Yes mate of course.
well I never discovered this site until about 4 weeks ago and so at the time I felt completely alone and scared. I was running backwards and forwards to the doctors and was basically panic stricken. My T was very loud, hearing super sensitive, a fullness in my ears and I was getting regular spikes. I was on different meds prescribed by the doctor, reading and taking every health supplement I could get my hands on. Every time my T spiked I would think "what caused that" was it the meds, was it dairy, was it the caffeine, was it work, was it stress, was it blah blah blah. I was then prescribed some steroids by my ENT but I was to scared to take them as I thought they may have a side affect and make it even worse. So to some up, I was a mess. I real mental wreck.
Then I thought okay what makes this better and the answer I came up with was keeping myself occupied and trying to mask it. I found being out in the car helped and walking. so Every weekend me and Helen would go for days out. Mainly to the coast, which involved a long drive and walking when we got there. Stopping of for Coffee's (Decaf) and refreshments. By the time we got home I was exhausted and ready to rest. During the week I was at work and when I got home I would go into the gym to keep myself busy. Then I realised the T was getting lower as time went on. still loud, but lower. When the spikes came, I'd built up a pattern and realised that, even though they were bad, they wouldn't last forever and within 24 hours, or less, it would get lower again. All of a sudden I realised I could deal with this and my anxiety levels were decreasing. I was starting to understand it's pattern. I started to relax more.
When I'm at work I have headphones around my neck and sing along to my favourite tracks, I'll have a cup of tea in the van with the windows open and the radio on. Now this may sound as if I running away from it, but I'm not. The more you ignore it, by what ever means, the more you can tolerate it and start to deal with it. How many times have you had a crap day at work and thought "roll on tomorrow"? T is just the same. The more you can forget you have it the better. I know this may not make sense to you right now, as all you can do is focus on it, but trust me, your time will come. Keep yourself active as this will make yourself tied and ready for bed. Don't go on boring walks, go on walks where there are some nice sights, this will distract your mind as well as exercising. Try and make this transition period fun and not a chore. There's nothing worse in than doing something you don't want to do, just because you HAVE to do it.
As you've seen, I enjoy Astronomy, which again is outside, background noise from the trees, plus it keeps my brain engaged. I couldn't think of anything worse than sitting on the sofa waiting for bed. I'm typing this from my study and my T feels louder. That's because I'm in a small room with no background noise. Over the next two weeks, do what you enjoy and do lots of it. If you can get to a complimentary health clinic, try an Indian head massage. long story, but I was meant to have acupuncture, but ended up having a head rub instead. Amazingly, when I came out my T felt great. I felt so relaxed it was amazing. I've got another one next week, but this time I'm taking Helen with me so she can have one. They are fantastic. If you enjoy cooking then cook something new from a recipe book, this will make you concentrate and keep you busy. If you have a wife or girlfriend, tell her sex is a well known cure. OK this maybe BS, but this helps me and distracts my mind for at least 3 to 4 minutes. Well I think I've shared to much now, so on that note, I'm off.
Bye for now
Darren
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