TL; DR: Got T and was depressed for a year after I started to get better through TRT. Now it's nowhere near as bad but still annoys me now and then.
Hey everyone,
I started with T around about my 21st birthday. We went clubbing and I stared to notice the ringing in my ears afterwards. I wasn't bothered by it, but paid attention to it and was curious as to what it was for about a week.
Later, went to the doctor's office for a cold/flu, and thought, out of curiosity, I'll ask about my tinnitus. I heard the unfortunate wrap "There's nothing that can be done about it, it's permanent, you'll have to learn to live with it." At the same time, I was already feeling down as I was dumped by a girl I really liked.
Soon after, I fell into deep depression.
This lasted for a while and, although I was scheduled to see a psychiatrist, the waiting time was about 4-5 months! After enduring that grueling, irritating period of being depressed, stressed, irritated, unable to enjoy either moments of silence or go out to a club (out of fear) or anything that might be loud, I finally started my sessions.
They helped, but they didn't address the problem well enough. After some sessions, my therapist recommended I try a Tinnitus Retraining Therapy institute as he thought "it was worth a shot." At this point, I even quit my job - working in a call centre - as I thought it'd be bad for my hearing!
So I did. After my first session, I was elated. Not because I learnt anything new - it was just an introductory session - but because of the assurance that my therapist gave me. "In your case, I estimate you fully cured within 4 weeks".
It took a bit longer than that, and I wasn't "cured" but my perceptions about my tinnitus changed. I'm not bothered by it anymore. Although there are times, on and off, that I get annoyed by it, the gaps between those intermittent occurrences got longer and longer. Now I can still hear my T but any time I get absorbed in the moment, I don't notice it. Although now and then, it still annoys me, it's rare.
So here I am. Hi guys.
Hey everyone,
I started with T around about my 21st birthday. We went clubbing and I stared to notice the ringing in my ears afterwards. I wasn't bothered by it, but paid attention to it and was curious as to what it was for about a week.
Later, went to the doctor's office for a cold/flu, and thought, out of curiosity, I'll ask about my tinnitus. I heard the unfortunate wrap "There's nothing that can be done about it, it's permanent, you'll have to learn to live with it." At the same time, I was already feeling down as I was dumped by a girl I really liked.
Soon after, I fell into deep depression.
This lasted for a while and, although I was scheduled to see a psychiatrist, the waiting time was about 4-5 months! After enduring that grueling, irritating period of being depressed, stressed, irritated, unable to enjoy either moments of silence or go out to a club (out of fear) or anything that might be loud, I finally started my sessions.
They helped, but they didn't address the problem well enough. After some sessions, my therapist recommended I try a Tinnitus Retraining Therapy institute as he thought "it was worth a shot." At this point, I even quit my job - working in a call centre - as I thought it'd be bad for my hearing!
So I did. After my first session, I was elated. Not because I learnt anything new - it was just an introductory session - but because of the assurance that my therapist gave me. "In your case, I estimate you fully cured within 4 weeks".
It took a bit longer than that, and I wasn't "cured" but my perceptions about my tinnitus changed. I'm not bothered by it anymore. Although there are times, on and off, that I get annoyed by it, the gaps between those intermittent occurrences got longer and longer. Now I can still hear my T but any time I get absorbed in the moment, I don't notice it. Although now and then, it still annoys me, it's rare.
So here I am. Hi guys.
