Hello,
My sister and I have both had tinnitus for years, and we have learned to live with it. Recently, though, my sister has started experiencing irregular crinkling, crackling, and pinging sounds. These sounds are unpredictable and get louder with background noise. Because they're so irregular, they wake her up at night and distract her all day. Her usual coping methods aren't helping because there's nothing she can do to mask the sound. Even very quiet sounds seem to make it worse or change the rhythm.
Has anyone here dealt with this, and how did you cope? This new version of tinnitus has been going on for three months now, and she's barely hanging on. She keeps saying, "My life is over."
Over the years, we've tried everything, but nothing has ever helped, so we don't have much hope for this new version, either. I feel like her only option is to find a way to live with it, but our brains are wired to be alerted by new sounds, and this one always feels new.
Any thoughts on how she might cope? Any advice is appreciated.
My sister and I have both had tinnitus for years, and we have learned to live with it. Recently, though, my sister has started experiencing irregular crinkling, crackling, and pinging sounds. These sounds are unpredictable and get louder with background noise. Because they're so irregular, they wake her up at night and distract her all day. Her usual coping methods aren't helping because there's nothing she can do to mask the sound. Even very quiet sounds seem to make it worse or change the rhythm.
Has anyone here dealt with this, and how did you cope? This new version of tinnitus has been going on for three months now, and she's barely hanging on. She keeps saying, "My life is over."
Over the years, we've tried everything, but nothing has ever helped, so we don't have much hope for this new version, either. I feel like her only option is to find a way to live with it, but our brains are wired to be alerted by new sounds, and this one always feels new.
Any thoughts on how she might cope? Any advice is appreciated.
