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I'm not sure how active I'll be here, since I've found dwelling on the ringing makes me anxious, but it'd be nice to put all my thoughts somewhere for once since all my friends with normal ears are sick of hearing about it (pun intended? pun intended.)
I've had tinnitus for as long as I can remember. Family trait. People insist I was born with it, but I grew up in a house that involved a lot of screaming matches and a lot of electric guitar-playing that literally shook the walls, so. Jury's out. Honestly, in a morbid way I think I'm lucky-- I've never heard silence so I can't really miss it.
My tinnitus started off as a quiet high pitched ring in both ears but has gotten much worse and louder since I was a kid; I used loud music to cope and concentrate on schoolwork, so I suspect I might have given myself hearing damage. Now my head's basically a cacophony of low fluctuating rings, tones, and hisses. I'll go through periods of time when I get stressed out about it but for the most part am unbothered as long as there's ambient noise. If you locked me in a silent room for ten minutes I'd lose my mind lmao. Since I'm still young and the ringing is already this bad I'm expecting things to get exponentially worse.
Oh well. One more year of university to slog through. I should probably check in with an audiologist. My school doctor recently diagnosed me with depression, but as of now I'm not on any medications-- does anyone know them to affect their tinnitus in any way?
Bizarre neurological anomaly aside, I study history and sociology, go hiking, write, collect animal bones and insects, take care of a lizard, play Dungeons & Dragons, and formerly did martial arts (stopped due to a leg injury).
Nice to meet you all, I'm sure!
I'm not sure how active I'll be here, since I've found dwelling on the ringing makes me anxious, but it'd be nice to put all my thoughts somewhere for once since all my friends with normal ears are sick of hearing about it (pun intended? pun intended.)
I've had tinnitus for as long as I can remember. Family trait. People insist I was born with it, but I grew up in a house that involved a lot of screaming matches and a lot of electric guitar-playing that literally shook the walls, so. Jury's out. Honestly, in a morbid way I think I'm lucky-- I've never heard silence so I can't really miss it.
My tinnitus started off as a quiet high pitched ring in both ears but has gotten much worse and louder since I was a kid; I used loud music to cope and concentrate on schoolwork, so I suspect I might have given myself hearing damage. Now my head's basically a cacophony of low fluctuating rings, tones, and hisses. I'll go through periods of time when I get stressed out about it but for the most part am unbothered as long as there's ambient noise. If you locked me in a silent room for ten minutes I'd lose my mind lmao. Since I'm still young and the ringing is already this bad I'm expecting things to get exponentially worse.
Oh well. One more year of university to slog through. I should probably check in with an audiologist. My school doctor recently diagnosed me with depression, but as of now I'm not on any medications-- does anyone know them to affect their tinnitus in any way?
Bizarre neurological anomaly aside, I study history and sociology, go hiking, write, collect animal bones and insects, take care of a lizard, play Dungeons & Dragons, and formerly did martial arts (stopped due to a leg injury).
Nice to meet you all, I'm sure!
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