I want to share a tinnitus story with a happy ending. I think often it is the people suffering who take the time to post since obviously it's so urgent feeling in their life. I think for those who get better, most don't post because they have moved on to other concerns. Because of that tendency, when someone who just gets tinnitus starts reading forums, it can look bleak. I want you to know that for many, it gets better so hang in there and have patience, ok?
Mine started over 6-months ago when I got a bad cold. It was so maddening, I cried myself to sleep, if I could sleep. It was intense ringing in both ears for a month or two and then it slowly little by little lessened. I found having my husband whisper sweet loving things closely into my ear helped soothe me. I found some soothing jungle sounds from an app and for months I kept that as background noise almost constantly and it seemed to help trick my brain into coping. I used a white noise machine at night to sleep.
Today, over a half year later, if I am in complete silence, I hear a faint high ring in my left ear if I focus on it but my brain doesn't often focus on it anymore. I find that if I sleep on that ear, it gets louder sounding so I stick with my right side. It truly hardly ever bothers me anymore. I'm basically back to normal. It was a gradual, slow, slow relief that finally washed over me. I truly appreciate my hearing, as well as silence (and all my senses really) more than I ever had before going through this painful, difficult experience. I have a new gratefulness.
I want you to know I understand just how maddening it can be, and I want you to know you can get through it. I'm sending love and support to you right now.
Annie
Mine started over 6-months ago when I got a bad cold. It was so maddening, I cried myself to sleep, if I could sleep. It was intense ringing in both ears for a month or two and then it slowly little by little lessened. I found having my husband whisper sweet loving things closely into my ear helped soothe me. I found some soothing jungle sounds from an app and for months I kept that as background noise almost constantly and it seemed to help trick my brain into coping. I used a white noise machine at night to sleep.
Today, over a half year later, if I am in complete silence, I hear a faint high ring in my left ear if I focus on it but my brain doesn't often focus on it anymore. I find that if I sleep on that ear, it gets louder sounding so I stick with my right side. It truly hardly ever bothers me anymore. I'm basically back to normal. It was a gradual, slow, slow relief that finally washed over me. I truly appreciate my hearing, as well as silence (and all my senses really) more than I ever had before going through this painful, difficult experience. I have a new gratefulness.
I want you to know I understand just how maddening it can be, and I want you to know you can get through it. I'm sending love and support to you right now.
Annie
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