kingsfan

The exact same thought is hunting me 24/7. Like the treatment/cure is literally in the box somewhere in the storage room with other garbage and materials for future/past researches...ugh!

Is it sitting on a shelf?

You actually sound exactly like me. It sucks.

I don't either. Costant decline just makes you want to give up on this life that seems to be designed to torture us.

Drop it there right as they open and have time to set up for the day.

@Stayinghopeful well shit.. I had to go out and confirm my replacement wheel matched the other three and was exposed to impact driver yet again.

My tinnitus has been incredibly loud since. I hope this is temporary bc I’m incapacitated right now

A truck did go by though. No loud engine but sound of the tires on pavement was uncomfortable. Ears a little full and T a little elevated.

Well.... if your gonna forget something. Might as well be that.

@ECP Who knows if I could have been infected with mild-symptom Covid infections that rapid tests aren't picking up.

Would explain why my tinnitus is constantly getting worse. But I'll never know.

It's really interesting that we are having the same symptoms. Makes you wonder.

I am wondering too if seasonal allergies are at play, at least for me. We're transitioning from summer to autumn now, and sometimes that triggers mild symptoms that are similar to a real cold. That happened to me even before I had ear problems. Add noise-induced ETD to the mix, and it gets even harder to tell why my nose and ears are stuffy.

On the bright side, the government is mailing out free at-home COVID tests again this autumn to anyone who fills out the request online. They haven't announced the start date yet, but it should happen very soon.

Could you share a link @kingsfan? I would appreciate it.

@Pinhead https://1of1custom.com/products/total-block

Yes I try and watch all 82 Kings games and catch a few other games here and there

Yep it has been getting louder and "hiss-ier" as the day moves along. Accidentally dropping a huge ice cube into my stainless steel Klean Kanteen tumbler probably didn't help either.

I need to attend a birthday for my brothers kid this weekend. Can already hear the balloons poping, children screaming, and glasses falling to the floor. "oh kids are just the best isnt it Sodlin?"......

I did drive on the highway a lot with the windows down, bc the AC was also broken. So maybe it all cancelled each other out.

@2049v Wore out my welcome with family. It's time to move on. I'm middle-aged. I should have my own place, but I've struggled with work since tinnitus. Had a really good career and was financially sound. Now I'm left with nothing.

I’m in a similar situation. I had a job I liked, colleagues I liked, and a decent income in my own way, but one by one, I lost them all. Now, what are you thinking of doing? My situation has turned into a tangled mess.

@2049v I said I was going to kill myself once my bank account reached $0. I can't live in poverty with tinnitus.

Sertraline helps me to stop ruminating on past mistakes that caused my T, and live more in the present. Wanting to go back and change the past has caused me so much pain and wasted time. But even though I see that, I still need medication to change the thought pattern.

@SimonRK I've tried Sertraline, but it unfortunately spiked my tinnitus so I couldn't continue. I've tried Zoloft, Nortriptyline, and Mirtazapine so far with no luck due my tinnitus spiking. I'm going to try Prozac next.

Could hyperacusis be the cause? I've been to restaurants several times before and had been alright and comfortable. I guess I can't anymore.

give it some time. i had a restaurant setback last December because i stupidly went to the work christmas lunch. My T was a disaster after. in about 3 weeks it was a lot better.

Being chronically ill was the only thing that made me better at saying no. Please get some rest, and yeah, watch out for those restaurants that have metal chairs on the sidewalks. They are painful to listen to.

Did you have an acustic trauma? Why did it get worse?

@2049v Every little things makes mine worse. Its worsened too many times in only 4 years. I've managed to adjust each time so far, but it's getting more and more difficult.

@BrOKeN_1 Yea i can't believe so much time has passed. A lot has changed in those 4 years. Here's to hoping we have paid our dues and will be rewarded from here on out.

Have u tried trt training

Did it play music? I try and go when it's empty but then you get crap food

No. Not much at all.

I’m so sorry. The pain of being away from my kids is unbearable

@Zigs It's been difficult. Hard to function, then add debilitating tinnitus on top of it. She has a busy life with work, school, and boyfriend. I know I'd be seeing less of her if I were there, but it would still be much more than currently.

just rip off the bandaid and get in there unfortunately is my advice.

@cjbhab I finally did late last night (`>_<)

❤️

I'm in the midwest and don't feels it's too loud most of the time. Sure people mow their lawns through part of the year. With the train, it depends how close you are to it. I'm 1/2 mile away, and it sometimes seems a little loud but don't even notice it most of the time.

@RunningMan I'm 1 block away. Train tracks run through every single town here, and there's some sort of business here that wasn't here when I grew up that has trains coming through multiple times a day. I don't know if it's natural gas or what it is. The air often stinks here at night too. My asthma was way better in smoggy southern california than it has been here.

Yeah, one block is pretty close. I wouldn't want to be any closer than my 1/2 mile, for sure.

Feel better my bro @kingsfan

:-(

My phone has been on vibrate only or do not disturb/silent mode since tinnitus. Phone speakers are death to your ears.