1 Month Tinnitus Milestone — Need Advice, Positivity

[Flyingsheep]

My mind-set is basically accepting that this will never go away. I've been thinking the same way since month 2. Yes, there are moments I like to fantasize that it might disappear one day, but I am aware that the only thing I'm doing is making my life harder.

I think everyone figgers out eventually what you can and can't do. Even by accident...

Nice to know that you're not doing that badly at all. My main approach was just getting out of the house and do things (friends,walk, drive etc). I guess you did the same? Not easy though and I also got days that I think this is pure caos.

Yeah, agreed not to plan on it going away. But yeah, I did the same. Just go do the same things I did before, and it actually has helped me habituate. The only difference is I put in ear plugs when I can tell the environment is REALLY loud, and only occasionally people ask me why I'm wearing ear plugs. Then they just forget and we continue having fun.

Spikes are threatening, but I get them so many times during the day I just threw in the towel and said forget it. It's not something I can control. The frequency and the time it takes to go back to normal hasn't changed in months, so I'll stop worrying about it. I keep up on treatment stuff like Lenire by Neuromod since it's interesting and quite promising, but I'd rather not depend my happiness on whether that's going to work for me and stop the spikes in the future or not.