Hey all,
My tinnitus started in April 2018. I had the usual experience. Felt awful, first genuine time I'd experienced anxiety and depression. Habituated to it in a few months - but it got worse in May 2020 (weird up and down high pitch ringing in left ear whereas the initial tinnitus was just in the right ear).
It's still there, although quieter, and was initially crazy distracting since it isn't a flat tone - kind of like constantly being nudged since it fades in and out.
I have come to realise a few things over the passage of time:
-> It's harmless, and there are people with awful conditions whose medication to keep them alive gives them tinnitus and they think nothing of it. Please don't see that as me suggesting people shouldn't suffer - I totally get people have it in a severe way here and it DOES harm them psychologically. But I do believe Dr. Nagler is right that it's all about reaction and if that can be got under control, the battle is almost won.
-> I've realised it's just my reaction to it that counts for anything. If I think about yesterday, or the week before - do I want to consume myself in tinnitus or of the happy memories I create? The tinnitus will be there regardless, so it's whatever. I don't think of my breathing/heartbeat the day before! We only get one life, so why be miserable for something that cannot be controlled.
-> I am seeing it more and more as not abnormal and a threat, but as part of my being and entirely normal. It has very little impact on my day to day activities save for the fact i now protect my hearing with a lot of care.
That's pretty much it. It has for me got easier with time and I rarely visit these boards anymore when I used to lurk on them constantly. Habituation is a thing, it isn't a perfect cure but it's good enough for me!
I am grateful I don't have something far worse... that's something the pandemic has taught me!
Yup if there was a pill curing it, I'd take it. But hell, if one doesn't come along in my lifetime I'm not going to be too fussed and will just bat on with things, and enjoy the rest of my health while it lasts.
Take care all.
My tinnitus started in April 2018. I had the usual experience. Felt awful, first genuine time I'd experienced anxiety and depression. Habituated to it in a few months - but it got worse in May 2020 (weird up and down high pitch ringing in left ear whereas the initial tinnitus was just in the right ear).
It's still there, although quieter, and was initially crazy distracting since it isn't a flat tone - kind of like constantly being nudged since it fades in and out.
I have come to realise a few things over the passage of time:
-> It's harmless, and there are people with awful conditions whose medication to keep them alive gives them tinnitus and they think nothing of it. Please don't see that as me suggesting people shouldn't suffer - I totally get people have it in a severe way here and it DOES harm them psychologically. But I do believe Dr. Nagler is right that it's all about reaction and if that can be got under control, the battle is almost won.
-> I've realised it's just my reaction to it that counts for anything. If I think about yesterday, or the week before - do I want to consume myself in tinnitus or of the happy memories I create? The tinnitus will be there regardless, so it's whatever. I don't think of my breathing/heartbeat the day before! We only get one life, so why be miserable for something that cannot be controlled.
-> I am seeing it more and more as not abnormal and a threat, but as part of my being and entirely normal. It has very little impact on my day to day activities save for the fact i now protect my hearing with a lot of care.
That's pretty much it. It has for me got easier with time and I rarely visit these boards anymore when I used to lurk on them constantly. Habituation is a thing, it isn't a perfect cure but it's good enough for me!
I am grateful I don't have something far worse... that's something the pandemic has taught me!
Yup if there was a pill curing it, I'd take it. But hell, if one doesn't come along in my lifetime I'm not going to be too fussed and will just bat on with things, and enjoy the rest of my health while it lasts.
Take care all.
At some stage in the future I'll probably forget it's there even more than I am now, but where I am now is alot better than the state i was in before.
