A Year with Tinnitus

[osoba]

I wanted to make a summary of the year with Tinnitus.

At first there was a squeak.
After 5 weeks, there was a buzz and other squeals.
After 3 months, a specific ringing appeared.
Later, I was exposed to noise from time to time.
Additional kinds of sounds appeared through this noise, some of them very troublesome.
Most of them went through several days or weeks.

In March I had a few weeks of hissing. The piss was not or was gentle. It was the best time. Later it happened for a maximum of a few days.

Squeak, moan, squealing (like Mandragora from Harry Potter), a metal ball in a container ... and many other sounds.

Today I have a fairly clear moan and two other high-pitched sounds in the background. Besides, I still have a ringing, sometimes I can not hear it. The humming is usually quite light, often unnoticeable.

I only took a set of vitamins, magnesium, etc. and a blood medicine (?). Absolutely nothing could.
I am sitting mostly in silence and almost constantly in plugs.
The minimum sound makes Tinnitus worse - I still have strong Reactivity.

 

[uae96]

Don't wear ear plugs at home.

 

[glynis]

@osoba,
Wearing plugs all time and sitting in silence will only make your ears supper sensitive to sounds and cause more problems.
Check your typo..think it was meant to say hiss not piss..

love glynis

 

[Nanny chocolate]

Or maybe not Glynis lol
@glynis

 

[osoba]

@osoba,
Wearing plugs all time and sitting in silence will only make your ears supper sensitive to sounds and cause more problems.
Check your typo..think it was meant to say hiss not piss..

love glynis

Sorry, I use Google Translate.
Here you can not edit the post.

Or maybe not Glynis lol
@glynis

However, not intentional. It was about hissing.

Don't wear ear plugs at home.

@osoba,
Wearing plugs all time and sitting in silence will only make your ears supper sensitive to sounds and cause more problems.
Check your typo..think it was meant to say hiss not piss..

love glynis

I take out the earplugs whenever I can.
But the squeaks are getting worse, and it is far from just any sounds.
Other household members create enough noise to make me worse. I often get worse for a month, for a few months.
It's not that easy... :/

 

[Stacken77]

It's been a while. How are you doing now, @osoba?
Has the reactivity/spiking improved anything?

 

[osoba]

It's been a while. How are you doing now, @osoba?
Has the reactivity/spiking improved anything?

After three years (2017-2020) I stopped wearing the earplugs because they caused an allergy and swelled up half my face.

Since not wearing earplugs, the squeaks are louder all the time.

Mentally I am on the verge of a breakdown most of the time, it doesn't take much for me to fall down.
I sit at home all the time, only going out to see the doctor or arrange official matters.

The sounds are still a loud variety of buzzing, squeaking, ringing, moaning.

I am careful not to listen to anything. I do not listen to music at all. I don't watch movies or TV shows very much because they also have strong sounds. I listen mainly to talking.