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In my case it is clearly stress related. Only way to get out of the cycle is to allow it, like I explained in my main post. I had migraines, painful neck that I almost couldn't move, a vibrating hum in ears, restless legs, and all kinds of symptoms related to the stress. I handled them the same...

I had my hearing tested and didn't have any hearing loss. In the group of people I did the TRT based therapy with, there were people with hearing loss too. I have no clue what type. The audiologist mentioned that if you hear less external sounds you could hear internal sounds more easily, but...

@dipp I've been through something similar. I also read many stories of people who had to habituate for a second time. For your brain this is new, and a threat all over again. But for you it is also recognizable as a type of thing you overcame before. The stories I read all said habituating for...

@Jarin Maurer Thank you too, be sure to let people here know when you are through this difficult period again! Any insights can help others too I hope.

Hey! You are right, these are the setbacks that are part of the process. They are truly the hardest things I ever experienced in my life, there were times I hoped I would never wake up again. I feel for you. BUT they are not bad things, they are needed for recovery. These are the times when a...

Yes. The hearing loss is another story, I think it can heal to an extent, and there are new treatments to even repair the tiny hair cells, but not yet to the point where they can heal all hearing damage. I've been there! Try to view the downs as something positive, this is the place where you...

@Calimike I've read and experienced two types of habituation, one comes after the other. At first you don't care about it anymore, then you actually don't hear it anymore unless you try to hear it (which you won't do often because it's too unimportant). At some point you can not even "find" it...

Sounds like you are on the right road!

@Calimike It makes sense, your brain still sees the internal noise as a threat. When there is a threat the brain will increase focus on it (a lot), to make you get away from the threat. In this case that is impossible, which is exactly why this is so extremely scary. Luckily the threat is not...

@Calimike It might just be temporary, it's only a very short time since you had it. And if it's not, there is habituation, which is just as good. I was in complete panic for 2-3 months. You seem to be handling it much better already. It's scary, but that will pass. I think masking might be good...

I think stress is always connected to it, because if it wasn't, you wouldn't be hearing the tinnitus or wouldn't mind hearing it. The brain filters out many things, a lot happens in your body that you aren't aware of, I always like the example of the fact that you see your nose all day long, yet...

Listen to your body. If your focus get's pulled to the tinnitus, then trust that this is what your body needs and listen to it and allow everything that comes up, thoughts, emotions. As soon as you are distracted, or bored, just do something else. Also listen to your body that when you're aware...

Our brains somehow categorized tinnitus as a threat, which is VERY scary in the beginning. During this stage people try to find help, in their despair they get really negative, scared, sad, hopeless, frustrated and/or angry. It truly feels like nothing can be done, and the end of the world...

Working out does nothing now. Really I can only hear it, far away, softly in the background, when I'm in a completely silent room and actively look for it. The only reason I did this a couple of times was to think about how powerful the brain is, able to make an internal sound about the worst...

@Timothy 87 Yes that was the case for me too, in the beginning I was actually scared to workout because of this. I think it has to do with the limbic system again, when you get tired from working out, tiredness can make you more vulnerable to stress, this in turn is closely related to tinnitus...

Who knows how far you can get working on recovery, maybe further then you think possible now.

@Roy114 Two different audiologists from the TRT based therapy I was in, plus TRT talk from audiologists online said that the volume or type of the tinnitus sound doesn't matter for habituation. And I believe that is true. My sound was extremely high pitched, felt painful, was unmaskable (would...

@Steve2212 What you experienced during vacation is a taste of things to come. This experience has been teaching the brain that tinnitus isn't the threat that it thinks it is. The next step is to also experience this during less calm times. Keep allowing your feelings, thoughts and sensations...

I can't speak for everyone of course, but I've met people that struggle with it for years. In every one of those cases I know there were other problems as well. They were under a lot of stress, had (non tinnitus related) anxiety and depression problems. Things like that. And sometimes they...

