Recent content by DamagedJoe

I am just bitter at this point. Bitter and numb.

Hit my first T birthday on Friday. It feels so unreal. Still 4 days in Rehab. Met so many sufferers...

I have been getting a loud cricket chirping in both ears for a few days now. Is it due to sertraline? Does anyone have any experience with it? I can't shake the feeling that I'm a particularly bad case.

It's now been over 10 months and I don't have the feeling that anything has improved. No habituation in sight... This can't really be my life now.

5th day on Sertraline. I hope that I will not regret this...

I am very sorry to hear that. No one should ever carry this burden. When was your onset, and why? I also have an update to share. Unfortunately, my mental state has continued to deteriorate. I was having increasingly dark thoughts, so I went to see the doctor again to be on the safe side. He...

So unhappy today. Relationship is suffering. Life is very hard in every aspect. Beer is my shepherd...

What have i done...

You really scare me. Can you explain how your tinnitus developed and why it has become catastrophic over the past eight years? Thank you for your reply. I understand that you’re trying to help, and I appreciate the intention behind your words. But I have to be honest, I don’t feel that my...

I envy you, I really do. You are very lucky. Protect your ears from now on.

Thank you for your replies. I’m very drunk today, so please be gentle with me. It’s been nine months now since everything changed. Just thirty minutes of noise exposure—and my life took a permanent turn. I’ve been left with aggressive, high-pitched tinnitus that has only become sharper, more...