Hello — Ringing for 4 Days, Seeing Hell in My Life, Thinking of Committing Suicide
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MemberWith an acoustic trauma there is a chance that your Tinnitus will fade away in time. Give it some time and give some rest to your ears.
Some people may recommend NAC supplements, possibly steroids, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy: talk to a hearing specialist about it (not just any doctor) as soon as you can, as time is of the essence.
Good luck.
Some people may recommend NAC supplements, possibly steroids, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy: talk to a hearing specialist about it (not just any doctor) as soon as you can, as time is of the essence.
Good luck.
Exposure to loud noise/music is the most common cause of tinnitus. Do you regularly listen to music through headphones or attend places where loud music is played? If yes this could be the cause of your tinnitus. If you do listen to music through headphones then I advise giving it a rest for a while.
Please click on the link below and read the article as you might find it helpful.
All the best
Michael
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/tinnitus-a-personal-view.18668/
I agree with fishbone. Tinnitus is irritating and frightening at the start and it can overload your nerves and give you lots of stress, anxiety, panic, depression, even sleeplessness. You are in the toughest initial phase. But don't panic nor depressed. Most people will get better. How we know that? Because that is how we felt like you too initially. Most members here have been where you are. You are not alone. We understand your feeling there. Your reaction is quite normal, including the suicidal thoughts.
I have suffered from anxiety and panic disorders for decades prior to Tinnitus & Hyperacusis. So when my ultra high pitch loud T & severe H first hit me, my anxiety just went through the roof and panic attacks greeted me every time when waking up with loud, screaming T. No amount of will power could stop the panic attacks and I had to use meds to survive each day. So yes, I understand how tough it is when T (& H in my case) are new. Saying that, try not to buy in what the anxious mind is suggesting to you at this tough stage of T suffering. Don't project the doom and gloom of a future based on the worst time of T suffering. I made that mistake myself and paid dearly with immense mental sufferings.
The truth of the matter is that the future is never as projected. I am now living a normal and absolutely enjoyable life. If I have any comforting words for you, it is that people do survive T & H, anxiety and panic attacks and all, and write their success stories after some time. T is not an end game. Just read up many success stories to learn insights how to win over T. You need to give yourself time and learn some strategies to guide your T journey. Here is my success story with some helpful strategies:
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/from-darkness-to-light-how-i-recovered-from-tinnitus-hyperacusis.3148/
If the cause of your T is due to loud noise exposure, get some prednisone steroid from doctor asap because your T is so new. If you haven't done masking of the T, try get it going asap to help reduce the anxiety of T. Once the brain feels that you have some sense of control over T, it will be less anxious and stressed, and that will help calm the ringing for most people. Take care & God bless.
Some suggestions for masking:
1) Mask at bed time so you can sleep better. Find whatever sounds/music that are soothing to you. You can use a sound machine or sound pillow for this, or a computer with speakers.
2) If you need masking on the go, try load an ipod with nature sounds or music using itune. If you have a smart phone, you can download free APPs for soothing or T-masking sounds.
3) If you have computer and speakers, you can try these excellent masking sounds too:
TT's audio player: https://www.tinnitustalk.com/audioplayer/
or this online sound library, particularly the self-mix nature sounds: https://mynoise.net
or download free sound generator 'aire freshener': http://www.peterhirschberg.com/mysoftware.html
or search youtube with words like 'tinnitus masking sounds', 'white noise', 'rain sound' etc.
I have suffered from anxiety and panic disorders for decades prior to Tinnitus & Hyperacusis. So when my ultra high pitch loud T & severe H first hit me, my anxiety just went through the roof and panic attacks greeted me every time when waking up with loud, screaming T. No amount of will power could stop the panic attacks and I had to use meds to survive each day. So yes, I understand how tough it is when T (& H in my case) are new. Saying that, try not to buy in what the anxious mind is suggesting to you at this tough stage of T suffering. Don't project the doom and gloom of a future based on the worst time of T suffering. I made that mistake myself and paid dearly with immense mental sufferings.
The truth of the matter is that the future is never as projected. I am now living a normal and absolutely enjoyable life. If I have any comforting words for you, it is that people do survive T & H, anxiety and panic attacks and all, and write their success stories after some time. T is not an end game. Just read up many success stories to learn insights how to win over T. You need to give yourself time and learn some strategies to guide your T journey. Here is my success story with some helpful strategies:
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/from-darkness-to-light-how-i-recovered-from-tinnitus-hyperacusis.3148/
If the cause of your T is due to loud noise exposure, get some prednisone steroid from doctor asap because your T is so new. If you haven't done masking of the T, try get it going asap to help reduce the anxiety of T. Once the brain feels that you have some sense of control over T, it will be less anxious and stressed, and that will help calm the ringing for most people. Take care & God bless.