You can't ignore something that your brain considers a threat, your brain will make you aware of it since that is it's job, make you aware of dangers. So the way to go is to teach the brain that it is not actually a threat, but something unimportant, something harmless. To do this, you need the...

Hi Steve, Reading your post I can feel how you are still strongly fighting the tinnitus, which is perfectly normal. In my experience the best you can do is focus on allowing it, allow the sound, allow negative feeling, allow negative thoughts. Let them be, and let them do what they need to do...

You're already on your way! I know it can be a slow process, but I've heard many experts say that loudness and type of tinnitus doesn't matter as far as habituation goes. Take good care of yourself, you'll get out of this a lot stronger, many things you learn apply to many other difficult things...

I had a really high pitched tinnitus (and sometimes a very low humming too), which I could hear through everything. No matter how loud I turned on the tv, I would be able to hear it through it. I once created my own mp3 with cicadas, water and fan noises mixed together, but after a while I...

You will get there, don't fight your thoughts and emotions, but allow your body to heal from this. If you're talking about the youtube Cranio sacral therapy Julian, I think he is great! His videos helped me greatly in the first period of my tinnitus despair. I hope my story helps you as well...

If you're bothered by it, you're brain still has negative meaning attached to the tinnitus. If you allow these negative emotions and thoughts, you will eventually notice that they leave (they flow past). Then you're brain starts to learn that these internal sounds are completely unimportant and...

If it helps you, great. But I would disagree. Don't fight the negative thoughts and feeling, but let them be there, the will eventually start to leave as soon as you're allowing them to be. In a high stress situation it's also good to be kind on yourself. Anyway, everyone is different, but this...

I know for sure that it was way louder in the beginning, specially in the panic phase the first 3 months or so. I was actually afraid that the loudness would cause hearing damage. After a while I started noticing that not only my emotional reaction decreased, but it was actually less loud and it...

I am very well, in fact even better then when I wrote this story. I pretty much never think about tinnitus anymore, even staring at the wall seems more important. I only had real sleeping problems to the extend that I would wake up really early and couldn't get back to sleep anymore because of...

Fantastic! I wish you all the best on this journey, I know that you will get there.

@Bobbie7 Thank you, that made my day! :)

@Brendy Great that you are so far already! @John Meyers I noticed that I don't even notice spikes anymore, and if I do I don't really care. For example when I've been on a long trip in the car and enter a silent environment, I sometimes notice that I can hear more of the tinnitus. But because...

@Brendy Remember to write your own story here when the time is there ;)

@Pierre Boulle Well put! A lot of dark stories keep flooding the internet coming from people in their panic, these tell the brain to view tinnitus as a threat. Stories like yours do the opposide and help people to habituation. About what you said about caffeïne: I think it's something that...

@Marie79 It's hard to say exactly, because it happens outside of noticing, but it was about 1 year and 7 months or so. Then I noticed that I had not been paying attention to tinnitus anymore of days at a time, and when I tried to listen for it I really had to try to find it when there were other...

@Greg Sacramento Thanks!

@Greg Sacramento Thanks for your input. I'm not sure what you ment by the natural spring water, would you just add a couple liters to your bath or something? I did by the way do extremely hot baths (with dead sea salt) and sauna's because I noticed that the heat would force my stress-tensed...

Thanks for letting me know Brendy! You could have your hearing examined to check if you really do have permanent damage. The awareness of tinnitus could well just be caused by your fear of the temporary tinnitus after drilling the holes. In that case it might help with forgiving yourself and...

Thank you all. Every second brings you closer to the place where me and DoubleD finally arrived. Everyone is different, but if you try to do the best for yourself, you will get there. The thing with habituation is that you want it so bad that you are looking for it. But it's not happening in...

It has been almost two years since I plunged into the dark pit of tinnitus despair. The road to recovery was a long one, but on it I found the growth that I needed in my life. In my moments of desperation I would often read success stories to help me find the belief that I could get through...