This Is Why We Need a Cure: Mother Who Suffered Tinnitus Took Her Own Life, Inquest Hears

[Terrel]

@Terrel ,
A basic pain medication will sort out the pressure and pain and see how you are tomorrow.
ETD is diagnosed better with a tiny camera up your nose so he might be guessing.
If your BP is ok have a blood test to rule out anemia.
Nose spray will clear tubes but not dizziness if it's inner ear trouble.
Labyrinthitus, Hydrops,Early Menieres only time will tell so keep a log of your symptoms.
A virus through ear infection or throat infection could have caused Labyrinthitus but that would clear up with medication so you can rule that out if you keep getting it in months to come if have no infection.
love glynis
get bloods done for inflammatory markers and iron.
love glynis

I also forgot to mention that I have impacted wisdom teeth, I think that's a huge red flag

 

[Wolfears]

This is a misconception many have here. Positivity or negativity WILL NOT make a difference or speed up the research process. I doubt a cure will come here faster, because we are either positive or negative. Tinnitus is a serious issue, no doubt. It can ruin lives and set us back. I been at this for a long time and know that this is a reality.

Tinnitus can be caused my many different factors. It's related to how the brain works and functions. This is a VERY complex matter and not very easy to figure out. I want you folks to read what @Greg Sacramento writes. Maybe read what I write. All of us on this site face tinnitus every second of our lives. I am sorry that there is no cure right now. I don't know if one will come tomorrow. HOPEFULLY one will come before I leave this planet....

I am all for pushing for a cure, I have wanted it for 30 years. I have NOT been advocating positivity on a forum for 30 years, so it makes no difference. What is here is here, reality is reality. I am simply telling you folks to live your lives. I was in the gym and doing my treadmill. I have developed arthritis in my toes now. It hurts that damn much. My tinnitus was LOUD and intrusive as usual. My whole body felt like it was going to collapse. I was in that much pain. I still finished my treadmill routine and left.

Since there is no cure right now. Should we just stop living? You folks tell me this. I will not stop living because these damn ears ring. By me stopping my life or living my live makes NO DIFFERENCE.......in how fast a cure will come or not. It's up to you good people to decided, but I make the choice to live and try to enjoy the one life I have.....

Always keep fighting the good battle my friends.....Bless All

I have no problem with someone trying to live their life with tinnitus if they can..not at all.
But at the same time we need to realize the ugly truth, that there is a point (and a volume level) at which life is no longer livable..no matter how hard someone might be trying.

I admire you for being able to carry on like that for so long..I honestly do, but EVERYONE has a breaking point bro...including yourself...
It's just that you haven't reached it yet.

I'm willing to bet that if your tinnitus volume had suddenly doubled or trippled, you would be there as well...no matter how tough you are (and I know youre a tough cookie for sure).

 

[fishbone]

I have no problem with someone trying to live their life with tinnitus if they can..not at all.
But at the same time we need to realize the ugly truth, that there is a point (and a volume level) at which life is no longer livable..no matter how hard someone might be trying.

I admire you for being able to carry on like that for so long..I honestly do, but EVERYONE has a breaking point bro...including yourself...
It's just that you haven't reached it yet.

I'm willing to bet that if your tinnitus volume had suddenly doubled or trippled, you would be there as well...no matter how tough you are (and I know youre a tough cookie for sure).

I appreciate your kind words. I have had many breaking points in my life. I have had issues/moments of saying "noise go away, go away, please go away." No one has supported me, on my tinnitus journey. I use to be very angry, because of the noise. I seen it my friend, I have felt it. I live it. I would say that my tinnitus, has gotten worst since I started this new martial arts. I been at this new system for 2 years and my ringing is louder for sure. I started it with no ear plugs, now I wear one in my left ear (very bad ear)

When my blood pressure was very high , it got even more hellish. Most of the times I tough it out and pay no mind to this BEAST that wants to slay me and OWN me. There are times that I need to wear my hearing aids, to listen to the ocean sounds. I need some other noise for the mind/brain to hear along with the crappy LOUD EEEEEEeeeeeeEEEE that blasts out of my brain 24-7. When life pushes you hard and your back is against the wall, you have to fight back but be smart and not emotionally drown yourself.

I am hardend by the life that I have seen and the pain I have felt and still today. My whole body has been in more pain lately (I suffer from fibro/arthritis). It has gotten bad that now my toes are in pain too. I was so in so much pain earlier, that I was going to just take a shower and lay down. I took a shower for 15 minutes in warm water and then I said that I will not let my pain stop me. I got out the shower, got my martial arts uniform on, put on 2 pairs of socks on the painful foot. I had pain all over and a massive headache with it at the same time and this garbage/loud monster that rings from hell 24-7. I went to training even with my pain. Pain all over my body, loud ringing and headaches...I still went and did what I had to do...

My tolerance for pain is higher than most, but trust me my life is not what most would endure.....

I joggle all this and I have sick dogs that need to be rushed to ER, even when I can barely move off the bed or walk. I'd take tinnitus over the body pain and headaches I face any time. I do not pop tylenols or take pills either.......

