How serious can sensory overloads become?

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It is verI would say one of the problems is that children are expected to never leave a room without permission, etc... As a child, I was often forced to remain in a noisy, bright room for many hours in a day. I would often end up in a rage due to sensory overloads that I wasn't allowed to remove myself from. Had I been allowed to remove myself from situations, it wouldn't have been nearly as bad as it was...

Now, being a college student, the professors don't care if you get up and leave in the middle of class (they're not responsible for the well-being of students, only teaching the curriculum), and because of that, if I experience sensory overload, I can just leave the room for 5 minutes (possibly even going to the bathroom or something) and returning when I've recollected myself. The same applies to most situations I am in. Also, because the environment of a college class is much less raucous than that of even a high school class, I don't have to deal with sensory overload nearly as much.

Now if only there was a school that taught elementary school level knowledge to elementary school kids in a college classroom setting... I would have fared so much better...

Definately get epilepsy ruled out! My son "crashed" with huge meltdowns when he started having temporal lobe seizure, which have really weird symptoms including perceptual (sensory), axiety, rage ect. So rule it out!
My son also has huge sensory problems, and that could also be what is going on. He has learned to ask to leave noisy places, which is a huge step forward.

I've always had really bad sensory issues. They weren't quite so bad when I was younger, I would usually end up plugging up my ears or locking myself in a dark windowless room until I was able to cool down. Now I'm aware that my sensory overloads are much worse than they used to be, and encompass most, if not all of my senses at a time. When I'm in a noisy place, sometimes the noise level will seem to rise to an unbearable level, followed quickly by the lights, and then I feel like my skin is on fire. In my worst episodes, everything seems to blend together...lights become too loud, sounds become hot, and so on...and if I don't escape immediately I usually completely shut down, sometimes for two or three days.

I take off my glasses and cover my eyes when I get a visual overload