Juliane

Where are you up to with it all?

@Cmspgran Just not coping at all at the moment. Wish I had better news. How are you?

They can wake us up when there's a cure or treatments.

It’s incredible what we did not notice before.

Even before T and H, I hated it when neighbours had noisy parties.

@tpj Me too. I always hated noise.

Tryn28Hopeful yeah I know it’s not gonna make the T less, but I understand what you say about it being louder. How do ear plugs do your T? Does it make yours louder to?

@SharonBell I rarely wear ear plugs TBH. Honestly I would have to say its pretty neutral, on one hand its louder because I am isolating other sounds, on the other its not being as reactive from the sounds around me.

Honest, ear plugs or muffs are now painful. It makes my already unbearable T super loud. I wish someone could hear it. Honest to God I feel like I’m a solid 11 out of 10. SOLID. With ear muffs I feel like the sound of my T is spiking me. It hurts. Feels like a lazed is cutting the inside of my ear. Man.,, I’m trying so hard. Make progress but it’s getting worse,

There's really no avoiding the bad news anywhere. Social media, it's just all negativity.

Main reason why I stopped watching the news. It's beyond depressing.

There is no getting away from it. It sucks. Your best option at this moment in time is learning to accept it and practice cbt. Fighting it will get you no where.

@Tryn2BHopeful - I have honestly become better and not fighting it. A small amount of progress. The confidence has me going out but I’m getting worse. Feeling better is making my T worse. :(

@SharonBell How bad is your damage? I mean on audio gram?

My intention for today, is to have a restful day

Juliane is your tinnitus noise induced? Do you have it in ears and head?

@SharonBell Noise-induced and T in both ears and head

not supposed to provide any advice regarding your last idea. I've done a lot of reading on the internet how to go.

But obviously I've already had similar thoughts (for years); my preference is either leave the funds to my kids or make charitable donation rather than waste on airfare.

I actually can't even tolerate air travel, so I would still hang on if I were you. There may still be hope.

@Juliane The covid vaccine made my T worse.

@Juliane I'm sorry to hear your social life is so limited. Do earplugs make it possible to be around more than 1 person?

@Juliane It's hard to pinpoint what exactly has helped in my case, as I did tons of stuff at the same time for a long period in hopes of reducing my tinnitus. You can find a list of the things I've tried: https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/lions-mane-mushroom.10208/page-5#post-650506

I stopped taking supplements of any kind and try to eat decent and let my body balance itself out... has that done anything... no idea... but I don't worry about a supplement causing problems... so that's a win I guess.

Same.

@Marina Moon Thank you ❤️

As are and do you, dear Juliane! <3

❤️

Please ramble all you want if it helps you. That’s why we are here. I am so sorry this happened to you. You were wearing muffs. You should be okay. Some of the spike may have been caused because of the anxiety.

But not the peltors, less heavy muffs only silencing with 26db. Thanks for answering ❤️

The spikes and set backs are when we have to be our strongest. It’s hard to find the words because I know how it feels. You sacrifice so much then a moment can set you back. It will probably settle. Please give it some time.

My heart is honestly broken in so many ways

I send you a virtual hug.

I agree too...

I am so sorry.

At this point I’m not sure if the isolation is killing me more then my T. Either way. Still looking for solution. I am sorry you are feeling this way.

Its all relative

You only know when you know. Do people with other disabilities talk like we do? Why do I think they do not. This is so different. It like being allergic to air.