Any Other Young Professionals Out There?

[InStride]

I am curious what other young professionals with tinnitus do to maintain productivity at work and balance their professional and family lives. Would like to hear from others about their experiences.

 

[SarahR]

It might be a push to call myself a 'professional' but I'm in a role that's requiring exam certification and the like, and I'm also pretty young at 23.

At the moment I don't feel like my work is suffering although my T did only start 1 month ago. At work I seem to have natural masking with everyday noises and nough work to keep my mind occupied! I do think the exam study will be harder now, I always liked silence and I'm very concerned at the prospect of a silent exam room

I hope you're managing to juggle everything too

 

[James White]

My personal professional life really isn't a problem when it comes to tinnitus as i work in a pretty silent environment and i can listen to music in my office, i'm a web developer. It's more my free time that is problematic : being around noisy places like bars, concerts, etc. I have to decline most of that stuff now.

 

[object16]

i am not completely old yet, and my tinnitus was clearly there when i was young professional, but it was at a much lower level, nevertheless it was kind of a handicap - my focus would be on maintaining my work, and the personal/private life was really constrained - for example i had to completely drop out of being quite an active violinist in the community symphony orchestra. even when young, the doctors had put me on elavil anti depressant, so i was already drug dependent when young, which was the fault of the medical professional not knowing what this disease was all about - at his point i am almost turning into a semi/hermit.