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Great to hear snow47. Ignore the trolls above. The vast majority will appreciate your post. All the best for the future.

Hi @MichaelF6161 Im in a similar situation to you although I didn't get my T from gunshots. Sleep is almost universally hard at the beginning from what ive seen. Im now 6 weeks from onset. My first 2-3 weeks were the worst with sometimes only 3-4 hours sleep which was incredibly interrupted and...

You are taking this completely the wrong way. I'm not saying that it's ONLY a mental health issue. Just that it is an aspect of it as far as COPING. I'm not just a GP I'm also a patient and I do not come to this forum in a professional context. As far as chronic pain goes a massive component of...

@Autumnly yes you have stated this on other threads. Clearly loudness is a factor but if 1 person has loud T and is very distressed and another person with similar T isn't bothered by it then mental health is a large part of it. This is how TRT etc work. They focus on mental health primarily and...

@Shelly75 Mine varies too but agreed has been more tolerable lately on average with ups and downs. I feel a massive part of perceived volume is mental state/ stress/ tiredness etc. I'm not sure what caused mine but it came on shortly after dental work. I was also a bit stressed/ anxious before...

@Shelly75 I'm just the same on the appetite front! I'm 3 weeks in I lost near half a stone but just started eating a few normal meals lol. I was so happy when I first felt hungry. Also my sleep had been horrendous like waking up every 30 minutes. Last night only woke up 3 or 4 times and managed...

Hi @GabyP I think most people with tinnitus can modulate the sound with head/neck/jaw movements. I can certainly making mine worse by pushing on jaw/teeth as well as neck movements. I suspect this is just cross talk (neurologically speaking) in my case as I could give my self brief tinnitus...

Thanks for your update @Keith R. Its strange how tinnitus affects some of us so strongly. I know other people that know they have tinnitus and its there if they listen but has no psychological impact on them at all. I really envy them. I recently developing tinnitus in a similar way to...

Hello all Thought I would post an update on my past week. At the weekend I was feeling improved in myself. I had been doing the Back to Silence method and had noted the pickup in mood and optimism that many say had accompanied that also. I had felt comfortable in the presence of the ringing when...

@Tinniger I have similar experience. I think I'm realising my T is spurred on by similar frequencies to it. So my masking at night with crickets may be effectively worsening mine and waking me more in the night John

Thanks @Michael B It's weird because so many people seem to feel T goes or quietens while they sleep but for me it seems to wake me up. I find it hard to tease apart whether it's anxiety that ramps in the night subconciously or somatic T. I took a zopiclone 2 nights ago and this kept me asleep...

Hi all I was hoping for insight regarding an issue I'm having habituating to my new friend. I'm 2 weeks into new moderate tinnitus. It developed 3 days after having a crown fitted post root canal. I awoke to pretty loud tinnitus accompanied by a general anxiety feeling. Since then I've had...

@Ligeia I feel you. I am exactly the same boat. I have a recent onset of T and also now some H. I say recent onset but I think its always been there and just I hadn't noticed it. In recent years I would sometimes listen to T and it would amplify very loud at night but then in morning I would...

@Greg Sacramento Its nice to know other people experience this issue. I am going to book with a local massage therapist that is supposed to be well recommended also to try and release some of my neck tension. I found last night that sleeping with no pillow suddenly seemed more comfortable- I...

This link seems to be broken I get what you are saying regarding the ears being delicate but the idea that normal / low dB sounds can cause worse tinnitus /hearing damage permanently just doesn't make physiological sense to me. I think its much more likely that the psychological impact of...

Urgh. Had a bit of a setback last night hoping for some calming words. I had been making big improvements last couple days. Not with the tinnitus as such but my mental state and reaction to it. Id been using the general strategy of the BTS method as well as some mindfulness and debriefing with...

I think its very likely that if people get tinnitus spikes from relatively low dB and short lived dog barks that it is going to be anxiety spikes not true hearing damage. Unless you get some huge beast of a dog I guess. The barking is annoying but not hearing threat in loudness. I have 2 pugs...

Ive got over 1000 hours of PUBG but after my recent onset of tinnitus I can't play it! The hand grenades make a tinnitus sound just like mine! lol. Not good for my frayed nerves. I also suspect playing it too loud may have partially got me in this state. The gunshots are so realistic sounding...

My emotions are yo yoing like crazy at the moment such that I can go from feeling really positive to having some very dark thoughts indeed. Im trying to toughen myself with the thought Im going to need to be strong for my wife as we are expecting our first child in a few months time. The one...

Hi Tutz, I feel you as a new tinnitus sufferer. Im not sure why mine came on but it may have been high pitched dental drill work on a background of excessive headphone video game use. Im fairly sure mine is on a lower scale of severity only that ive freaked out and amplified it up with the good...

Thanks for the responses guys. Michael I honestly very rarely use headphones and have never done throughout by life on the levels that some people have. I have been to countless club nights however and a fair few gigs but I think on balance I have had pretty average exposure to loud sounds...

Hi all, I have found reading that Im not alone struggling with this nasty symptom a morsel of comfort in the past week. I wondered if anyone else has had a similar experience and can offer their advice for my particular circumstances. Im 32 years old, a GP (doctor in UK) and have been in...