Some suggestions for masking:
1) Mask at bed time so you can sleep better. Find whatever sounds/music that are soothing to you. You can use a sound machine or sound pillow for this, or a computer with speakers.
2) If you need masking on the go, try load an ipod with nature sounds or music using itune. If you have a smart phone, you can download free APPs for soothing or T-masking sounds.
3) If you have computer and speakers, you can try these excellent masking sounds too:
TT's audio player: https://www.tinnitustalk.com/audioplayer/
or this online sound library, particularly the self-mix nature sounds: https://mynoise.net
or download free sound generator 'aire freshener': http://www.peterhirschberg.com/mysoftware.html
or search youtube with words like 'tinnitus masking sounds', 'white noise', 'rain sound' etc.
@fishbone
In principle I agree with you Fishbone. However, let me tell you something about severe intrusive tinnitus which I don't believe you have ever experienced because of the statement that you have just made.
Tinnitus comes in many forms and intensities and no two people have it the same. When it is mild or moderate, many people are able to habituate to it and carry on with their life without it making too much of an impact on their wellbeing. However, when tinnitus is severe and intrusive and this level is sustained for a period of time, it is a completely different kettle of fish. Under these circumstances, it can be seriously debilitating and can drive a person to do something to themselves that they normally wouldn't do - it is out of desperation to get away from the cacophony of noise that is in their head and ears. Fortunately, with help and time the majority of people don't reach this stage.
Michael
Christophe,
I have a strong feeling it was caused by loud sounds, probably headphones.
We don't know what you hear, but many know what you feel.
Trust them, it will get better, you've come to the right place.
Try to see a doctor and get some medicine, and even if you wouldn't there is a lot of chance of the ringing going better.
Lots of love!
Very possible Michael... Almost everyone is listening to music through headphones everyday, and quite loud I think...
Hi Lakshmi,
Welcome to the site.
Please do not commit suicide. It is the wrong thing to do. You are feeling incredibly anxious and stressed out over this. Do not worry because it is perfectly normal; I felt the same way too at first. The most important thing for you to do now is to take back control from tinnitus. The most important thing you need to keep in mind is that tinnitus is not lethal. Once your mind recognizes this, it will not perceive the ringing as a threat. This is a gradual process and is clinically known as "habituation".
Here in this forum you find find a treasure chest of information - both anecdotal and factual - on every aspect of tinnitus. I suggest you take the time to find out! Good luck.
I m suffering T since from 4 months. In my case, I was talked with my friend for an hour and when I took out my earphone, it was started ringing in my right ear. And then after some days I listened it both ears ,also in my head. 1st one month it was really unbearable and I decided the same like u. Now I m still fighting with it and i get a lot of helpful understanding from this forum which made me a hope to live. Try to be calm and consult with your GP. I think ginkgo biloba tablet could help for the initial stage as it was helped me a lot to reduce the volume. Hope all will be under control. Best of luck.
Bharat mata ki jaay
I was wondering if with all the new improvements in technology, headphones are more or less dangerous than before ???
fishbone
Member
- May 5, 2016
- 2,594
- Tinnitus Since
- 1988
- Cause of Tinnitus
- loud noise and very bad sickness
Trust me, i have shitty tinnitus and its horrible and i been there and done that for almost 30 years. My attitude will never change about life and how I live it
People are different, we all react to life and its challenges in different ways....
That may be true, but I've hardly seen any person with kidney stone pain do anything but curl up in pain asking for some relief. I have yet to find someone who can "react to that challenge in different ways". I've never seen anyone read a book, watch TV, or play chess while debilitated by kidney stone pain.
It's plausible to me that severe debilitating T may be similar in that respect; not similar in the type of pain (I stay away from pain comparison on purpose), but in the inability to let your brain let go of the stimulus and its primal reaction.
Do you? Haven't you mentioned how good your hearing is? How much you enjoy hearing all the detail in your hifi stereos? How severe of tinnitus could you possibly have experienced (if you even have, we wouldn't know). b.s
Just because you can't cope doesn't mean someone else can't.
I found your brief post quite interesting @Jacob83 and did make me smile. At least I know you read some of my posts. Then you spoilt it just after the parenthesis with your abbreviation for an expletive, which looks quite ugly in writing.
I wish you well.
Michael
You make a valid point fishbone and I stand corrected for I now believe you've experienced severe tinnitus. Positivity is the way forward with this condition and I hope that you continue to be that way .Trust me, i have XXXXXX tinnitus and its horrible and i been there and done that for almost 30 years. My attitude will never change about life and how I live it
Michael
He actually copes.
