Oh I see, do you feel like you've lost more hearing since your onset? Or just developed new sounds.
I've never flown in my life, I'd be scared to death to fly especially now. I hope it does work out for ya alue, it feels like you on to big things in your life, if it gets to loud whenever and wherever you're at do the best you can man. I have a battery operated chainsaw now that's not as loud and managed to stay away from the god awful chipper. But the inevitable day I have to fire up the big saw will come eventually. Then I don't know what will happen. I've just lost so much hearing so fast in less than a year my tinnitus has gotten really bad.
Yeah, I've never flown, ever. I'd rather drive I suppose. I've also never been to a concert either in my life, it's ok, I said it. Lol.Never flown? I flew last month and a number of times in 2016. It's alright as long as you can equalize your ears. Earplugs and earmuffs seem to block out enough sound, and I try to sit towards the front where it's quieter.
Personally, I'd be more afraid of using a chainsaw than flying. I tried using a sawzall to cut some branches and even that gave me a temporary spike despite wearing earmuffs and plugs. I think it was the vibrations as much as the sound. It was only a temporary louder in the evening spike, though.
I would avoid the wood chipper too! I just looked it up and it's a constant 110 decibels.
I wish you the best too.
I don't know if it's my work or if I have something else going on. But this past year I've lost a lot of decibels which has made my tinnitus way louder.
Alue, it's gotten much better! Yesterday it was a bit too intrusive for my comfort level, but the prior 5 or 6 days it barely bothered me at all. Once in a while during the day if I left my work table and got up to do something, it would increase in volume a bit. However, my tinnitus is nowhere near the level as it was in the first couple years, and especially the first six to eight months were horrid.
It has taken a long time to get to this point, though. I started the ACRN and intermittent fasting in March 2016 and April 2016, respectively. I don't think it's habituation, because nothing changed very much before then. After the first 6 to 8 months in 2014, it had remained fairly constant at a 7 to 8 out of 10, and occasionally dropping lower than that. The ACRN gave me the first signs of true improvement.
I understand a little about anhedonia. I think maybe you do have the emotions but they're blunted and not rising to a conscious level. Just from my point of view, the emotions that still come through in your posts are apprehension and frustration. So you could say, "I hear the tinnitus and I feel apprehensive." I always add why I feel what I feel. For example, "I hear my tinnitus and I feel annoyed because I want to enjoy this walk with my dog." Maybe you could say, "I hear my tinnitus and I feel frustrated because I want to concentrate on my work." I think that makes the prefrontal cortex a bit more involved in the process.
The Back to Silence method can take a long time if your limbic system has become too "attached" to your tinnitus, but I found that if I stick with it, it does make a bit of difference.
I hope this helps.
That's what happened to me and reading posts here I realized that it's not that common. For example @Alue developed a new tone after 2 years. I got many weird tones during this first one. How did you get your t @DebInAustralia ? I understand @Alue post and the need to vent. I don't relate to the success stories that much. Tinnitus is a really life changing thing. At this point I feel that some days I cope and some days I don't. All in all a little bit better, but far away from habituation, as I really can't see how somebody can resume doing all the things like before with no risks.
ACRN isn't residual inhibition. It takes advantage of brain plasticity to "rewire" the neurons so they don't fire in synchrony.
RI doesn't really work for me. I tried Hush Tinnitus but it wasn't something I could listen to. My T is now to the point where I don't need masking except maybe every 3 months or so, and that's only because I get too annoyed by it, not because it goes up to 8 or 9 out of 10 like it did in the beginning.
Have you considered audio notch therapy? I tried it and didn't stick with it because I can't listen to music and concentrate on work, but it also has sound science behind it.
I've got to get to work, and will check back later today.
I don't know if audio notch would work for 14kHz tinnitus.
ACRN isn't residual inhibition. It takes advantage of brain plasticity to "rewire" the neurons so they don't fire in synchrony.
RI doesn't really work for me. I tried Hush Tinnitus but it wasn't something I could listen to. My T is now to the point where I don't need masking except maybe every 3 months or so, and that's only because I get too annoyed by it, not because it goes up to 8 or 9 out of 10 like it did in the beginning.
Have you considered audio notch therapy? I tried it and didn't stick with it because I can't listen to music and concentrate on work, but it also has sound science behind it.
I've got to get to work, and will check back later today.
I don't know if audio notch would work for 14kHz tinnitus.
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