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DamagedJoe commented on DamagedJoe's profile post.Thanks for your comment. if i understand correctly, you have also had your T since october 2024. I honestly don't notice that "something is... -
DamagedJoe updated their status.Update: Something new. my lowpitch tone on my bad left ear is now louder than the high pitch one. I don't know why. It's now something like 980...
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Been a really hard week with a loud spike that seems like it came after the change of wheelbearing on my car. Im also very tensed and i feel abit...
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DamagedJoe updated their status.
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DamagedJoe replied to the thread Bilateral Tinnitus After a Single Band Rehearsal without Hearing Protection.Yep, that sounds like my tinnitus. Mine is also reactive, and the reactive sound is a nightmare. 😔 Well, I’m starting to believe our lives are...
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DamagedJoe reacted to Nocca's post in the thread Bilateral Tinnitus After a Single Band Rehearsal without Hearing Protection with.
I have different sounds in both of my ears—similar to you, I believe. I hear a kind of static, like a broken TV signal, in both ears. In my left... -
DamagedJoe reacted to Nocca's post in the thread Bilateral Tinnitus After a Single Band Rehearsal without Hearing Protection with.Hi, I have bilateral 24/7 tinnitus. The hearing test I took one month after my acoustic trauma—spending two hours at a bar with loud music, the...
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DamagedJoe replied to the thread Bilateral Tinnitus After a Single Band Rehearsal without Hearing Protection.I’m very sorry to hear that. The thought you mentioned has been on my mind a lot over the past few months. It feels unfair. What is your tinnitus...
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Yeah, how dare you prioritise your wellbeing, health, and hearing over the band? That's messed up... I can't see how an unsupportive group would...
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DamagedJoe updated their status.I left my band today. I had to give up another thing that I loved. Everyone was outraged and no one could understand it. After all, nobody had T...
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DamagedJoe commented on DamagedJoe's profile post.Thank you @bob k. I have it for 4 months. I often read this statement in this forum, that it gets "better". But I just can't imagine it happening...
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DamagedJoe reacted to Apexhunter67's post in the thread Bilateral Tinnitus After a Single Band Rehearsal without Hearing Protection with.Wow. It’s good to know I am not the only person suffering. I woke up on January 28th with single sided sensorineural hearing loss in my left ear...
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DamagedJoe updated their status.I made a decision today with a heavy heart. I'm not going to live like this. F*** you "god", or "universe" or whatever it is that has thrown us...
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DamagedJoe replied to the thread Bilateral Tinnitus After a Single Band Rehearsal without Hearing Protection.I wanted to add my hearing test results, first from November 4, 2024, and the second from February 6, 2025. Though hearing tests are not...
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Man.. I would give so much for natural wellbeing. That is such a precious gift of life. My only hope, is hope, that it can be so one day.. these...
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DamagedJoe updated their status.Exactly 4 months ago I woke up wishing it was a nightmare. The last month has really sucked. I definitely very often have the feeling that...
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DamagedJoe replied to the thread Can Hidden Hearing Loss Symptoms Improve Over Time?.Man, I really envy you. I don’t want to sound ignorant, but I think you’ve been very lucky that your tinnitus has already settled.
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DamagedJoe left a message on JJJ147's profile.Hi @JJJ147, how is your T?
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DamagedJoe updated their status.Dear Silence, will we ever meet again?
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DamagedJoe commented on Pinhead's profile post.I'm very sorry for you. My "journey" with reactive T has only just begun. Almost 4 months now. I'm not sure yet if I want to continue living like...
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DamagedJoe commented on DamagedJoe's profile post.I'm sorry if my reaction came across as if i wanted to attack someone. I'm not particularly emotionally stable at the moment.
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DamagedJoe commented on DamagedJoe's profile post.How can it get better? Don't tell me about this habituation crap. Srsly. Whats wrong with you all? F*** this! I cannot deal with this!!! Of course...
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DamagedJoe reacted to Fazdoll's post in the thread Stop Scrolling and Start Living — My Tinnitus Success Story with.You’re not very specific. How many years did it take for your tinnitus to fade from a 10 to a 1? Did you have multiple tones, reactive tinnitus...
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DamagedJoe commented on DamagedJoe's profile post.I'm not feeling well. I just can't manage to accept what I've done to myself. I'm angry and frustrated most of the time. Knowing that it will be...
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DamagedJoe replied to the thread It Gets Better — I No Longer Obsess Over or Notice My Tinnitus Most of the Time.I feel exactly the same.
