Search results for query: *

@joseph Ghass I tried to do better with both but only made small progress there. However, exercise was very helpful with managing the anxiety and panic when it first occurred.

My T began randomly one night 18 months ago. It incited a flare of my panic disorder and my life got very dark very quickly. For the first time ever I had to go on an SNRI and klonopin just to survive. I lost 30lbs from the stress and had to go to my car during the work day to deal with constant...

My spikes are typically more from sinus problems. Although, when exposed to lots of background noise or loud noise I always have louder T for several hours or sometimes the rest of the day. I have gotten to where I don't monitor the change in my T much anymore. when I first got T someone on here...

I've had T for a year now and I've had it spike several times. It's always temporary and comes back to baseline. Anxiety will fuel its fire though and make your perception of it much louder. Work on the anxiety, although I know that's easier said than done.

You should study what you love and then find a job that allows you be in contact with what you love. If you love music then get a music degree and then find a way to put that knowledge to use. Maybe you can't be in an orchestra or teach music in school, but I bet you could be a music reviewer or...

My T began while reading a book in bed and luckily reading has always helped my T move to the background. At first I used ocean sounds as well and they were helpful. I also sit in a quiet office all day doing my job and I had to have ambient noise for the first 6 months. Now it breaks my...

Hey All! It's been a while so I figured I'd post an update. Around month 3 I had an anxiety set back. It went after a week or so and I'm doing better. I'm reacting to my T so much less than before. It's there. It's doing it's dog-whistle hiss thing but most of the time I'm ok now. If I have bad...

That's where I started. Before this small setback I had gotten to having several hours everyday not hearing my ring. Even with the setback when I get involved in anything that really requires me to focus it tends to fade into the background. I'm so happy for you @Kathi . When it finally starts...

When my T started a few months ago I had the exact thing happen @Pipo. I was fine for a few days then I started waking up at 4am every night. This continued until my anxiety decreased and I stopped being hyper-aware of the T. Then I went back to sleeping normally. At 2 months in I was starting...

It's just a small thing but hey I'll take all I can get. :)

So I got in the hot tub last night for the first time since the T came on (it's been too hot) and realized it masks my T completely. Completely, completely. Can't even hear it if I try to. I feel stupid for not thinking about it before. So, if you have access to a hot tub it might be worth a try...

So it's been a little over 3 months now since onset of my T and I'm having a bit of a setback. A couple of weeks ago I was doing really well. I had gotten to where my T wasn't impacting me much and several hours a day I didn't hear it. I would forget about it and it would just fade away. After...

Hey all. Sorry I haven't been on here much but I'm trying to make my T a non issue in my life and being on here to much was getting in the way. So it's been a little over 2 months since my random dog whistle sound appeared and I think I'm coping well. The massive panic I initially felt has...

I'm a pathologist and sit in a quiet room with a microscope all day. I've had T for two months now. Its loud enough that only the shower masks it and on loud days sometimes thats iffy. I do a very specialized type of pathology that requires integration of multiple tests to arrive at a...

So we have no idea why I got tinnitus. No exposure, no loud sounds. Never been to concerts, don't like any noisy environment. I did listen to an iPod with ear buds for several years in med school and I've just assumed that was the set up. So I noticed about 2 months ago that my microscope at...

Mine started with a high pitched ringing sound that after about two weeks starting increasing in frequency. It has leveled off with an Eeeeeeeee sound that is literally so high pitched I didn't know I could perceive that high. Over the last couple weeks the tone is pretty consistent but it has a...

I'm doing better. Klonopin, talking to my sis and husband, some food and a calm house have helped :) I had to diagnose some young people with some terrible things today too. And my other cases were very frustrating. I think some of that got to me.

So Sunday I barely heard my tinnitus all day. Monday was a normal 'it's there, I hear it most of the time and it's annoying' day. Tuesday and Wednesday it was there, but quieter like it was when it first started. Amazingly, my mind just blocked it for large portions of the day. When I thought...

Thanks @jazz I didn't know all of this was going on. Interesting. And, I agree that a non-invasive solution would be far superior.

I downloaded the study. Small pilot study to see feasibility of a large randomized placebo controlled trial. It was well done. They used subjective and objective measures. All subjects had chronic , severe tinnitus, were patients at a Belgium tinnitus clinic and had failed all non-invasive...

