oh yes, no booze and no noise! I became horribly ill after the tiniest amount of alcohol , starting in my mid 40s. I would console myself with chocolate and I then developed an allergy to chocolate! The cocoa bean to be exact, according to my patch test. Downhill from there, just oversensitive to so many things now. Chemicals, too, the detergent aisle in Sainsburys is like chemical warfare to me. I do have a good sense of smell, always had. My children each smell unique to me, and I could smell fevers etc. I think a lot of women have this.
When I switch my TV on it starts blaring out loud shouting people before I remember to cut the sound and put it to the channel I want. ( BTW @MewithME two episodes in of Slow Horses what bliss!) Painful to the senses.
I need to choose floors for our new house and it would be much easier to tile throughout but the thought of so many hard surfaces in the kitchen echoing really worries me. I would like Marmoleum but nobody local stocks it, so I need to travel to the next county to find someone. I'm planning on going into the carpet shop and requesting a chair next time. Last time I only called in for 10 minutes - it was exhausting just standing and looking at things.
I wouldn't recommend it as a permanent cure, but after my last bout of covid I was deaf as a post for a while. It was very peaceful but also annoying for my family. I went to have microsuction and the amount of wax that came out was both mortifying and very satisfying! Very small ear canals, easily get bunged up.