- Feb 23, 2021
- 3
- Tinnitus Since
- 2018
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Traumatic Brain Injury. Craniotomy & Craniectomy surgeries
My journey with tinnitus started in 2018 when I was involved in a motorcycle accident which caused a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury). This resulted me to have two brain surgeries done craniotomy & craniectomy. I'm going to have another craniectomy again after this COVID-19 thing ends.
Tinnitus has made my life difficult in so many ways that I am starting to lose hope in getting better.
All doctors say the same thing "there's no treatment you have to live with it" This answer never helps to hear. It took an entire year for me to get used to this constant ringing noise in my left ear/head but I was never able to cope with it. I just went along with it.
It has gotten worse and it's affecting my everyday life activities. I can no longer study for my classes (I'm a premed student) I cannot concentrate, I cannot withhold information as this ringing has my brain occupied 24/7. Is this what life is going to be for me for the rest of my life... I can't do it, I won't live like this.
It upsets me even more because trying to explaining this to my doctors, friends, or anyone is difficult because no one understand it. I get this sense that people think I'm making this up. It's really demeaning. I don't wish this on anyone. It is the worst thing that I have endured in my 27 years of life and I've been through a lot.
I don't know what silence is anymore and I'm seeking silence. I want silence. Nothing helps, I've tried everything. White noise, vitamins, cardiovascular exercise, walking etc. nothing works.
Tinnitus has made my life difficult in so many ways that I am starting to lose hope in getting better.
All doctors say the same thing "there's no treatment you have to live with it" This answer never helps to hear. It took an entire year for me to get used to this constant ringing noise in my left ear/head but I was never able to cope with it. I just went along with it.
It has gotten worse and it's affecting my everyday life activities. I can no longer study for my classes (I'm a premed student) I cannot concentrate, I cannot withhold information as this ringing has my brain occupied 24/7. Is this what life is going to be for me for the rest of my life... I can't do it, I won't live like this.
It upsets me even more because trying to explaining this to my doctors, friends, or anyone is difficult because no one understand it. I get this sense that people think I'm making this up. It's really demeaning. I don't wish this on anyone. It is the worst thing that I have endured in my 27 years of life and I've been through a lot.
I don't know what silence is anymore and I'm seeking silence. I want silence. Nothing helps, I've tried everything. White noise, vitamins, cardiovascular exercise, walking etc. nothing works.