Since no one in the medical field have been remotely interested in finding the cause of my T I will ask the forum if anyone have any idea what type of approach I should have to understand how I got this condition. Any specific reports I should read? Any well proved theories? Any medical suggestions from the research industry? I'm interested in this because my impression is that the prognosis depends on it. I believe there's a difference in the prognosis based on the causes that lead to my specific T. For instance, I've read stories from T sufferers that think they got it from stress and mental trauma and when they started to focus on the psychological aspects of their personality the T went away. This process could take many years but many ppl. still claim that they started a healing process when they finally came to terms with what the reasons behind the condition were.
I know that the mental aspect has a considerable weight in any type of T but I'm referring to a particular T caused by stress and/or long term mental pressure and not a hearing loss or audio trauma. I'm left with this large gap in my understanding of my condition, all I was told in medical assessments was "you have incurable tinnitus." The other thing is that I didn't have hearing loss according to the test I took the same day. This leads me to speculate in so many different causes. Could it be a mix of them? Could it be tired inner ear nerves and/or "semi broken hair cells in conjunction with a level of cortisol in my system due to severe stress?
I got my T in June this year but it's a bit tricky because I tick a lot of boxes. I have been listening to music for a very long time trough headphones but since I don't enjoy loud levels I've been listening 45-50% of max. I never used plugs but always headphones with a gap between my ear and the ear pads. I have been struggling with depression and anxiety in the past that I believe I have managed to deal with. I have been taking pain killers with codeine and Ibuprofen the last months cause of shoulder pains, I have been under substantial pressure and mental stress for the better part of the last 4 years. In the months before my T started I went trough a great deal of pressure and stress because I was dealing with so many different problems at the same time. I wonder if my T is mainly caused by mental trauma and stress, perhaps the fire alarm that went of repeatability for false reasons in my building kick started the T in conjunction with a high level of cortisol in my system? When I open my mouth and raise my jaw the T level goes up in volume and pitch. I have a crunching sound sometimes inside my ear and sometimes it feels like a vibration as well. I rub my teeth together when I sleep and also when I'm awake without being aware of it, my jaw moves quite a bit during the day from side to side I guess, teeth against teeth.
I remember I almost jumped out of the bed every time that alarm went ringing, it scared the living daylights out of me to be honest. I've also been really jumpy the last 6 months or so, always expecting the worst to happen around the next corner and every external environmental sounds have been a potential threat. Sound of cars coming fast behind me, sirens, people shouting suddenly and unexpected etc. It's even worse now because of the Hyperacusis condition that I also got with the T. I've felt like a nerve wreck in the months before I woke up with my high pitched loud T. I actually believed it was the echo of that crazy fire alarm, the bell was placed outside my door, and then about two metres further down the hall, so I wasn't standing next to it or anything, it was just ringing for no reasons several times and it happened for many weeks, perhaps a couple of months. Could this be the reason? Could it have put my system in a fight or flight modus over and over?
Well, I guess I can go on and speculate wildly here but what I'm trying to get my head around is why I got T or what could be the actual cause of it. Perhaps I will never know but since I got T recently I guess I'm full of questions. I'm still in shock I guess. I just woke up and there it was! I did not have any concert experience the days before, neither did I go to clubs or shot with weapons. I've never done the latter. Never shot a gun, played any instruments or worked in a noisy factory or anything like that.
I know this post is long but if you have any comments to this I would be interested in reading them. Can't get much sleep these days, but I guess most people in here can relate to that...
I know that the mental aspect has a considerable weight in any type of T but I'm referring to a particular T caused by stress and/or long term mental pressure and not a hearing loss or audio trauma. I'm left with this large gap in my understanding of my condition, all I was told in medical assessments was "you have incurable tinnitus." The other thing is that I didn't have hearing loss according to the test I took the same day. This leads me to speculate in so many different causes. Could it be a mix of them? Could it be tired inner ear nerves and/or "semi broken hair cells in conjunction with a level of cortisol in my system due to severe stress?
I got my T in June this year but it's a bit tricky because I tick a lot of boxes. I have been listening to music for a very long time trough headphones but since I don't enjoy loud levels I've been listening 45-50% of max. I never used plugs but always headphones with a gap between my ear and the ear pads. I have been struggling with depression and anxiety in the past that I believe I have managed to deal with. I have been taking pain killers with codeine and Ibuprofen the last months cause of shoulder pains, I have been under substantial pressure and mental stress for the better part of the last 4 years. In the months before my T started I went trough a great deal of pressure and stress because I was dealing with so many different problems at the same time. I wonder if my T is mainly caused by mental trauma and stress, perhaps the fire alarm that went of repeatability for false reasons in my building kick started the T in conjunction with a high level of cortisol in my system? When I open my mouth and raise my jaw the T level goes up in volume and pitch. I have a crunching sound sometimes inside my ear and sometimes it feels like a vibration as well. I rub my teeth together when I sleep and also when I'm awake without being aware of it, my jaw moves quite a bit during the day from side to side I guess, teeth against teeth.
I remember I almost jumped out of the bed every time that alarm went ringing, it scared the living daylights out of me to be honest. I've also been really jumpy the last 6 months or so, always expecting the worst to happen around the next corner and every external environmental sounds have been a potential threat. Sound of cars coming fast behind me, sirens, people shouting suddenly and unexpected etc. It's even worse now because of the Hyperacusis condition that I also got with the T. I've felt like a nerve wreck in the months before I woke up with my high pitched loud T. I actually believed it was the echo of that crazy fire alarm, the bell was placed outside my door, and then about two metres further down the hall, so I wasn't standing next to it or anything, it was just ringing for no reasons several times and it happened for many weeks, perhaps a couple of months. Could this be the reason? Could it have put my system in a fight or flight modus over and over?
Well, I guess I can go on and speculate wildly here but what I'm trying to get my head around is why I got T or what could be the actual cause of it. Perhaps I will never know but since I got T recently I guess I'm full of questions. I'm still in shock I guess. I just woke up and there it was! I did not have any concert experience the days before, neither did I go to clubs or shot with weapons. I've never done the latter. Never shot a gun, played any instruments or worked in a noisy factory or anything like that.
I know this post is long but if you have any comments to this I would be interested in reading them. Can't get much sleep these days, but I guess most people in here can relate to that...
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