Noise-Induced Tinnitus — No Hope Left for Me

[Rohit Saluja]

I got tinnitus from overuse of headphones at my workplace at lower volume, I am 27 years old and its been one month my tinnitus is getting worse, I don't understand how I got this I used headphones at so much lower time, but the duration was long about 5 hours daily, from lat 30 days, as I am web developer and I used to learn programming language from online videos, everyone learns the same way, but now I couldn't even concentrate to write a code, my future and my career is ruined, I have lost my job, I was about to get married in the next year, my all future planes of life are wasted, no one understands my situation, what I am going through, I couldn't sleep last whole night, struggling from anxiety issues my tinnitus was very high last night, I want to enjoy my life like before but i cannot, all I left is with this noise in my head, i can hear it everywhere, why there is no cure for this, I think i have wasted my life , i am not seeing positive signs, my tinnitus is getting worse and worse, i don't know how to manage this, i can only sleep if i take anti anxiety pills given to me by my doctor in the case I have sleeping troubles, but i don't want to depend on those,

When i get some sleep I didn't hear any noise, after waking up i always have those regretful thought that why i used my headphones so much, why was not aware of this disease, My all good feelings are gone, left with complete depression and anxiety through out the day, I dont know how much time i will take to get habituate with this, i have also tried melatonin supplement but that only gives me three hours of sleep i have tried masking device too but that doesn't work, i have read some of the positive stories online that the people are getting habituated over the period of time, which really gives me some hope to live, otherwise I would have committed suicide up till now, I am now living with the hope that my tinnitus will get settled in the coming months.

 

[Dan RVA]

i have read some of the positive stories online that the people are getting habituated over the period of time, which really gives me some hope to live

I recommend reading Curly's thoughts on t:

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/thread...-go-crazy-from-the-ringing.24697/#post-300909

This is not the end of your life. I think stress is overwhelming you now. Do not be afraid to reach out for medical help to get your stress level down and hopefully let you get a better handle on your t.

You feel terrible now, but be strong. Keep utilizing the resources in the forums, many people have felt the way you do right now, and they rose above it. Their stories have helped me and many others.

Best wishes to you.

Dan

 

[Rohit Saluja]

I recommend reading Curly's thoughts on t:

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/thread...-go-crazy-from-the-ringing.24697/#post-300909

This is not the end of your life. I think stress is overwhelming you now. Do not be afraid to reach out for medical help to get your stress level down and hopefully let you get a better handle on your t.

You feel terrible now, but be strong. Keep utilizing the resources in the forums, many people have felt the way you do right now, and they rose above it. Their stories have helped me and many others.

Best wishes to you.

Dan

Thanks dan it really works my tinitus gets lower when my stress level is down, know i also feels very less negative, this trick really works on me, if i reduces my stress level i can control myself thanks alot. At least know i can think clearly, know i am feeling in control of myself, thanks dan. I hope today i could sleep using masker and trying relaxation.

 

[Bill Bauer]

There is a good chance that you will hear silence again, or at least that your T will fade. Check out the thread below where I summarize everything (24 tips spread over three posts) I learned about managing tinnitus after reading the posts on this forum for the past 11 months
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/thread...itus-recently-this-info-will-be-useful.25741/

 

[jjflyman]

I got tinnitus from overuse of headphones at my workplace at lower volume, I am 27 years old and its been one month my tinnitus is getting worse, I don't understand how I got this I used headphones at so much lower time, but the duration was long about 5 hours daily, from lat 30 days, as I am web developer and I used to learn programming language from online videos, everyone learns the same way, but now I couldn't even concentrate to write a code, my future and my career is ruined, I have lost my job, I was about to get married in the next year, my all future planes of life are wasted, no one understands my situation, what I am going through, I couldn't sleep last whole night, struggling from anxiety issues my tinnitus was very high last night, I want to enjoy my life like before but i cannot, all I left is with this noise in my head, i can hear it everywhere, why there is no cure for this, I think i have wasted my life , i am not seeing positive signs, my tinnitus is getting worse and worse, i don't know how to manage this, i can only sleep if i take anti anxiety pills given to me by my doctor in the case I have sleeping troubles, but i don't want to depend on those,

When i get some sleep I didn't hear any noise, after waking up i always have those regretful thought that why i used my headphones so much, why was not aware of this disease, My all good feelings are gone, left with complete depression and anxiety through out the day, I dont know how much time i will take to get habituate with this, i have also tried melatonin supplement but that only gives me three hours of sleep i have tried masking device too but that doesn't work, i have read some of the positive stories online that the people are getting habituated over the period of time, which really gives me some hope to live, otherwise I would have committed suicide up till now, I am now living with the hope that my tinnitus will get settled in the coming months.

I am a 2 time tinnitus suffer. Both times from acoustic trauma. My first time was 12 years ago and the T faded completely away in about 2 years. This time I am 15 months in (from a concert) and the T has faded about 80+%.
It will take months, but there is great chance your T will resolve itself over time if you stop using headphone and protect your ears from loud noise. I bet 6 months from now you will see a lot of improvement, way way way too early to give up on your T fading.

