Figure I should introduce myself. My name is Tonya, I'm up in Massachusetts and like most of you suffer from tinnitus. I have actually had it for a long time now, since I think 2012 is when I first noticed it.
However, it has significantly increased in the last few months alone, without any clear cause and neither my primary doctor nor my ENT have found anything that would be causing it. My ears appear to be healthy, my hearing is normal.
This has been particularly difficult for me because I am a professional musician (mainly classical music). I don't listen to music loudly, and as of now I can't find anything I could possibly be doing that has escalated it so significantly in the last few months. I think the hardest point for me was a few weeks ago when I was in a studio (where it is absolutely silent) and the tinnitus was competing with what I was playing on the piano and was basically ruining my enjoyment of playing music.
In the mean time I am trying to remain positive. My therapist who helps me with unrelated trauma issues has suggested I reach out to support groups such as this one to remind myself I'm not alone. Most of the time I think I'm actually not doing too poorly, but other times it feels impossible to ignore. I am only just going to begin to seek out possible therapies for it, and hopefully get some results. In my mind, if I was only able to reduce it by about 50% that would be enough. I look forward to hearing from folks here. Thank you all!
However, it has significantly increased in the last few months alone, without any clear cause and neither my primary doctor nor my ENT have found anything that would be causing it. My ears appear to be healthy, my hearing is normal.
This has been particularly difficult for me because I am a professional musician (mainly classical music). I don't listen to music loudly, and as of now I can't find anything I could possibly be doing that has escalated it so significantly in the last few months. I think the hardest point for me was a few weeks ago when I was in a studio (where it is absolutely silent) and the tinnitus was competing with what I was playing on the piano and was basically ruining my enjoyment of playing music.
In the mean time I am trying to remain positive. My therapist who helps me with unrelated trauma issues has suggested I reach out to support groups such as this one to remind myself I'm not alone. Most of the time I think I'm actually not doing too poorly, but other times it feels impossible to ignore. I am only just going to begin to seek out possible therapies for it, and hopefully get some results. In my mind, if I was only able to reduce it by about 50% that would be enough. I look forward to hearing from folks here. Thank you all!
