Hello everyone.
If you were active on this site a month ago, you would have seen me fretting in the support thread about having developed terribly intrusive tinnitus from a concert. I was inconsolable, worried that I would never hear silence again.
Looking back now, it's all but a bad dream. Thank God, my tinnitus is now gone. Or if not gone, has returned to the level it was before, so I'd consider myself cured.
I wanted to come back to give the new sufferers some hope. In most cases, tinnitus improves and disappears. You'll likely be okay. And if not, you will almost certainly habituate, and it'll be like it's left because your brain won't pay attention to it. Either way, it won't bother you any more, and you can go on and keep living your life as you were.
But, be warned.
This onset was my second one, after loud noise exposure. My ears are, without a doubt, compromised. I don't use earphones anymore. I carry ear protection with me when going out. I wear it on the train, and even at noisy restaurants. And since I have hearing loss, I've found that wearing my hearing aids have helped.
This is a warning to you and to myself. If you recover, which you most likely will, don't ever take your ears for granted again. Learn to think of noise as something that has the potential to be hazardous in high intensity and durations.
Don't think tinnitus won't come back, because it can and will. Don't get complacent. And enjoy every moment of silence you can experience. I enjoy the silence a lot more these days.
Thank you to everyone who supported me at the height of my anxiety. And to those who are new to tinnitus, it does get better. You'll be okay.
Respect your ears
Optigirl19
If you were active on this site a month ago, you would have seen me fretting in the support thread about having developed terribly intrusive tinnitus from a concert. I was inconsolable, worried that I would never hear silence again.
Looking back now, it's all but a bad dream. Thank God, my tinnitus is now gone. Or if not gone, has returned to the level it was before, so I'd consider myself cured.
I wanted to come back to give the new sufferers some hope. In most cases, tinnitus improves and disappears. You'll likely be okay. And if not, you will almost certainly habituate, and it'll be like it's left because your brain won't pay attention to it. Either way, it won't bother you any more, and you can go on and keep living your life as you were.
But, be warned.
This onset was my second one, after loud noise exposure. My ears are, without a doubt, compromised. I don't use earphones anymore. I carry ear protection with me when going out. I wear it on the train, and even at noisy restaurants. And since I have hearing loss, I've found that wearing my hearing aids have helped.
This is a warning to you and to myself. If you recover, which you most likely will, don't ever take your ears for granted again. Learn to think of noise as something that has the potential to be hazardous in high intensity and durations.
Don't think tinnitus won't come back, because it can and will. Don't get complacent. And enjoy every moment of silence you can experience. I enjoy the silence a lot more these days.
Thank you to everyone who supported me at the height of my anxiety. And to those who are new to tinnitus, it does get better. You'll be okay.
Respect your ears
Optigirl19
. Seems to me most cases are caused by juat a few thinds and maybe a combination of them, Stress, low magnesium levels when in loud sounds, jaw and neck problems.
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