Recent content by Jonstorm

Great to hear snow47. Ignore the trolls above. The vast majority will appreciate your post. All the best for the future.

Hi @MichaelF6161 Im in a similar situation to you although I didn't get my T from gunshots. Sleep is almost universally hard at the beginning from what ive seen. Im now 6 weeks from onset. My first 2-3 weeks were the worst with sometimes only 3-4 hours sleep which was incredibly interrupted and...

You are taking this completely the wrong way. I'm not saying that it's ONLY a mental health issue. Just that it is an aspect of it as far as COPING. I'm not just a GP I'm also a patient and I do not come to this forum in a professional context. As far as chronic pain goes a massive component of...

@Autumnly yes you have stated this on other threads. Clearly loudness is a factor but if 1 person has loud T and is very distressed and another person with similar T isn't bothered by it then mental health is a large part of it. This is how TRT etc work. They focus on mental health primarily and...

@Shelly75 Mine varies too but agreed has been more tolerable lately on average with ups and downs. I feel a massive part of perceived volume is mental state/ stress/ tiredness etc. I'm not sure what caused mine but it came on shortly after dental work. I was also a bit stressed/ anxious before...

@Shelly75 I'm just the same on the appetite front! I'm 3 weeks in I lost near half a stone but just started eating a few normal meals lol. I was so happy when I first felt hungry. Also my sleep had been horrendous like waking up every 30 minutes. Last night only woke up 3 or 4 times and managed...

Hi @GabyP I think most people with tinnitus can modulate the sound with head/neck/jaw movements. I can certainly making mine worse by pushing on jaw/teeth as well as neck movements. I suspect this is just cross talk (neurologically speaking) in my case as I could give my self brief tinnitus...

Thanks for your update @Keith R. Its strange how tinnitus affects some of us so strongly. I know other people that know they have tinnitus and its there if they listen but has no psychological impact on them at all. I really envy them. I recently developing tinnitus in a similar way to...

Hello all Thought I would post an update on my past week. At the weekend I was feeling improved in myself. I had been doing the Back to Silence method and had noted the pickup in mood and optimism that many say had accompanied that also. I had felt comfortable in the presence of the ringing when...

@Tinniger I have similar experience. I think I'm realising my T is spurred on by similar frequencies to it. So my masking at night with crickets may be effectively worsening mine and waking me more in the night John

Thanks @Michael B It's weird because so many people seem to feel T goes or quietens while they sleep but for me it seems to wake me up. I find it hard to tease apart whether it's anxiety that ramps in the night subconciously or somatic T. I took a zopiclone 2 nights ago and this kept me asleep...

Hi all I was hoping for insight regarding an issue I'm having habituating to my new friend. I'm 2 weeks into new moderate tinnitus. It developed 3 days after having a crown fitted post root canal. I awoke to pretty loud tinnitus accompanied by a general anxiety feeling. Since then I've had...

@Ligeia I feel you. I am exactly the same boat. I have a recent onset of T and also now some H. I say recent onset but I think its always been there and just I hadn't noticed it. In recent years I would sometimes listen to T and it would amplify very loud at night but then in morning I would...

@Greg Sacramento Its nice to know other people experience this issue. I am going to book with a local massage therapist that is supposed to be well recommended also to try and release some of my neck tension. I found last night that sleeping with no pillow suddenly seemed more comfortable- I...

This link seems to be broken I get what you are saying regarding the ears being delicate but the idea that normal / low dB sounds can cause worse tinnitus /hearing damage permanently just doesn't make physiological sense to me. I think its much more likely that the psychological impact of...