 

[Rohit Saluja]

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/thread...itus-recently-this-info-will-be-useful.25741/

Thanks bill your post was really helpful, i am feeling better than before, i even watched some videos of youtube from my phone using speaker of phones at lower volume also enjoyed a little bit(i thinks its safe), outside i always wear earplugs, i only have anxiety at the night, at the day time i always track my stress level keep myself relaxed which helps in my mood and noise. Slowly i have learned to manage my tinnitus, These advices are not been given to my docter. Normal people do not understands the situation of a tinnitus sufferer they just say don't worry, don't pay attention to noise.My noise is also down when i learned to relaxed, i have also stated doing meditation 20 minutes. Thanks bill once again. Now my noise doesn't feel like a torture to me, now its like a low pitched sound at the right and back side od my head.

 

[Rohit Saluja]

@jjflyman
Thanks for the reply i hope it fades completely, It feels like its not decreasing but if compare it to before one month there is a decrement of 20-30% of noise i hope it does go away Iiwill protect my ears for the life time, people are so unaware of this problem they are going to clubs, using ear buds all the time, There should be some warning sign on the headphones that i can causes tinnitus even at lower volume, i didn't even heard the word tinnitus before, but now it feels like i have entered some another world . I am feeling very optimistic after reading your message, thanks again.

 

[billie48]

I am now living with the hope that my tinnitus will get settled in the coming months.

Welcome to the forum. You have received excellent advise from some notable, experienced members here. All I can do is to encourage you to continue to stay positive and if you have some setbacks don't panic. Stay the course of positivity which will lower your anxiety and stress level and thereby take away the fuel for T to haunt you. Yes it is nice to have that hope that your tinnitus will settle and most likely you will. There are many members here with multiple conditions besides T ringing, such as vertigo, hyperacusis, ear pain, multi-tone, pulsatile, extremely high pitch (like what I have), and many with T 7/24 w/o break. Yet many of them have habituated or with their T faded to a level they can live a normal, productive life. I share with you below my success story from the total darkness of ultra high pitch T and severe H, from darkness to light. I also include the link to the most read success story on TT where you can learn a simple but effective technique, the 'Back to Silence' story by IWLM. Don't panic nor fear. Good life can be back. Believe it. I hope you will continue to improve. Take care. God bless.

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/thread...w-i-recovered-from-tinnitus-hyperacusis.3148/

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/back-to-silence.7172/

 

[Core2Duo]

You have to forgive yourself and protect your ears. If you do that for sure the tinnitus will get lower and you will be programming as before.

 

[dpdx]

I am a 2 time tinnitus suffer. Both times from acoustic trauma. My first time was 12 years ago and the T faded completely away in about 2 years. This time I am 15 months in (from a concert) and the T has faded about 80+%.
It will take months, but there is great chance your T will resolve itself over time if you stop using headphone and protect your ears from loud noise. I bet 6 months from now you will see a lot of improvement, way way way too early to give up on your T fading.

I am almost 4 months in and I am not seeing things get better, seeing more spikes and i acquired a new sound. I wear earplugs when i go to bars/restaurant. I think moderate sounds are building/accumulating up and causing damage. This spike is 3 days and is not going down. I think the people who got Tinnitus need to protect themselves against hazardous noise. I made dumb decisions of not wearing earplugs at mall/resturant or while outside.

 

[dpdx]

I got tinnitus from overuse of headphones at my workplace at lower volume, I am 27 years old and its been one month my tinnitus is getting worse, I don't understand how I got this I used headphones at so much lower time, but the duration was long about 5 hours daily, from lat 30 days, as I am web developer and I used to learn programming language from online videos, everyone learns the same way, but now I couldn't even concentrate to write a code, my future and my career is ruined, I have lost my job, I was about to get married in the next year, my all future planes of life are wasted, no one understands my situation, what I am going through, I couldn't sleep last whole night, struggling from anxiety issues my tinnitus was very high last night, I want to enjoy my life like before but i cannot, all I left is with this noise in my head, i can hear it everywhere, why there is no cure for this, I think i have wasted my life , i am not seeing positive signs, my tinnitus is getting worse and worse, i don't know how to manage this, i can only sleep if i take anti anxiety pills given to me by my doctor in the case I have sleeping troubles, but i don't want to depend on those,

When i get some sleep I didn't hear any noise, after waking up i always have those regretful thought that why i used my headphones so much, why was not aware of this disease, My all good feelings are gone, left with complete depression and anxiety through out the day, I dont know how much time i will take to get habituate with this, i have also tried melatonin supplement but that only gives me three hours of sleep i have tried masking device too but that doesn't work, i have read some of the positive stories online that the people are getting habituated over the period of time, which really gives me some hope to live, otherwise I would have committed suicide up till now, I am now living with the hope that my tinnitus will get settled in the coming months.

