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@brownbear thanks is as always for your advice, yiu def hit the nail in the head regarding hearing it, it impossible to not be aware of it as it’s loud / intrusive and yes I thinks it def. time to start weaning myself of the white noise , might try 3o mins a day and build it up slowly

The only thing that’s not effected is my sleep I take citapram 40mg

loud intrusive, all day , all night,

Still struggling to be honest, I thought by now I'd be able to cope much better. I have tried everything, WNGs (still have them on), mindfulness, CBT. Not sure how I am ever to get to a place where I can co-exist with my tinnitus and live a life of not suffering...

@Jazzer many thanks for the reply if i can lose the fear and anxiety in time then i will take that, it truly soul destroying, i am bout to start TRT......

Hi @Jazzer thank you for your honesty, iv just come up to a year and was beginning to cope better but this week the fear and panic have come back and the distorted thinking is also back feel like back at square again, i am so distressed and disheartened i guess only time will tell if i can...

sadly i am in the same boat, still struggling about to start TRT

@Bam cool think I'll just stick with the citalopram, as the only thing that has not been affected is my sleep, just reading your story and posts exactly how I feel, I have a 3 year old and the strain it's put on my family members is so sad, they do not deserve to also suffer like we do, I...

@BobDigi how are you doing these days? I remember reading you had habituated then you were in a bad place again? Hope yo are in a better place now? Strangely the only thing Tinnitus has not affected is my sleep, I will be taking 15 mg of Mirtazapine too, did you find it any help with the...

Hi all, I've been suffering from intrusive tinnitus for 11 months, it’s been the darkest year of my life, things are slowly improving, doing mindfulness everyday / just finished CBT on NHS. My doctor wants to change my antidepressant from Citalopram to Mirtazapine. Has anyone done this and...

around the 10 month mark from very mild to loud and intrusive, felling a little calmer but still have a long way to go, such a daily struggle, not to mention the impact it had on me and family and my relationship, watching me having panic attacks , depression, and anxiety through the roof..

@brownbear this is so good to hear i am 9/ 10 months in and still struggling to a lesser extent, you very kindly spoke to me on the phone in my darkest hours, glad to see have got better...

Thanks for all your advice, it’s means a lot I just hope to get to a place where I have peace of mind and not be in a constant state of anxiety and depression

@glynis my next appointment with hearing theapist is in 3 months time so I guessing I’m left to my own devices....

So it has been 9 months, since my very mild tinnitus became loud and intrusive due to an ear infection and it's been pure hell, chronic anxiety, the worst depression ever, needed to have 4 months off work. I am definitely feeling a lot calmer today but still suffering to a lesser extent...

Great post John, i am 9 months in, and its been hell i exist and live in hope it will get better!

Can you then live a normal happy life? Or do you still feel persecuted every day?

I've had tinnitus for about 6 months now, how long does it take for the fear and anxiety to go away?

Great story @Darryl John thanks for giving us some hope

Iv started doing Yoga, and am finding that great exercise it helps with anxiety too

Thank you @Michael Leigh , for taking the time to speak to me on the phone a few times . I promise when I get to your stage, I will be the one supporting people like you do!

So it’s around the 5 month mark since my mild tinnitus became loud and intrusive tinnitus due to an ear infection I had in November. It’s been the hardest thing ever to deal with and I ended up in a rehab type place due to the depression and anxiety it caused, the depression has lifted , but...

Hi @Edu great story, I’m about 4 months with T, and things have started to get very slowly better , although I found myself crying today in frustration, and still have anxiety but it’s calm down from the first 3 months but felt better after. Please keep us updated with your jouney, I wish you...

Hi P, just sending you some love and support ok I’m 4 months into this and 3 weeks ago I ended up in a rehab type place for the anxiety and depression that I had spiralled into, but I can’t believe what I’m writing things have slowly began to get better I still hear the tinnitus but it’s...

Don’t give up, I’m 4 months in and it’s been pure hell, panic attacks , anxiety depression, I had to spend a week in a hospital, but thing do change this last week I’m beginning to feel like my old self, I still have Tinnitus but it’s begining to bother me less and my lust for life is slowly...

@Jcb thank you , it’s weird it like my brain coming out of shock , really beginning to feel like my old self again, the depression has lifted and the anxiety has calmed down, time is a healer???

Never give up, in 4 months into this and have been feeling the same , a few days ago I felt a change in my mood, I still have loud t, but the way I feel about it is beginning to change and I’m feeling a lot happier , how long have you had it for?

Hi all many thanks for your kind words, I do hope in time I will get back to the happy person I once was and get my life back

I’m 4 months in since my mild tinnitus became intrusive I write this post in a hospital due to the anxiety and depression it’s caused, I’m worried I’ll never be able to function or work again, it’s so sad the impact it’s had on my life

@Bill Bauer sadley not, same level no change about 4 months into it now

@Jcb thank you for you kind words iv checked into a hospital for the depression and anxiety and hopefully some intensive CBT sessions

@brownbear yes I’d love you give you a call if you don’t mind,? How do pm? Best Bazan

I had intrusive Tinnitus for 4 months and it has destroyed me, it kills me when people say they have been suffering for 15 years, I fear I v got no hope for the future, its only my 2 year old daughter that's kept me alive, but things are getting to much even she cant keep me going as iv turned...

@Thomas , sorry for delay, but I wanted to thank you for your positive reply and also taking the time to reply it means a lot and gives me some hope , I wish you the best x

Thanks John and Billy, for giving me some positivity feeling so low today, was really thinking of ending it, only 3 months since my T went from mild 1 to intrusive level 10, everyday is full of pain at the moment I hate it.

Hi T , iv had the same thing happens to me, mild t for many year never bothered me, got a ear infection in Nov 2017 now it’s mega loud and intrusive , made me so menatally ill, panic attacks, anxiety , hope it get better for you

My tinnitus got louder 3 months ago, and it has been hell, has anyone had their get louder and been able to readjust to a normal life?

Hi. He charged £190 for an hour, I paid out of desperation , he was a lovely man, now. Hope I can see him via NHS and get some proper treatment.

Has anyone ever been treated by Dr. Laurence McKenna? I see he does private as well as working for NHS and has written a book on tinnitus & hyperacusis.

Hi Glynis, had hearing test one all if fine, have another one scheduled for March x thansks for reply xxx

My mild tinnitus which I had for 10 plus years and never bothered me, became loud and intrusive 2.5 months ago with ear infection, every day I just pray to get through the day, it's such a miserable existence, feels like I'm being mentally tortured

Hi Billy Bless you and thank you for taking the time for you very informative information, what you describe re the limbic nervous system is def happened to me with panic attacks / anxiety etc…… which the anti d seem to be controlling and def beginning to feel like my old self again, one day...

Great story, thank you for sharing

Hi all Just need some advice, from you wonderful people who have to live with this…… I've had very mild tinnitus for 10 years only ever heard it at night time, kind of forgot I had it, ….. had an ear infection in November and with that and it now become loud and intrusive. I then started...