Canal Drainage Car Right in Front of Window

lifeisover

lifeisover

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Oct 4, 2017
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2012
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Concert/ plane+music
#1
I was too tired and on anxiety meds to notice. It was there probably fro 20 minutes before I woke up. I am panicking and out of my mind now. The canal opening is right in front of my window.

This big machine was in front of my window for a good 20 minutes working on canal drainage.

I AM LOSING MY MIND. MY TINNITUS IS SO LOUD.


Help me please. Undo this. I can't handle this
 
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#3
@lifeisover,
Try not to panic about every loud sound because not all sounds are harmful or you will get a phobia.
Just try to stay calm and put some relaxing music on low and chill out for a bit.
Have something to eat and go for a nice walk.
Anxiety alone can spike tinnius .
I know the sound of Tinnitus is hard for you as it takes away our quietness and inflicts us with a invasive sound we can not control but try not let your emotion run wild and panic.
love glynis
 
#4
lifeisover said:
I was too tired and on anxiety meds to notice. It was there probably fro 20 minutes before I woke up. I am panicking and out of my mind now. The canal opening is right in front of my window.

This big machine was in front of my window for a good 20 minutes working on canal drainage.

I AM LOSING MY MIND. MY TINNITUS IS SO LOUD.


Help me please. Undo this. I can't handle this
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Sounds like you had tinnitus since 2012...is this a sudden spike you are experiencing because the heavy equipment sound?
 
#6
Anxiety. You are likely having a spike due to anxiety. You were already having anxiety because of taking a prednisone pill. Your limbic system needs to calm back down.
 
#7
Sure but this canal drainage car was extremely loud outside my window and I was exposed to it for over 20 minutes......
 
#11
I was half awake because I took anxiety meds the night before and I havent slept well the past 2 weeks. It was new for me too to be so grogged out, I was half aware of what was going on but my mind wasn't working (normally I would have gotten up and waited it out in another room!!).

I heard them and assumed it was the trash collectors, who usually leave after a few seconds (I checked the time and it was around 7:30). So I fell back asleep assuming it's the trash collectors. When I woke up again, cause they were fairly loud, the noise was still there and it was 8am. that's when it dawned on me what I had just done..
 
#12
lifeisover said:
I was half awake because I took anxiety meds the night before and I havent slept well the past 2 weeks. It was new for me too to be so grogged out, I was half aware of what was going on but my mind wasn't working (normally I would have gotten up and waited it out in another room!!).

I heard them and assumed it was the trash collectors, who usually leave after a few seconds (I checked the time and it was around 7:30). So I fell back asleep assuming it's the trash collectors. When I woke up again, cause they were fairly loud, the noise was still there and it was 8am. that's when it dawned on me what I had just done..
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Again, it likely was not loud enough to damage your hearing. If it was, the men operating it for hours at a time would be deaf by now.

You are dealing with a lot of anxiety. Perhaps read through your posting history. How did those past worries resolve? Did your T permanently worsen? What helped the spike resolves?
 
#13
But our ears are already pre-damaged. None of us would stay beside such a loud machine out of fear of tinnitus spikes. I do not deny my anxiety, I have 3 weeks of hell behind me with lots of panic attacks and today was the first day where I actually slept more than 5 hours a night and my tinnitus sounded tamed....

But I was still groggy after I went back to bed and not really anxious YET, i only noticed the spike when I was back in bed, so it can't JUST be the anxiety.
 
#14
When I briefly looked at my phone while the machine was here it showed on the app 35db, but I can't know for sure if this was while the drain was in use or idle. I don't even know how accurate this app is. But i rarely listen to music even that loud. 35db is the sound the kitchen stoves air drainage makes, and I normally avoid exposure to such constant machine noises out of fear of hearing loss and tinnitus spike
 
#17
lifeisover said:
When I briefly looked at my phone while the machine was here it showed on the app 35db, but I can't know for sure if this was while the drain was in use or idle. I don't even know how accurate this app is. But i rarely listen to music even that loud. 35db is the sound the kitchen stoves air drainage makes, and I normally avoid exposure to such constant machine noises out of fear of hearing loss and tinnitus spike
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35 dB? That is not going to cause hearing loss. Perfect example:
robHing said:
Leave your home and go to a library.
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A library is louder than 35dB.

Our ears are already damaged, but saying damage will continue is speculation. I have been exposed to many loud noises over the past year. No spikes from noise. And I have severe hearing loss, there is very clear evidence that my hair cells above 4k are damaged.
 
#18
35db assuming this smartphone app can be trusted.. and it was fairly loud. the machine it self is apparently 90db, and i was around 3meters away from it on the first floor....normal double-glass windows. i cannot be sure
 
#20
lifeisover said:
35db assuming this smartphone app can be trusted.. and it was fairly loud. the machine it self is apparently 90db, and i was around 3meters away from it on the first floor....normal double-glass windows. i cannot be sure
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Do you have hyperacusis? 35dB is not loud. It will not cause hearing loss. There is a significant difference between 35dB and a level that could damage hearing. Even if the app was inaccurate, it is likely not off by 50dB.
 
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#22
But it was a really big machine.... it probably makes a different type of loud noise than a classroom. and all this is assuming a smartphone app accurately captured the noise level..
 
#23
lifeisover said:
But it was a really big machine.... it probably makes a different type of loud noise than a classroom. and all this is assuming a smartphone app accurately captured the noise level..
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Again, the smart phone app is not going to be off by 50dB.

Yes, it was a big machine. But you were in your house.
 
#26
lifeisover said:
35db assuming this smartphone app can be trusted.. and it was fairly loud. the machine it self is apparently 90db, and i was around 3meters away from it on the first floor....normal double-glass windows. i cannot be sure
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90 dB @ 3 meters + double pane windows + 30 minutes => I would personally not worry about it.
Your anxiety is probably causing your spike. Try to calm down.
 
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