- Sep 5, 2015
- 718
- Tinnitus Since
- 2015 resolved, 4/20 L ear, increase 2/21
- Cause of Tinnitus
- 2015,noise,2020-21 SNHL
So I had the strangest thing happen last night.
I woke up in the middle night and my tinnitus was really loud. I could hear it over my fan and my noise machines, which I really don't usually do. I remember I got up and went to the bathroom and I could hear it really loudly. I came back to bed and I was unusually calm. And I am not calm! Not at all. Normally hearing it that loudly would send me reaching for my anti anxiety meds.
I have had this for 2 weeks. Minor shift in hearing in left ear - pure tone ring is the worst noise for me.
I'm a side sleeper, and I've been avoiding sleeping on the side of my bad ear for obvious reasons. But I rolled over on that side and just listened to the noise. And I remember I kept telling myself this is your new life. You're going to have to listen to this noise all the time and you are going to have to learn to live with it. But I also remember thinking that I was really perplexed that it was so loud because although I can hear it very loudly in quiet places, it's generally fairly well masked with lots of ambient noise. So I thought it was worsening. And I kept telling myself well you're calm listening to this right now and it's not bothering you that much but you are really going to be upset tomorrow morning when you're fully awake and you realize that this is so loud. And then I thought, if I can't mask it how will I work tomorrow?
I woke up and my tinnitus is at the same level as when I went to bed. I cannot detect it over all the sound in my room.
Has anyone ever had that happen? Could it be that I was having a spike in the middle of the night and it woke me up? Could it be that I dreamt the whole thing?
I felt so real.
Thanks in advance.
I woke up in the middle night and my tinnitus was really loud. I could hear it over my fan and my noise machines, which I really don't usually do. I remember I got up and went to the bathroom and I could hear it really loudly. I came back to bed and I was unusually calm. And I am not calm! Not at all. Normally hearing it that loudly would send me reaching for my anti anxiety meds.
I have had this for 2 weeks. Minor shift in hearing in left ear - pure tone ring is the worst noise for me.
I'm a side sleeper, and I've been avoiding sleeping on the side of my bad ear for obvious reasons. But I rolled over on that side and just listened to the noise. And I remember I kept telling myself this is your new life. You're going to have to listen to this noise all the time and you are going to have to learn to live with it. But I also remember thinking that I was really perplexed that it was so loud because although I can hear it very loudly in quiet places, it's generally fairly well masked with lots of ambient noise. So I thought it was worsening. And I kept telling myself well you're calm listening to this right now and it's not bothering you that much but you are really going to be upset tomorrow morning when you're fully awake and you realize that this is so loud. And then I thought, if I can't mask it how will I work tomorrow?
I woke up and my tinnitus is at the same level as when I went to bed. I cannot detect it over all the sound in my room.
Has anyone ever had that happen? Could it be that I was having a spike in the middle of the night and it woke me up? Could it be that I dreamt the whole thing?
I felt so real.
Thanks in advance.