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DamagedJoe replied to the thread Bilateral Tinnitus After a Single Band Rehearsal without Hearing Protection.I tried some calm ambient music at low volume yesterday, which I used to love after a long workday. It’s completely distorted due to my reactive...
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DamagedJoe reacted to Fazdoll's post in the thread Four Months After Firearm-Induced Acoustic Shock Tinnitus: Am I Having a Spike? Will It Get Better? with.Hello, I am a single woman in my mid-50s with very little history of noise exposure. Life was great, but things changed last August 6. I took a...
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DamagedJoe replied to the thread Don't Despair, You Can Get Past This — My Journey with Tinnitus and Adaptation.I can’t believe these stories. How can you accept that this is how the rest of your life should be? Right now, posts like this just make me...
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DamagedJoe updated their status.Feeling like a cripple. Very angry today. Soundmachine turned itself off tonight, so i woke up from my T. Work is hell today. It's so unfair, the...
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DamagedJoe reacted to Cloudious's post in the thread Can Hidden Hearing Loss Symptoms Improve Over Time? with.Hi everyone! Just to give a brief rundown of my situation, I started experiencing hearing challenges after attending my first rock concert in...
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DamagedJoe replied to the thread Can Hidden Hearing Loss Symptoms Improve Over Time?.This one, sir! I feel you.
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DamagedJoe left a message on Mark F.'s profile.Hi Mark, how are you doing in the meantime?
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I do this myself. How trivial those things really were. T gives you a completely different perspective on things.
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DamagedJoe updated their status.It's really intrusive today... Like on the first day. It will not get better. I know it. I hate this life.
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DamagedJoe reacted to painted_mirrors's post in the thread Bilateral Tinnitus After a Single Band Rehearsal without Hearing Protection with.I drummed growing up, and by the time anyone told me to be careful of my hearing, I had some tinnitus. I really play bass more since college, and...
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DamagedJoe replied to the thread Bilateral Tinnitus After a Single Band Rehearsal without Hearing Protection.Thank you for elaborating. So, you have a long history of loud noise exposure, so to speak... I never had that—just one incident. Well, you...
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DamagedJoe replied to the thread Frustrated with Myself After Acoustic Trauma: My Current Journey.Hello @Cloudious, your story really touched me emotionally because I can completely relate to it. I hope you believe me when I say that a tear...
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DamagedJoe updated their status.I've often asked myself recently what little things I was annoyed and worried about back then. I had no idea.
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DamagedJoe replied to the thread Bilateral Tinnitus After a Single Band Rehearsal without Hearing Protection.Hi @painted_mirrors, thank you for your response! I find it interesting that your tinnitus behaves in a similar way to some extent. I'd love to...
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DamagedJoe replied to the thread Bilateral Tinnitus After a Single Band Rehearsal without Hearing Protection.Today is another one of those days when I cannot stand my tinnitus. Every time I think it has gotten better, it comes back. Maybe it is just my...
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DamagedJoe replied to the thread Reactive Tinnitus and Sound Distortions: How to Move Forward?.Unfortunately, I have something similar. I haven't been "at it" that long, but I hate it - in fact, I hate my whole life right now.
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DamagedJoe reacted to jjflyman's post in the thread My Acoustic Trauma (Jackhammer) Induced Tinnitus Has Got Much Better with.This is a wonderful success story! When people get tinnitus they often think their life is over, and wonder how there can be such a horrible thing...
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DamagedJoe updated their status.I have noticed the following changes since the beginning: -there are loud and quiet days for me -the sound in my "bad" left ear sometimes changes...
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DamagedJoe updated their status.Hello everyone, as of today I would like to document my progress regarding my noise-induced tinnitus. I've had my tinnitus since October 25...
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DamagedJoe replied to the thread Bilateral Tinnitus After a Single Band Rehearsal without Hearing Protection.First of all, thank you very much for your answer. I really feel as if I have crossed over into a parallel world—a world of tinnitus sufferers...
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DamagedJoe reacted to Mark F.'s post in the thread Bilateral Tinnitus After a Single Band Rehearsal without Hearing Protection with.THIS! I totally understand, as I’m sure most of us here do. Welcome to a club of torture that few of us even knew existed. All I can say is to...
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DamagedJoe posted the thread Bilateral Tinnitus After a Single Band Rehearsal without Hearing Protection in Introduce Yourself.Hello everyone, After the success stories on this forum kept me from becoming completely suicidal for a few months, I have finally managed to...
