It took at least 6 months to get here, but I guess I have finally arrived. The Adderall has helped tremendously in suppressing any depressive symptoms I have been experiencing. I can't say how the intensity of my tones have changed, other than I am now less reactive to them then I was before. I'm sad in a ways because I feel like I'm going to move on and not strive for the cure I want.
Habituation, for those still new to this, is basically where the tinnitus fades into the background easier. It is still there all the time, but you don't freak out over it anymore. The mind gets tired, and as per cognitive load, you just move on. Untreated depression ends on its own as well, as your brain forces you to go forward. It still drives me crazy sometimes and I still can't sleep without drug assistance, but I would say my life isn't in shambles like it was this time a year ago.
Still, it has left a lasting impression on me. I now am constantly aware of my conductive hearing loss in my left ear, and the depression I had over it re-kindled my brain so it is easier for me to become depressed in the future (as in, your brain remembers the electrical pattern in a depressed brain). Nonetheless, I am a qausi-success story in that I am no longer severely impaired by this condition. This may change in the future, but I sure hope not. I'd really like to not regress into crying in bed because I'm so miserable.
For those that know me, I am a hypochondriac who does a lot of research into tinnitus, depression, etc. I am also a realist, I try to present a realistic clinical picture so as to not give people false hope. What I say often isn't what people want to see, and I understand. In the case of habituation for example, it is reasonable to say you will probably habituate, but obviously not everyone does. So, despite what I have said in the past, I would't give up just yet. Maybe the Susan Shore device won't help you, maybe nothing has really helped you. I still think time is the most effective treatment, as my tinnitus is much better than it was in July and August of last year.
I will continue to post things on here to share what I have found in my research. I do not know everything. Sometimes I will take something in a person's comment and act like it is fact without looking it up. Sometimes, I don't fully read or interpret studies I reference correctly. So do question my claims, as I welcome the opportunity to improve myself and my argument construction.
Lastly, as my last thread saw, some of you think I'd be a good neuroscientist who could help research tinnitus. It is certainly a possibility, but I am not sure if I would want to spend my whole career researching something that is practically the bane of my existence. Still, it will be of interest to me. I like studying drugs and their use on the brain, and if I can increase GABA activity in the Cochlear Nucleus of the brain stem and inhibit hyperactive glutamate release, then maybe we can silence the noise for good.
Habituation, for those still new to this, is basically where the tinnitus fades into the background easier. It is still there all the time, but you don't freak out over it anymore. The mind gets tired, and as per cognitive load, you just move on. Untreated depression ends on its own as well, as your brain forces you to go forward. It still drives me crazy sometimes and I still can't sleep without drug assistance, but I would say my life isn't in shambles like it was this time a year ago.
Still, it has left a lasting impression on me. I now am constantly aware of my conductive hearing loss in my left ear, and the depression I had over it re-kindled my brain so it is easier for me to become depressed in the future (as in, your brain remembers the electrical pattern in a depressed brain). Nonetheless, I am a qausi-success story in that I am no longer severely impaired by this condition. This may change in the future, but I sure hope not. I'd really like to not regress into crying in bed because I'm so miserable.
For those that know me, I am a hypochondriac who does a lot of research into tinnitus, depression, etc. I am also a realist, I try to present a realistic clinical picture so as to not give people false hope. What I say often isn't what people want to see, and I understand. In the case of habituation for example, it is reasonable to say you will probably habituate, but obviously not everyone does. So, despite what I have said in the past, I would't give up just yet. Maybe the Susan Shore device won't help you, maybe nothing has really helped you. I still think time is the most effective treatment, as my tinnitus is much better than it was in July and August of last year.
I will continue to post things on here to share what I have found in my research. I do not know everything. Sometimes I will take something in a person's comment and act like it is fact without looking it up. Sometimes, I don't fully read or interpret studies I reference correctly. So do question my claims, as I welcome the opportunity to improve myself and my argument construction.
Lastly, as my last thread saw, some of you think I'd be a good neuroscientist who could help research tinnitus. It is certainly a possibility, but I am not sure if I would want to spend my whole career researching something that is practically the bane of my existence. Still, it will be of interest to me. I like studying drugs and their use on the brain, and if I can increase GABA activity in the Cochlear Nucleus of the brain stem and inhibit hyperactive glutamate release, then maybe we can silence the noise for good.
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