Sensory issues? Don't have a name for it

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So occasionally, usually on my days off when I do nothing and want to relax, Ill get a mild headache (which isnt the issue) but which is always accompanied by a weird sensory there where NOTHING FEELS RIGHT and it drives me to distraction and total inability to function. my glasses dont sit right (always the nosepiece and left earpiece), my eyes are dry, my hat doesnt sit right, clothes are annoying, every sensation is annoying and I am constantly fidgeting with everything on me. Like you know when you first put something on you're not used to wearing and theres an adjustment period before your body tunes it out? Thats what this feels like. and its ONLY when I dont work. Not sure if that has anything to do with anything, but its beyond enraging when the only time I get to myself to relax from my hellacious job, I end up being miserable and pissy because of this. What exactly is this, and has anyone else ever experienced it and what can I do to make it go away?

I always thought it was just my crankiness exacerbating my sensory annoyances.

I think the term you are looking for is "acclimatisation", particularly your nervous system's failure to do so. Acclimatisation is the process by which the nervous system fails to respond to a stimulus, as a result of the repeated stimulation of a transmission across a synapse. Your brain keeps being reminded of all this unneccesary sensory information that it should forget to recognize. You should only really feel your glasses when you first put them on, or be aware that the hat is sitting on your head when you first put that on, but your brain keeps letting you know they are there the entire time, and doesn't adapt, that is when you have nothing else to think of such as your job.

I feel this way particularly when I am trying to fall asleep at night, I become aware of every last wrinkle in my sheets, every itch on my body, any uneven weight distrubition of my blankets, my socks not on properly etc etc though I can have these problems throughout the day too. I find that my brain can only focus on one sensory input at a time, so by listening to sleep music, it helps drown out these other sensory input and allows me to sleep. I guess when you are working, your mind is occupied already, and it can't focus on this irrelevant sensory input that you would otherwise be aware of.

Ah, the infamous "the air feels lumpy" syndrome. You get antsy, nothing is "right." Clothes are obnoxious. Your own skin feels "wrong."

I know it sounds strange, but antihistamines help me. Really. It's the weirdest thing. Specifically, Allegra.