MemberHello, folks. I don't know who is still here among those I know well. I don't come here much anymore, and if I'm going to be perfectly honest, I never thought I'd post in this part of the forum.
This is sort of my signing off permanently post, as I doubt I will post much after this. Initially, I wanted to hold a post in this section until I was 100% cured, but what the hell... I'm feeling generous and like sharing.
In the last year, I've spent a great deal of time doing physical therapies in the form of building my body, losing weight, and such in the gym. I've also spent a great deal of time doing stretching exercises. I cannot overstate how much this has transformed my tinnitus. Turns out I was about as stiff as a plank, and almost every part of my body needed a long stretch for about 50,000 years. I've come to believe that at least 40-50% of my tinnitus is muscular. I still can't manipulate it by touching my face, but OH BOI, can I manipulate it by working out and stretching my legs/neck, etc?
Since I'm nearly six years into tinnitus, I've also acquired a great deal of knowledge and wisdom about how to work around my tinnitus, what to avoid, when to protect, how much, etc. This keeps me from falling into the worst traps, and I feel like I'm a bit of a pro with this now. I'm a tinnitus veteran talking here.
The most important is to acknowledge the marriage of the physical with the psychological and restore a balance to your brain and soul. For people who have had tinnitus for more than three months, I've come to believe it's something more than a hearing issue. If you gain 40-50 kg over ten years and one day you look in the mirror and feel shocked, this weight will not come off in a year. You did a lot of stuff to get to that place. It's sort of the same with tinnitus; it's probably been a process and many of you people have been in a bad place for a long time before tinnitus struck (not all, of course). The point is that you have to adjust your expectations in terms of the timeline and start doing the stuff required to unwind all that stress, muscular knots, and what have you that's been building for a decade. I agree that sometimes, it's actually a serious hearing issue or something inside your cochlea; at least, that cannot simply be fixed by doing Yoga. That is absolutely true, but I also believe most people will benefit from Occam's razor if you catch my drift.
I wanted to say that today, my tinnitus was at a 0.5 on the scale. Probably even lower. The annoying *tone* that goes on and on was all but gone, and I could hear nothing but a faint crackling. It was almost inaudible. It's the lowest tinnitus I've ever had. While I would jump up and down, laugh, and cry, I'm not doing that. Instead, I'm smiling on the inside and taking it as proof that what I'm doing is working, and I *CAN GET RID OF THIS*. Besides, a 0.5... I could read a book with this. I could immerse myself in any activity of my choosing and not feel too bothered by tinnitus at this level. It's possible, guys. You all know me; you know how this has been for me. You remember my agony. And now I'm here. I put in a lot of work. I found a lot of things that worked for me. And I'm going to continue doing this.
I was going to make a sort of "guide" to new people on what to do and not do, but I'm a little busy right now (I'm packing because I'm moving to a new place in two days, surrounded by banana boxes here), so it will have to be later. If anyone wants something like that, I'm willing to give back to the community that way before I probably take off for good.
If anyone has any questions, I'll stick around for a bit to answer them. I hope you're all doing better. I will probably check the forums every three months or so for treatments in the Research News sections, but I'm confident now that it's possible to love yourself back to life and fight this effing sound. The hardest part was getting to a place where I could even fight.
This is sort of my signing off permanently post, as I doubt I will post much after this. Initially, I wanted to hold a post in this section until I was 100% cured, but what the hell... I'm feeling generous and like sharing.
In the last year, I've spent a great deal of time doing physical therapies in the form of building my body, losing weight, and such in the gym. I've also spent a great deal of time doing stretching exercises. I cannot overstate how much this has transformed my tinnitus. Turns out I was about as stiff as a plank, and almost every part of my body needed a long stretch for about 50,000 years. I've come to believe that at least 40-50% of my tinnitus is muscular. I still can't manipulate it by touching my face, but OH BOI, can I manipulate it by working out and stretching my legs/neck, etc?
Since I'm nearly six years into tinnitus, I've also acquired a great deal of knowledge and wisdom about how to work around my tinnitus, what to avoid, when to protect, how much, etc. This keeps me from falling into the worst traps, and I feel like I'm a bit of a pro with this now. I'm a tinnitus veteran talking here.
The most important is to acknowledge the marriage of the physical with the psychological and restore a balance to your brain and soul. For people who have had tinnitus for more than three months, I've come to believe it's something more than a hearing issue. If you gain 40-50 kg over ten years and one day you look in the mirror and feel shocked, this weight will not come off in a year. You did a lot of stuff to get to that place. It's sort of the same with tinnitus; it's probably been a process and many of you people have been in a bad place for a long time before tinnitus struck (not all, of course). The point is that you have to adjust your expectations in terms of the timeline and start doing the stuff required to unwind all that stress, muscular knots, and what have you that's been building for a decade. I agree that sometimes, it's actually a serious hearing issue or something inside your cochlea; at least, that cannot simply be fixed by doing Yoga. That is absolutely true, but I also believe most people will benefit from Occam's razor if you catch my drift.
I wanted to say that today, my tinnitus was at a 0.5 on the scale. Probably even lower. The annoying *tone* that goes on and on was all but gone, and I could hear nothing but a faint crackling. It was almost inaudible. It's the lowest tinnitus I've ever had. While I would jump up and down, laugh, and cry, I'm not doing that. Instead, I'm smiling on the inside and taking it as proof that what I'm doing is working, and I *CAN GET RID OF THIS*. Besides, a 0.5... I could read a book with this. I could immerse myself in any activity of my choosing and not feel too bothered by tinnitus at this level. It's possible, guys. You all know me; you know how this has been for me. You remember my agony. And now I'm here. I put in a lot of work. I found a lot of things that worked for me. And I'm going to continue doing this.
I was going to make a sort of "guide" to new people on what to do and not do, but I'm a little busy right now (I'm packing because I'm moving to a new place in two days, surrounded by banana boxes here), so it will have to be later. If anyone wants something like that, I'm willing to give back to the community that way before I probably take off for good.
If anyone has any questions, I'll stick around for a bit to answer them. I hope you're all doing better. I will probably check the forums every three months or so for treatments in the Research News sections, but I'm confident now that it's possible to love yourself back to life and fight this effing sound. The hardest part was getting to a place where I could even fight.
