Recent content by JimJimJalabim

It's now been a year. I was hesitant to post this to the Success Stories page, but I consider it a success for now in many ways. The depression and anxiety, or Tinnitus Distress, related to the ringing is essentially gone; alas the tinnitus remains, perhaps lessened, but absolutely not worse...

It's been a little over 5 weeks. I'm doing okay! Appetite is back. Libido is back. I have less interest in video games. I spend more time with my wife. Focusing at work helps distract from the ringing. The ringing is still mostly there, and it can be annoying, but it doesn't depress me anymore...

Did you find yourself trying to listen for the T while on your trip?

Just finished my 3rd week too. Hang in there! Would you say you've improved over the three weeks?

No, but related to jaw movement and ear ringing: If I move my jaw itself (not forcing it with hands) backwards into my neck, my ears ring and stop when I relax it. This has always been the case, since I was a child, well before I ever had this T. I did this often for the first few days because...

Have you tried sleeping with white noise, or other sound generators to mask it while asleep?

I've had high-pitched T for about 3 weeks as well, though mine feels balanced between my ears, it "sounds" like its coming from inside my head. I believe mine was somehow stress related, as I didn't have any recent acoustic trauma. It's hard for me to say with confidence if it has gotten...

Sorry about your T. New to it myself. There seem to be enough anecdotal stories on here about headphones exacerbating tinnitus that it might be worth discontinuing use, especially in the immediate future. Likewise, many effective behavioral therapies include listening to white noise, even...

Gotcha. Confused the discussion between hearing damage and T. Thanks for the insight.

Always better safe than sorry, sure. I don't believe mine was caused by loud noise, I don't really have a history of acoustic trauma. My hearing is perfect in the normal range, little falloff in the higher frequencies age-appropriate ranges. I certainly don't want to advocate anyone risking...

While I don't particularly listen to music very often, or very loudly, or with headphones that often, I do use headphones while playing video games, as not to disturb the house. Even then, they're open-ear headphones, and I keep them at a volume where I can hear my wife ask me a question...

@I who love music I only really have the ability to mark these down for tracking purposes while at work, and admittedly, I missed a few days early on. - Though I do say to myself your suggested: "I hear it, I feel ____". Sometimes I add things from what I understand are the basics of CBT like...

I've noticed mine about 2 weeks ago. I had had a similar ringing before in my life usually after a concert that went away after a few days - but I knew it was because of the concert and that it would go away. It gave me more anxiety than Ive ever felt in my life - but i'm learning how to manage...

I, too, developed some ringing recently. (past two weeks) It's scary, frustrating, unnerving, stressful.. etc. I feel like i've learned a lot about the condition, despite not necessarily suffering as bad as some. The first mistake we all seem to make, especially with tinnitus, is listening for...