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@fhs Ive been diabetic for since i was 18, im 39 now. I wouldnt doubt being diabetic has something to do with it but ive had my blood sugar under control for the most part but the longer you have diabetes the worse the symptoms are. Like my kidneys losing functions, going blind in my right eye...

@Sooner Arrow Its been tough. I feel like its getting worse. Just day after day it wears me down. I haven't been able to really cope well. Can't get used to it. Sleep is hit or miss. I dont know what to do anymore. Is there even a such thing as treatment for tinnitus? I cant find relief. I...

Hopeless, imprisoned, depressed, anxiety, angry, suicidal, miserable, lonely, dark.

@Sooner Arrow Yeah ive been forcibly anti social myself. People know Im not well but they seem to forget you can certain problems that limit you mentally, socially and physically. Your concentration and ability to focus falls off a cliff. But still people will after awhile start asking me can I...

@Ed209 My ex called me a couple nights ago. It was extremely emotional. I dont know what to really say to someone who doesnt understand you. She wanted to know if the ringing went away or if im getting better and I said no. She told me I act like im dying. Acting? No, for once go google...

@SilverSpiral Its been two months and from everything Ive researched, all the supplements, medications, and therapies ive tried and the information ive been given by the doctors, ent, audiologist, and others who have tinnitus, I think its permanent. Ive come to terms with that. I dont want to...

@fishbone "It is what it is" thats like the mantra of my life. Its like a woman living with an abusive husband. The more you fight back the more he beats the crap out of her. I don't think reflecting back on my life and ascertaining the quality of it is a mistake. Things like this force you to...

@fishbone From 1 to 10, 10 being super loud I would say my T is around a 7 or 8 most of the time. That is why its so hard to mask because it is not only loud but reactive. So if I play something like the sound of a waterfall, it turns into a 9. When I have to drive is when its at its worse. I...

Titanic.... dont tell anyone.

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@BLane I got outside and lay out on the back porch. I never appreciated birds, crickets, and the planes that fly over more. I always hear it regardless. I listen to it. It seems unbelievable at time. There is literally nothing I can do to remove you out of my life. So how can we coexist. Maybe...

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@slipware whenever someone describes habituation to me its sounds like theyre describing a form of meditation or hypnosis. I do believe it is possible to build such a tolerance but Im wondering does it depend on how intrusive and loud the T is. I can build such a tolerance where it isnt as...

@hans799 someone will have to explain to me what habituation is. Tolerance is unlikely and I would have a better chance winning the lottery than waking up one day and having this gone. I doubt I would have such luck.

@stophiss Yes, suffering is integral and essential even to building your tolerance, character, and inner fortitude. It shapes you in some cases positively. But living in a constant insufferable condition only devalues life and degrades your humanity. Theres only bitter, nothing sweet...

@Michael Sullivan I wish I could try it but living is expensive especially when your sick and I can't afford to buy back my health and peace. If your working middle class your pretty much on your own if doctors and insurance companies can't make a profit.

All the horrible things in my life. My mental and physical health. Ive struggled with depression and anxiety my entire adult life. Im diabetic and have hypertension. I lived many years in crushing loneliness and heart break from a past divorce. I lost my father to dementia. In 2012 I was...

@Alue your all better and stronger men and women than me. I could not work with a fire alarm going off in my head. Tinnitus is undoubtley the most difficult and traumatic thing that has ever happened to me and I find it completely disabling. I tried my best but under the circumstances and I...

@volsung37 Attacking it in the content of trying to find out how this happened and what I can do to ease my suffering. But as far as being in a complete panic and denial about it, i think im pass that point. Im not resisting it, but i havent embraced it either. Im kind of in giving up mode. I...

@volsung37 fighting what? I can't fight it. Im not really. I dont have to accept it to come to terms with the fact this is my new life and I will have to find a way to cope and live with it. Salt and caffeine I can attest causes my T to go into overdrive. I never dranked and giving up coffee is...

@slipware I really cant not mask it. Its too piercing. I dont drown it out with loud sounds, I try to just have several low volume things on at the same time. The tv, radio, fan, and play like 4 different sound therapy stuff on youtube at the same time. Just to have something else I could focus...

I have tried Lipoflavanoid for almost 2 months and it has not help even marginally. It would be a complete waste of money as it is very expensive but I was desperate at the time. But i can only speak from my experience.

@TroyW Didn't have a choice but my circumstance and ability to cope is different.

@GregCA Yeah, I think you may be right unfortunately. I may never habituate to this. Hard to get used to a fire alarm going off in your head. Ive had this beast since early January, so almost 2 months. Something this intrusive and insidious quickly became unbearable and debilitating to me to...

@Samantha R It's torture. I'm still very much in shock and disbelief. It is literally the worse thing that has ever happened in my life and I don't know how I or anyone can live with this. My only way to cope is to try to chemically induce myself to sleep half of the day and try to mask the...

Hi, My name is Rod. First I want to say thanks for all of the people on this forum for sharing your stories. I read so much of the forum looking for answers and the only one that exist is there is no cure. I have researched this to death and probably read too much about it. Its very difficult...