I have no support. No one supports me or comforts me. It's just me and my will to be a fighter and not let ADVERSITY win and crush me......

In the end I WILL ALWAYS WIN!!!!!

Bless all that suffer

 

[robHing]

@fishbone Thank you for encouraging words. God bless you !

 

[David077]

"she had been taking anti-depressants for anxiety and had recently begun to suffer from tinnitus."

Probably what caused her tinnitus.

 

[Fangen]

Usually, it is some kind of catalyst (usually a negative event or new/more stress into your life) that sets off the suicidal plans. You can have contemplated suicide before and for a long time, but something usually triggers something in them that can cause them to impulsive and give into the "heat of the moment". Basically, they know they will commit suicide someday, what that day is usually not decided, it's just something that they do when "opportunity" arises. My sister had years, we're talking about almost a decade, of depression and OCD related anxiety, but it was her recent break up with her boyfriend that set it off. It wasn't because of him, it was just that she finally felt some happiness and hope in life, and when she realized it was over, she couldn't see the light anymore. A break-up sucks, but few of us take our lives because of it, even if it sometimes hurts a lot. It was just something she couldn't handle on top of everything else.

My sister had kept journals and written suicide notes with how her funeral would be, some wishes, she left several letters to her friends, practical notes about log-ins and what bills she needed to have paid after she was dead etc. So she had planned to die for a while, but she had not decided it would be that day. I think she had been drinking a bit and probably been intoxicated and felt very emotional and then went through with it.
My point is, this woman (bless her soul and may she find peace), had a history of depression and stress from tinnitus, but the divorce and all, was adding to this, and it is a mix of everything that led to her sad passing, rather that tinnitus was the sole reason she decided to not live anymore.

 

[David077]

@Fangen, Sorry for your sister.

I'm sure tinnitus was the sole reason that women decided to commit suicide, but according to many facts these drugs cause tinnitus, so I believe her tinnitus is the reason of anti-depressants.

Many doctors prescribes anti-depressants for anxiety and even for OCD instead of offering CBT, that is an erroneous tactic of treating mental issues and profitable monopoly business of a pharmaceutical companies.

You take one drug to cure side effect of another drug, very smart!

It is very simple because most psychiatrists are actually people with medium IQ <= 120 who have not been able to get accepted to another medical practice, they prescribes to patients any shit that they learned in university, this goes to hand of pharmaceutical companies to use these "not too much intellectual" doctors like as their "agents". I guess, since my ex girlfriend has studied psychiatric medicine.

 

[dingaling]

Sad story but odd that the headline only mentions tinnitus. Did you read the article? It mentions tinnitus once and instead repeatedly mentions that she was having trouble coping following her divorce, that she had not been the same since the divorce. That the divorce was a "significant thing in her life that really upset her." She began taking antidepressants as a result of anxiety from the divorce and then experienced tinnitus.

Divorce can be incredibly difficult. I wish comfort for her loved ones, especially her children.

We absolutely need a cure for tinnitus, but we also need better mental healthcare to help people who are struggling with anxiety, depression or coping with significant life changes.

Indeed, as sad as it is, how do we know that her divorce and anxiety weren't the main contributary factors in her decision to end it all?

 

[Fangen]

@Fangen, Sorry for your sister.

I'm sure tinnitus was the sole reason that women decided to commit suicide, but according to many facts these drugs cause tinnitus, so I believe her tinnitus is the reason of anti-depressants.

Many doctors prescribes anti-depressants for anxiety and even for OCD instead of offering CBT, that is an erroneous tactic of treating mental issues and profitable monopoly business of a pharmaceutical companies.

You take one drug to cure side effect of another drug, very smart!

It is very simple because most psychiatrists are actually people with medium IQ <= 120 who have not been able to get accepted to another medical practice, they prescribes to patients any shit that they learned in university, this goes to hand of pharmaceutical companies to use these "not too much intellectual" doctors like as their "agents". I guess, since my ex girlfriend has studied psychiatric medicine.

I disagree with your statement but it doesn't really matter because the only person who knows is the woman herself.
What you talk about doctor's prescribing anti-depressants left and right depends a lot where you live. I would assume this is very true for e.g the US while in my country it is almost the opposite. You'll get some very, very light and non-addictive anxiety pills if it is very bad but only for a limited time, but mainly you are sent to get therapy as a mean of help. Now, this has to lead to some very long waiting time (and the lack of enough therapists) and this has caused people to feel helpless and unwanted because you cannot wait months for one appointment. I am not sure about what you talk about in terms of IQ and psychiatrists, just because you have a high IQ does not mean you are somehow better at your job if it involves working with people, I believe empathy and being able to influence and be compassionate to be more important. Talking to a "smart" doctor that is ice-cold in his or her way of speaking to you is going to make you feel worse than someone that is compassionate and give you a sense that they see you and care about you.

 

[David077]

@Fangen, if so, I would like to live in your country. It does not matter which IQ level I have, it's very important which IQ level have psychiatrists, because or they prescribe you drugs like robot, or they analyze all your symptoms and decide which drug more suitable for right chemicals balance and processes in your brain.