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24255953 Vagas nerve stimulation with high frequency sounds induced significant improvement in 4/10 patients. Unaffected patients were on neuromodulatory drugs that may have inhibited response. More exciting than this Epub ahead of print was that they did...

It increases my anxiety when I'm here too. But, as I'm a noob in the T journey I need the support! :) Enjoy your break and know that I really appreciate all your posts to me! They've been helpful!

This may sound really stupid but I've been looking at my T as a lesson in suffering. In the 5 weeks I've had this I have come to understand suffering so much better. Everything I do is harder now and often less enjoyable. I feel like I'm forcing myself to 'fake' it so that eventually I'll make...

1) The radiologist used soft terminology, 'suggestive of'. This means while these lesions could represent a demylelinating disease he is not sure and is bringing up the possibility so the neurologist will rule this out. Don't worry until all your testing is done. These type of lesions could be...

I've been timid with alcohol since the first glass of red wine I had after developing it woke me up in the night with roaring T. But when I drink even one drink it decreases noticibly. Alcohol has similar GABA effects as benzos and I figured it had something to do with that. I'm going to dinner...

Thank you all! I'm trying to stay positive. It changed pitch a week or so ago to a super high frequency and I'm not getting much relief now as its harder to ignore. It's a mixture of the bad sleep this last week, very little time not hearing it, and increased anxiety I think from the wellbutrin...

So as I work on focusing on my response to my T instead of my T's fluctuations (which is already making me feel a little more in control) I realized something. My primary response to my T is utter annoyance/irritation. I feel that emotion more than any other. How have people moved from intense...

So I started wellbutrin 4 days ago. And today it dramatically increased my anxiety (known temp side effect) while simultaneously making me tired and just want to get up and run or do anything active. It was a freaking weird feeling and I was fending off panic. Then I got the largest case load...

Fantastic story! Thanks for sharing. I'm 5 weeks in as of today. Working hard to take the emotional response from the T. Not an easy task and I still have lots of anxiety/panic that affects my eating and sleeping. Been having a couple of hard days and really appreciate you posting this.

@I who love music I guess I'm just getting to where I realize the only thing I have control over (or at least some control over) is my response to the T. I've been reading a lot of TRT info and the thing that sticks out is that we are the group that sees the T as 'annoying or a threat'. And, in...

I do the same things and I think some habituation is occurring but I feel like to get to that "I don't even really notice I have it anymore" is gonna take a good amount of time. Mine doesn't really mask well. I've not tried much masking but I think i'd need it pretty loud to mask it most of the...

When i first got on this forum a month ago one of the first things I came across was someone who said the only thing predictable about tinnitus is it's absolute unpredictability. Completely agree. Today is a screamer. Probably the loudest/most intrusive I've had since it onset. Good news is that...

Nausea is a common symptom of anxiety. My T started a month ago and I lost 12lbs or so in the first two weeks from nerves. Omeprazole/nexium is really helpful for me. Especially if I'm not eating much.

This post is really helpful. And i completely see that the reaction to the T is the limiting factor to not actively hearing it in myself. My T has decreased in loudness in the last couple weeks. And now I have days where I don't hear it as much as 50-60% of the day. But give me a day where my...

My T is only a month old but I think you and I have a similar set of basic fears. While I'm not a musician (I was actually a vocal music major until I switched majors to do medicine) I sit in a very quiet office and have to focus and concentrate all day to do my job. Seriously I sit in 7 hours...

Also to respond to the question of AD or benzos covering up a problem you have to later deal with... You can't think of mental distress as a fixed point event that you are dampening with drugs. Your normal brain chemistry fluctuates from very happy no anxiety to mild depression and mild anxiety...

Benzos (your Sobril) can cause dependency. This side effect increases with increased dose and length of use. It should not make your T worse and some studies report klonopin (a different benzo) can decrease the intrusiveness of T (mixed data on that point).Benzo tapering and discontinuing usage...

My friends have been really great. Lots of support. Maybe a little baffled but supportive.

This is excellent advice!

@Jordan4 4 weeks ago today my T randomly began while I was reading a book. The first week I had panic attacks all day and at work and was scared this thing could disable me. It was so freaking loud and I couldn't concentrate. The next week and some mild anxiety meds later I had tons of...

