My psych is giving up.

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I agree that emotion regulation is key, and it could help reduce your stress level which helps with sensory issues that tend to be worse under stress. Exercise and meditation can help a lot. But with how much trouble you're having, it seems to me they really need to give you regular and frequent sessions with a psychologist or counselor. If you could do this on your own, you would. I hope they do the right thing for you.

I do not have much to offer other than to tell you I am having similar issues currently. Severe OCD, very strong urges to hurt myself which have resulted in damage to my face and forehead, and inability to tolerate many situations in public.

I am due to be referred for CBT soon for the OCD. I am anti medications... Does not sound as if yours have been helping much either to be honest. Yoga is something a few people have suggested to me, along with mindfulness, blogging, deep breathing and all those sorts of things. I find the only way I can slow down the onslaught is to throw my focus into something online or on tv to be honest.

A natural supplement called 5htp has also been useful but it cannot be taken with SSRIs.
Exercise is another suggestion for dealing with extra aggression/energy, especially weight training and boxing.

What is emotional dysregulation?

Thank you for the most excellent advice. When I am not so exhausted (meltdown + clonazepam = exhaustion) I will copy and paste these suggestions into a Word document and print them out and stick it on my pinboard.

(I only take clonazepam as a last resort - this evening I was freaking out so much that I fell down half of the stairs because I couldn't control my body)

It is strange as when I am not anxious or melting down, my logic is very much intact. It is a shock when I go completely the other way (illogical) and when I recover I just feel like an idiot.

I'm going to do some guided meditation and then go to bed. I am drained. I must have burnt some hundreds of calories on that two hour meltdown.