Tinnitus Talk Support Forum

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How are you holding up today? @CAgirl
CAgirl
Really struggling today. I feel I'm on the verge of a nervous breakdown. It is soooooo loud and intrusive. Like a knife poking into my skull. Ultra high-pitched piercing tone.
Bill Bauer
The first 3 months after the onset are the worst. Keep reminding yourself that eventually you will feel better.
T
@Bill Bauer this is the scariest experience of my entire life. Never thought I'd have silence taken from me
CAgirl
@Bill Bauer thanks again for the encouragement. Took a walk with my husband and didn't hear it too much. Now out back trying to meditate and hear it loud and clear. Ugh. Trying to calm the limbic system is a daily battle at this point. Everyone says it gets better down the road so I'm hanging on to that hope.
Bill Bauer
The first time I read about tinnitus, was several years before I got it. I was horrified that conditions like that are possible. I could imagine how that would feel, and I know that I would have trouble handling it, as I have always found noises to be more difficult to handle than other people.
Bill Bauer
When I first heard T, I knew exactly what it was, and I couldn't believe that this was happening to me. In the end, I can say that I basically lost two years of my life...
T
@Bill Bauer so any change to a Lower tone is progress?