Mines been going for a few weeks and at least once to twice a week it is gone the first 20 mins I wake up. Seems this is a common thing. Mine is quieter in the morning and gets louder through the day as well. Usually peaks at around 2-3pm.

Well we made it down here and vacation is going good! First, the stress of travel and long flights make it worse. Also alcohol makes it go away.... Then return twice as loud for a few hours. But seriously, it was screaming loud after our travel and one glass of red wine and I could barely hear...

Great story! Thanks for sharing! I'm in the first few weeks and have good and bad days. I'm hoping it will go away but if not I'm working to accept it and move on. These positive stories are really helpful!

So sorry! I did the same thing earlier this week. Had a great day then the next day it nearly blew my head off. Here's hoping it will quiet down as the day progresses!

So far I've not masked at all. I have the radio turned on really low at work but if I got it close to the volume of my tinnitus it would bother others. But I think a little masking is needed to help me focus better. I was thinking maybe I could mask the sound some and maybe it would help? It...

After being so upbeat I had a bad afternoon! My T reached screeching volumes while I was signing out. But I made it through. And I think I'm just gonna have to realize that for the next little bit sometimes the best I'll be able to do is make it through. But if I keep making it through before...

As everyone saw I had a pretty terrible day a couple days ago that shook me. However, I've been doing better. I've been off my klonopin for a couple days now and figured out that was the main reason I was having problems concentrating at work. Also, getting so stressed out has helped me be less...

Today is going much better so far. Remarkably my T is really low again today. I'm starting to notice a big trend. When I freak the T gets really loud, if I stay calm it is much less intrusive, and less loud. Also, I'm off the klonopin today. I slept without it fine last night so im going to just...

Thank you all so much. Now that I'm off work and home I have calmed down considerably and while I'm still jumpy and tired I'm much improved. I went and got a slush drink which is basically pure frozen sugar and I'm sipping on it through the night. I also forced myself to eat something out of a...

@citigirl13 Did your anxiety ever get better? From your profile it looks like you've been dealing with this for 6 months or so. I feel like if I could get rid of the anxiety and get the stomach back in line i'd be so much further on my way to learning to deal with this.

@citigirl13 Thank you. I will try having stuff like that beside me tonight. My stomach situation is because of stress/anxiety. When the T came on it made me have panic attacks. I'm not having panic anymore but my anxiety is still really high and I'm not really used to having high anxiety. I'm...

@Ken219 The appetite is a big problem. When this first happened I got really sick at my stomach and while the nausea went away 4-5 days ago eating is just so not appetizing. I missed breakfast so I could do blood work today and then ran late to work and missed lunch. Since I'm eating so little...

So, I went to my PCP today. It was a good visit and he didn't see anything wrong that could be appreciated with a physical exam. He is referring me to audiology for an exam to make sure I don't have any hearing loss issues. He was actually great, took my problem seriously, reinforced that what...

@Ken219 I think we got this! And, my goal this week is to eat something solid everyday. I went and got some ensure to help my intake out. I lost 12lbs in 9 days. LOL I'm overweight so it will end up being a blessing. I still don't have an appetite but I'm not feeling sick at my stomach for a few...

@Mark McDill This is EXACTLY what I'm trying to do. It sure is harder to do than it seems though. When I hear my T and get fixated on it I just keep telling myself it's just a SOUND. And, the only thing that will affect my life is how I let myself respond to it. It's probably gonna take me a...

Thank you everyone for your responses. They are SO helpful. The good news is I had a really good weekend! I decided to see where my anxiety was at without my klonopin for the weekend (so if I had a panic attack I wouldn't be at work). Saturday morning I had a little anxiety and the T was...

@jazz I have not had formal CBT training. By the time I went to a psychiatrist they thought my strategies were working so they changed some of what I was doing but that was it. If my panic/anxiety doesn't respond to my normal strategies then I may have to try CBT. @nogood thanks for the tip...

Thank you Mark and Jeff. I hope that I can learn to live well with this. Ironically, I'm leaving for a big Vaca next week and I sure wish it could've waited a couple weeks before randomly appearing! Any tips you might have for helping me make the most of a Vaca right after developing T would be...

Trying to Learn to Live with This

Hey all. I'm really glad to have found this forum. I've been creeping around for a week and a lot of the info and stories have already been helpful. My story started a little over a week ago. I was sitting in bed, reading a book and my ears started ringing/hissing. It was really, really loud. To...