Tinnitus Talk Support Forum

It's just very sad.. i'm feeling the same way a lot of the time, just constant discomfort t.. interfering with sleep too.. i wish there was a (simple) answer to this.. to myself im saying.. so much to have endured.. in time maybe things can get better, we don't know what the future holds.. trying to go easy, day to day

@L along the way, In just three months, it made me regret being alive. My balance is off, my perception is off, I live with this sound 24/7. Every night I struggle to sleep, and every morning I wake up with this sound. I'm tired, tired of everything.

@2049v Sorry.. i do feel you, and it sounds a lot like my experience too.. sadly.. I wish to say to you, give yourself a break. But that's also hard, that there's no real break from t.. but somehow i hope some ease can come friend.

With sleep it has been the most interfering.. there were many nights.. where i just layed awake for hours.. pff.. It's really maddening, and sad. Luckily i've found a job where i only do afternoon and evening shifts.. because waking up in the morning has been an issue.

It has been enduring for years, and i find it sad that life is supposed to be a gift, but with this it has been more just about getting through it.. i hope and pray for all of us for a better day

@L along the way, right now I am not able to work. Also I'm gonna have to get a surgery sooner or later but in the end I want to start working even though I don't know how I'm gonna be.

@L along the way, can I ask what do you do? I was looking for some remote stuff but couldn't find anything that I could do. Yes life was a "gift" for me before this torture, even though I had many other struggles like my surgery, not being able to work because of that etc but I was always peaceful and happy. How severe is your situation? Do you have anything else apart from T?

@2049v i work part time as a driver. It's nice, since i don't have morning shifts. Yes, i do think life is supposed to be a gift, but sadly it isn't always so. My t is severe in that i can always hear it, and it has been interfering with my sleep, and my sense of wellbeing.

I tell myself 'patience' every day. No other medical conditions luckily enough. I've started eating plant based, i've discovered that food is actually sort of a medicine, with great benefit for our health and wellbeing.

@L along the way,
So, has it been severe for 12 years? How have you managed to live with it all these years? Have you used any medications during this time? Sleeping pills, antidepressants, benzodiazepines, etc.?

@2049v i don't know. How have you managed the past few months (or years)? I mean.. it seems like we just do what we can, and hope to see a better day.

Yes, i've been using benzo's, and sleep meds n stuff, but now not anymore though. There's been a lot of crying, and frustration, depression. I mean, it's good to let the emotions flow i guess. But i do try to find inspiration and inspired to live a healthy natural lifestyle.

Sometimes just distractions (movies, games).. and well.. there are still positive things in life, though it has been mostly a sense of enduring these past years. Going day to day now, i hope we can have a better day

@L along the way, I couldn't manage because I can't work. I can barely go to the market, do my daily tasks. My life has stopped and isn't moving forward at all. You're experiencing withdrawal symptoms. When did you stop using them, and did they even help you? Seeing people still struggling after so many years makes me sad and makes me think I'll be the same. Nothing seems to change for the better for me.

@2049v sorry.. well, i also don't have the answers, if i, or anyone had, well then we could happily just fix the situation like that, but sadly it's not that way.. we can only do our best and do what feels right for you. i've been using benzo's for a few months myself, and it helped me some time with sleep, but i just stopped it at some point. It has been a long struggle here.. but i just try to go day to day

@L along the way, are you using the strong ones?

@2049v i've had temazepam for a while, but now not anymore

@L along the way, can I ask why did you stop and what were the effects of it on you?

@2049v well.. im not sure.. i was using it for a few months as a sleep aid, but then i tried to get to sleep without it again. I try to see lifestyle as a whole.. main 2 things for me are.. healthy (plant based) foods, and sleep, sometimes sleep is an issue, but trying to make the right conditions conducive to it.

For me that meant working less.. i work part time now, so have less pressure with getting to sleep.. thank god. But with t i believe we can.. you know.. talk about our experience about it (sadly enough.. pretty harsh) but nobody really knows any real answer, it feels like we gotta see for ourselves what works best for you