I have sought alternatives, but I am ultimately faced with double jaw surgery for an underbite/crossbite complication, which may or may not have contributed to tinnitus and which may cause further complications down the line. I have had tinnitus for almost as long as I can remember, now being 24 and recalling faintly having it when I was around 7 or 8 or so. Perhaps it wasn't tinnitus at the time, it's hard to say. The exact cause of it is unknown. It could be due to anxiety (I have OCD which can be classed as an anxiety disorder), but it seemed to get worse a few years ago when I used headphones for a game for about a week. Again, it's difficult to say if it truly came from that, hearing tests returned no signs of hearing loss at all.
The one hope left for avoiding surgery is a procedure called MSE, but I am mentally bracing myself for the surgery, in case that too cannot be done. I am terrified of tinnitus worsening. When other sounds are present, it goes unnoticed but when in a quiet room, it's clear as day and pretty loud too. Perhaps there is some hope for cures that can allow me to both get rid of tinnitus and also fix the jaw problem, which I really really want to get done, but the dilemma is tinnitus. That darned tinnitus. Don't want the surgery to worsen it. I make music and have thoughts of getting into audio engineering after I finish my software development studies, since that seems to be something that'll fit me better than software dev in terms of relatively stable careers, most likely. In which case tinnitus is an inconvenient thing to have. And on the flipside, not fixing this jaw complication might also worsen it or lead to other complications down the road. I don't know what to do. This pairing of problems feels like some sort of curse.
When I stretch my mouth open, I get the idea that the tinnitus worsens a bit, and when I close my mouth again, it goes back to its normal level, which may hint at the cause here but I am scratching my head on where to begin with this. Any suggestions, thoughts, ideas, words of advice are welcome.
The one hope left for avoiding surgery is a procedure called MSE, but I am mentally bracing myself for the surgery, in case that too cannot be done. I am terrified of tinnitus worsening. When other sounds are present, it goes unnoticed but when in a quiet room, it's clear as day and pretty loud too. Perhaps there is some hope for cures that can allow me to both get rid of tinnitus and also fix the jaw problem, which I really really want to get done, but the dilemma is tinnitus. That darned tinnitus. Don't want the surgery to worsen it. I make music and have thoughts of getting into audio engineering after I finish my software development studies, since that seems to be something that'll fit me better than software dev in terms of relatively stable careers, most likely. In which case tinnitus is an inconvenient thing to have. And on the flipside, not fixing this jaw complication might also worsen it or lead to other complications down the road. I don't know what to do. This pairing of problems feels like some sort of curse.
When I stretch my mouth open, I get the idea that the tinnitus worsens a bit, and when I close my mouth again, it goes back to its normal level, which may hint at the cause here but I am scratching my head on where to begin with this. Any suggestions, thoughts, ideas, words of advice are welcome.
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