Depression, insomnia and anxiety can also bring on or increase tinnitus severity.
Poor mental health killed him. Being in a compromised mental state is the prelude to drastic actions.
I have had tinnitus for 15 years. It has been extremely severe for 8 months. I know the struggle, I know not being able to get out of bed, I know not being able to even talk, I know not being able to sleep for days on end. I know not being able to talk to my partner because I can't hear her over the tinnitus that overpowers the cicadas in an Australian summer. I know the feeling of not knowing if I can go on is like.
Don't accuse someone of being ''new to tinnitus'' because they can subjectively state possible reasons that could lead to a passing. Tinnitus is a nightmare, tinnitus can be absolutely crippling. I understand, I do. All I'm saying is that there are plenty of other factors that can contribute to someone's demise who has tinnitus.
Don't rule that out.
Ruben's thread title literally says that tinnitus wears you down and causes other illnesses.
Why would you go out of your way to come up with some other explanations or turn it around and blame poor mental health as the cause? There's very little left here for interpretation from what I can see.
What is sad how often friends, families, medical professionals and authorities completely disregard tinnitus in the chain of reaction. Look, it's just a sound, how can it create such crippling misery and wear you down so completely that you can't face another day and wait for better times? It must be poor mental health, because the mentally strong ones can live with any kind of tinnitus! If only he had been referred to TRT, in-ear maskers and SSRIs.
What is even more sad is when fellow sufferers do the same; they are the ones who should understand and scream from the rooftops that this noise is just not a noise, it can make life so miserable and difficult that it's not worth living anymore. It can cause such a cascade of effects that are inhumane to withstand.
To see a fellow sufferer saying that Ruben's demise was down to poor mental health rather than his tinnitus being the catalyst and ultimate cause is heartbreaking, and evidence what kind of battle we're facing here, when our own can see matters like this, further diluting the grave seriousness of the condition. Tinnitus is evil in so many ways, not least how you have to raise awareness among your goddamn own. And even that is often fruitless - or worse, where you end up being called toxic and negative. God forbid we have a "Suicidal" thread, how much sh*t have we got from that? Because some people think we should only allow positive posts and sunshine and rainbows. It boggles the mind!
I feel sad for the fact that when someone with debilitating tinnitus is considering taking their life, they most likely know that they'll be seen by others as mentally fragile and weak, rather than being celebrated for dealing with severe tinnitus for however long they dealt with it, and rallying for more research and better treatments.
This sucks. Over and out.
My heartfelt condolences to Ruben's family and friends.
P.S. Don't get me started on hyperacusis or noxacusis; that's something that adds its own extreme level of difficulty, and at its worst you can't even surround yourself with any kind of sound enrichment, you live your life homebound and the slightest of noises give you agonizing pain.
there is only so much a person can take.
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