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Thank you for sharing!

Such a shame.

@Damocles I hope that day will come for you soon, that you are freed from tinnitus or freed from caring about tinnitus.

My tinnitus is very high pitched, not easily maskable, mostly on my right side but when I get spikes I get multiple tones from both sides. My tinnitus is very loud when I focus on it or give it too much attention. When I don’t pay attention, it fades into the background. My tinnitus used to...

@DesperatePartner, I have read stories in this forum of people that failed at all strategies but still were OK in the end. One of my most effective strategies was staying away from forums. In my early stage I was reading a lot. But only after I stayed away from forums for a while I started to...

Maybe it's because in the early stages the brain looks for any other noises that might be there and then finds the other noises? My tinnitus sounds have also changed in the the first 3 months, but not much since then.

It is mainly one tone but if I listen attentively I do hear other tones.

@GCS, don't be too hard on yourself and try to stay positive. You can read many stories on this forum of people that have had a similar experience to yours and they are doing much better now.

@SlyTendencies, welcome to the forum. Thank you for sharing your story. Good to hear that you are already progressing in the anxiety department.

My tinnitus is also of a very high frequency and does not blend in well with environmental sounds. That is why I gave up on masking in a very early stage. I think the fact that I decided to accept the fact that my tinnitus is not easily maskable helped me get used to the sound. With getting used...

@Wrfortiscue, I have one high pitch tone that is the main one but if I pay attention I do hear other tones as well.

Same here. The loudness of my tinnitus goes up when my attention goes to the tinnitus and goes down when I do not pay attention. I discovered this very early but back then I was not able to refrain from giving my tinnitus attention.

In my first few months I was trying to find all spike factors from own experience and from what I read on this forum. So I avoided alcohol, coffee, salt, loud environments, you name it. But there was a turning point where I decided that I would not let tinnitus be the leader of the rest of my...

@BrOKeN_1, thank you for taking the time to share your story! Happy for you that you are doing better.

@Mikkijan, great to hear! :)