I don't
Sentences like "tinnitus is not the end of the world" are the last things you want to say to someone who just got T and doesn't understand what's happening.
@christophe,
About 15 years ago Christophe, I remember there was an attempt by some manufacturers, to limit the output (volume) on devices that allowed headphones to be used because people were developing hearing damage and tinnitus. However, I don't think this was a complete success. I agree with you that headphones use is just as dangerous as before.
Michael
Hello @Lakshmi! How loud is your tinnitus? Do you hear it only in quiet places, or do you hear it everywhere?
It's only four days, you can still go to a doctor and get prednisone. Hurry and get yourself to an ENT if you still haven't.
Don't kill yourself yet, things can improve. Give yourself some time to learn to cope with this.
By the way, where in India are you from? Bangalore is lovely, but I have yet to visit the Taj Mahal.
It's only four days, you can still go to a doctor and get prednisone. Hurry and get yourself to an ENT if you still haven't.
Don't kill yourself yet, things can improve. Give yourself some time to learn to cope with this.
By the way, where in India are you from? Bangalore is lovely, but I have yet to visit the Taj Mahal.
Paulie87
Member
He actually copes.
I don't
Sentences like "tinnitus is not the end of the world" are the last things you want to say to someone who just got T and doesn't understand what's happening.
I disagree, I think it's exactly what I'd want to hear. People need to know that the vast majority of people no matter the severity will have a good life with tinnitus as annoying and horrible as it can be.
Does tinnitus suck? Yes,
Is it life altering? Yes, as we should all take precautions with very loud noise etc.
Is tinnitus life ending? No, not unless we let it be.
"Come one ! It's not the end of the world !"
The person won't understand why she's suffering so much then.
Something like : "Ok you'll have to face a difficult time for a few days, but after that you'll be fine, there are many ways to overcome it".
The words we use are quite important. No need to be jugdemental like fishbone was.
The person won't understand why she's suffering so much then.
Something like : "Ok you'll have to face a difficult time for a few days, but after that you'll be fine, there are many ways to overcome it".
The words we use are quite important. No need to be jugdemental like fishbone was.
Paulie87
Member
I understand your point of view, I am not judgemental at all. I am suffering big time at the moment when a new sound entered my head a few months ago. It has come and gone and is now back again and is making me miserable.
Thing is, there is no cure, if there was, none of us would be here. What doesn't help though is constantly thinking you have something that anyone else would kill themselves over. That just isn't true. The vast majority of people live with this regardless of what it does as life goes on.
This s**t isn't easy. It's the worst thing that's ever happened to me and I deal with IBS, Gerd and asthma which aren't a picnic either. What am I going to do though? Leave my son behind? Leave my wife behind? Make the people who do love me miserable? No. I need to fight through it, and thats what people on this board need to remind each other of when we are struggling.
Oh my god you guys, unless there is something op is missing out, it sounds like it's only been a few days. Everyone on here seems to be jumping straight to habitation and living w it lifelong when it can also go that early. She's suicidal because of this noise, maybe not acting like it's certain to stay will scare her a little less than she already is? Give her the benefit of the doubt until she gives more info.
Also thing is about India is that for the most part the pharmacies do not need prescriptions. But I don't necessarily think medicine names are the same there. Get on prednisone asap! And also see a doc too, am not going to advise self meditating through advice on internet (not yet, anyway).
Also thing is about India is that for the most part the pharmacies do not need prescriptions. But I don't necessarily think medicine names are the same there. Get on prednisone asap! And also see a doc too, am not going to advise self meditating through advice on internet (not yet, anyway).
- Feb 20, 2017
- 12
- Tinnitus Since
- 16/2/2017
- Cause of Tinnitus
- I was hearing loud music
Headphone use is one of the most common causes of tinnitus. I believe if you stop using headphones (and I mean permanently stop) it is likely that your tinnitus will reduce to a very low level and could go away completely. The choice is yours.
Michael
- Feb 20, 2017
- 12
- Tinnitus Since
- 16/2/2017
- Cause of Tinnitus
- I was hearing loud music
Yes, I'm frm Bangalore, I used to listen music loud in car n phone, but it is buzzing sound in d left ear, it's light, if I concentrate on it I can hear to sound, but if I go out means its normal,i can't here tat buzz sound......only in silence I can hear it.... but I donno I'm depressed a lot, I'm loosing myself, I'm crying daily, I'm only 25yrs....hw can I tolrite this fa lifetime....
Hoping for the best, ENT doctor advised me to drink lots of water n take steam ...
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