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Did you try suing in the invidividual? They should be liable for any damage done to you. That's why, as far as I'm aware, personal liability insurance is quite a big thing here for this very reason. ABN AMRO: What this insurance covers Liability insurance compensates in full the damage that...

Not related to Zoloft, but I tried Benzos for a little while which gave me rebound anxiety and depression (I had neither when starting Benzos) and during my taper off and 1-2 weeks after finishing, my T was much higher and more noticeable. Best to be off them though.

That's not how tinnitus works at all. The quietest T can still be extremely intrusive and ruin your life. Also, before I habituated, that quiet tinnitus always managed to creep up above the TV no matter which volume it was put on.

Stop that and it'll be even better ;)

No, but after tinnitus - yes.

Benzos can make you less anxious about your tinnitus and therefore perceive it as quieter. The problem is that you may rely on this too much and build a tolerance to them, before you know it you're somewhat addicted. When you try to taper down/come off of them, you can have rebound anxiety and...

I've tried Ketamine, ok not for this purpose, but anyway it had no effect on it long term. While on Ketamine, and in the hours after it, tinnitus was there to an extreme level, but that seems common for dissociatives anyway. I don't think injecting it into the ear would be a good idea...

I think I just managed to do all the right things. I worked out quite early on what was good, and sometimes that meant putting myself in difficution situations instead of hiding from them. I'm really happy to provide you releif, feel free to ask me anytime if you'd like to know anything else. I...

As well as I've ever been able to. I've always been a bad sleeper, I have to go very late, and even then there's basically no chance of me sleeping before 1 hour in bed. T made that a lot worse, 3-5 hours until sleep or none at all. I'm back to where I was in that regard. The hardest thing for...

Sleeping was the WORST. I put my fan on which isn't a normal desk fan, it's quite big and LOUD. I slept right near it, but whichever ear was in the pillow was screaming. So I ALSO played white noise on my phone, and placed my head uncomfortably on the pilloy in such a way that only my head/half...

@jdjd09 I haven't been following your story as much as others. Of course I hope, and it's the ideal situation, is that you manage to get through this and somehow live a happy life in the end. I can't say what's honesty best for you. You, if you've sought all options, really should know that...

Yes, for sure. It's not because I thought I needed support, actually I'd feel bad putting that burden on someone else. but being single you can only think in the worst times that there's NO WAY you're going to be able to get into a meaninful relationship with these problems. It's not entirely...

@Marie79 - I went through the worst times of T. The full cycle of depression, suicidal thoughts (and having to hide my kitchen knives "just in case", etc etc etc. Thinking that life was over, how would I be able to commit to a relationship while having this problem that others would think is...

The first rule of T is to never try to listen to it. If you want it to be louder and more noticeable, listening to and analysing it is the way to go. You need to figure out some kind of mental block to redirect your thoughts whenever you feel like listening to it. Just for example, my mind...

I used to sleep with a fan for most of my life, after a while you get used to it and it makes it very difficult to sleep without one. I only stopped when I moved country and didn't buy a new one, I've got used to that and it's much better than needing one! When my T was bad, it could even creep...

The problem with them is that they make you more comfortable in loud environments and less aware of the noise levels around you. You can be in a dangerously loud situation, while also adding music on top of that, which is what can cause hearing loss and tinnitus. The best headphones to protect...

I couldn't have done without this forum in the first month. I was in a panic, I couldn't talk to anyone about it, so I posted here. Even just writing about it made me feel better. I also got a lot of good advice, and reading the positivity thread helped me feel better about everything.

I'm habituated. For me it kind of means both things. It's there, but most of the time it's like it's not there because it doesn't bother me, therefore I don't notice it. When I do notice it, I don't care at all.

You can't *really* mask T with high noise levels, T will always rise above it, especially if you're at a stage where you're not dealing with it well. You have to find the right noise, try every app and every sound. Some people find crickets work, some actual white noise, some rain or waterfall...

We all know that listening for your T makes it worse. Could it simply be that every time you try something that may be a wonder cure, you are left wondering if it did anything, therefore more actively listen out for your T, making it worse?

Maybe not exactly what you asked for, but I got Tinnitus in early December 2015. It's still there, it's a lot quieter than it was at the start but it hasn't gone away completely. The difference is that I don't care about it any more, not for one minute or one second of any day, ever. I barely...

Listening at safe volume levels should be fine, but no one knows 100%. At least in the first few months it's recommended to let your ears rest. I have noise induced tinnitus (repeated exposure through headphones) - and now that I've set my volumes at a safe level and listen for safe durations...

The problem with tinnitus is, while you have it, it's completely the worst thing in the world ever. It's life threatening, suicidal thoughts are common. BUT... in itself its not a life threatening condition. Most of the tim, an ENT couldn't even begine to imagine how you got your T. It seems...

Well let's inflict genocide, rape, aids and anything else on the rich then. We can just solve everyone's problems by making it theirs too, right? What's worst in all this is that the name mentioned is Bill Gates, one of the few extremely rich that actually does so much good with his money.

Not at all, but the very idea of it is sick.

I habituated very quickly. It seemed quite obvious to me, that you can't get used to tinnitus if you never hear it. Only mask it or drown it out when you need that to sleep, or at your worst times. There's a balance that needs to be made, because hearing your t can be emotional. I found...

I do hope this was posted completely as a joke.

I have an extreme abount of insomnia lately. It's good to know that I'd fall asleep before dying from sleep deprevation though.

When my T was actually a problem for me, sex made T louder (as any exercise does for me) but made me care less about it. While I had T-depression I didn't really feel like having sex though.