How are you doing? any updates?

 

[John Meyers]

Thanks dan it really works my tinitus gets lower when my stress level is down, know i also feels very less negative, this trick really works on me, if i reduces my stress level i can control myself thanks alot. At least know i can think clearly, know i am feeling in control of myself, thanks dan. I hope today i could sleep using masker and trying relaxation.

Good point Rohit.

When my business is doing well and I am making money, I totally forget about my T. -- It is so important to stay busy and stay away from negative environments/people/habits..

The first year was tough for me but I remind myself that it forces me to eat healthy and exercise (a friend of mine who is my age just passed away a week ago from a heart attack so I remind myself that maybe this is God's way of keeping me healthier.)

 

[john paul]

There has to be a reason why this happens to us in our lives. Im yet to find out the reason but i do feel as though iv been de railed to a new destination because of this T. Iv had a good life so far and always felt blessed in my life and been through ups and downs. I have faith that this is either some sort of yin yan thing at work in my case or some other path to better days. A Neil Young lyric seems quite apt to me when he said 'they give you this, but you pay for that.'

 

[Rohit Saluja]

How are you doing? any updates?

Mine has increase a bit few days earlier i went to restaurant, gets a minor spike there, but over all i am stable now physiologically, but some times misses my past tinnitus free life. In morning some times i feel tinnitus free but at night it at its full. Meditation helps me alot to reduces my strees level.

 

[Christophe_85]

I got tinnitus from overuse of headphones at my workplace at lower volume, I am 27 years old and its been one month my tinnitus is getting worse, I don't understand how I got this I used headphones at so much lower time, but the duration was long about 5 hours daily, from lat 30 days, as I am web developer and I used to learn programming language from online videos, everyone learns the same way, but now I couldn't even concentrate to write a code, my future and my career is ruined, I have lost my job, I was about to get married in the next year, my all future planes of life are wasted, no one understands my situation, what I am going through, I couldn't sleep last whole night, struggling from anxiety issues my tinnitus was very high last night, I want to enjoy my life like before but i cannot, all I left is with this noise in my head, i can hear it everywhere, why there is no cure for this, I think i have wasted my life , i am not seeing positive signs, my tinnitus is getting worse and worse, i don't know how to manage this, i can only sleep if i take anti anxiety pills given to me by my doctor in the case I have sleeping troubles, but i don't want to depend on those,

When i get some sleep I didn't hear any noise, after waking up i always have those regretful thought that why i used my headphones so much, why was not aware of this disease, My all good feelings are gone, left with complete depression and anxiety through out the day, I dont know how much time i will take to get habituate with this, i have also tried melatonin supplement but that only gives me three hours of sleep i have tried masking device too but that doesn't work, i have read some of the positive stories online that the people are getting habituated over the period of time, which really gives me some hope to live, otherwise I would have committed suicide up till now, I am now living with the hope that my tinnitus will get settled in the coming months.

Dear Rohit,

Sorry for you... I know it's very hard to discover that a trouble (invisible one) like this can exist ! Life can be cruel at some point...

I got my Tinnitus 2 weeks before my 30th anniversary ! What a present ! LOL

I take an Anti-Depressant because it was too hard for me to cope with this AND all the other things I had way before Tinnitus ! It was just too much !

I remember at the beginning I also took sleeping pills and anxiety pills... Especially at the beginning it can be very stressful !

I would advice you not to worry too much if you need anxiety pills at least at the beginning ! Or even sleeping pills !

It will not have to be for a long time but just to calm down the stress and get used to your T...

For your Job, I am sure that once you get better you could find something else !

Hang on man ! Here we totally understand you so don't hesitate to write down your story !

 

[Sven]

Mine has increase a bit few days earlier i went to restaurant, gets a minor spike there, but over all i am stable now physiologically, but some times misses my past tinnitus free life. In morning some times i feel tinnitus free but at night it at its full. Meditation helps me alot to reduces my strees level.

Tinnitus free as in it's quiet or tinnitus free as in it doesn't bother you? I have only experienced (imagined?) a few seconds of quiet just when waking up sometimes, but that's the only silence I've heard in almost 20 years.

Glad you're handling it OK, though.

 

[Rohit Saluja]

Tinnitus free as in it's quiet or tinnitus free as in it doesn't bother you?

Sometimes tinnitus goes in background that it feels like tinnitus free until I enter in a quiet room

 

[Rohit Saluja]

Life can be cruel at some point...

I agree with you, I used to ask God sometimes why you chose me. Now I am feeling better than before, I am having 8 hours of good sleep with my masker, all my anxiety and bad feeling are reduced to neutral, tinnitus has also reduced a lot, there are some people whose tinnitus has gone after some years, let's see what happens hope for the best, but I really miss my normal life when I see other people enjoying, today in India there is holi festival all my friends are enjoying and I am stucked at home with my tinnitus.