You may think that you want to end your life, but the fact that you've posted about it and also given it the condition of a deadline are big signs that you don't really want to take that path. As others have said you are clinically depressed and need to see a doctor. This clouds and changes...

@Mel295 when exactly did you get tinnitus?

Hey I'm sorry to hear you're struggling to cope. A lot of people have spkes when they have coughs and colds, it may calm down when you're back to full health and I hope it does. I think you should stop taking Codeine too. It is supposedly ototoxic and known to cause hearing loss/tinnitus. Could...

Can't sleep, can hear ringing but that's not bothering me :)

I've had a cold and flu separately, neither of which had an effect on my tinnitus, which is noise induced.

I use these, they aren't noise cancelling but they block outside noise (29dB) http://www.amazon.com/Direct-Sound-Isolation-Professional-Headphones/dp/B004ZL7KDK/ref=sr_1_2?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1456261480&sr=1-2&keywords=EX-29 I can't hear people talking or shouting at me when I...

Xanax is extremely addictive, and anything that provides such a short term benefit is likely to be psychologically addictive and overused on top of that. The withdrawals depend on how much you take and how regularly you take it. The problem with Benzo withdrawals is that if you run out and have...

@Ringdingitsme it sounds like you have it at about the same level I did. So if that's anything to go by you're going to be coping well with it :) but it doesn't always work out that way. At least it seems people with our level of tinnitus habituate to it easier.

Hi @Gooner55 If it's not very loud, that's a good sign for the future. I don't know if you can get rid of it but as @billie48 said you need to get an appointment with the ENT to check for possible causes which would determine if there are possible treatments for it. There's a vast range of...

Hi Amber, I noticed a lot more cracking and clicking in my ears when I first got tinnitus, but to this day I can't work out if that's a normal thing and the tinnitus is just drawing my focus to my ears more, or whether it's part of the tinnitus itself. When you say constant, is your tinnitus...

Hi @Gavs Reading your first post, it's really the depression. Depression makes you see nothing positive in life and you only see all these problems and the future with these problems. I had it only once in my life, and that was because of tinnitus. Never really understood the condition until...

I think sitting in only silence can cause your hearing to be more sensitive. That would negatively affect your tinnitus. You don't need to be listening to music with headphones or anything, but you can watch TV for example that's not going to damage your ears. You can look here for acceptable...

I don't care about my tinnitus at all any more. I'm not scared of it, I don't think about the future with it, it doesn't hold me back one little bit. I still hear it, probably less than I did at first but I don't think it's going to disappear anyway. I only even think about it at night when in...

Hi @Zora, I don't know if your T can go away completely. It may do but I feel like it likely won't. It could continue to get quieter, but at least I think you'll notice it less and less over time. I am sure that you will be able to cope with it much better and live a completely normal life. My...

Hi @Shyegra I've had tinnitus for 2-3 months now. I went through the full cycle of depression and worse, especially in the first month. My tinnitus is quieter now, but sometimes I do hear it the same volume. The big difference is that I really don't care about it any more. Sometimes I do...

Hi Valentina, It sounds like your experience is exactly the same as mine. We both have noise induced tinnitus from headphones, it's also a static noise that I rarely hear during the day. Don't worry about it worsening. It may not get any quieter, although you do have a chance for it to go away...

Tinnitus can debilitate anyone, including those that "can take whatever comes their way!". For those people, they are not used to feeling so vulnerable and it may actually hit them harder than the sensitive types when they lose the control they previously had. This does get better with time and...

Hi Marie, I hope that treating the infection will be enough. If it's not, try not to worry too much. In the early stages of tinnitus it is always extremely difficult. You can't stand it, you worry about living like this forever and get upset about it. These are completely normal things to...

Hi Kevin, When last year did your tinnitus start? For your sleep problems, have you tried masking it with white noise? You can download app on your phone which play a variety of tones. Different sounds work for different people, some people like white or pink noise, some find crickets or rain...

Hi Fung, You can download a sound masking / white noise app and try out different sounds until you find something that masks your tinnitus nicely. Try to play it as quiet as you can while still getting relief. Some people like to use a speaker pillow for this, but if your tinnitus is in both...

Welcome :) This is comforting, I haven't flown since my onset and I do worry about it. I also had a cold 2 weeks ago and a flu last week, and it didn't effect my T!

Hi Zora, My tinnitus was also noise induced and not from one incident. I upgraded my sound system and listened to music really loud with my headphones (peak 115+ dB) for hours almost every day for MONTHS. I had some very tough times with it. I haven't had tinnitus as long as many people here...

It's exactly like this for me. Whichever ear is on the pillow has amplified tinnitus. I am not really bothered by my tinnitus at the moment, but when I was, I tried putting the pillow in such a way that my head was on it but my eat wasn't. And then sometimes using a sound masker behind my head...

How to appreciate what I have. Before tinnitus, I didn't appreciate silence. Now I think about all those other things in life we take for granted, but would miss dearly if they were gone.

Hi Brandon, It's normal for it to become louder/more noticeable when you actively try to listen to it. Just don't do that and it won't kill you :)

Mine was cumulative, I suspect over about 6 months. I only started to notice it a few weeks after I started meditating (spending a lot of time in silence) and just couldn't unnotice it!

Hi @boldaslove24 , Welcome! In your first month or so it's normal to feel as you do. It's also normal to keep listening for it, but as you've said yourself this is a bad habit that you have to make a real effort not to do. You can try to put in some kind of mental block, what helped me was...