BrOKeN_1

I understand.

Its amazing what we can endure. Kind of … Yes. As I type this I am in my basement while my daughter is having her 8th break down of the day. Yelling and screaming for 15 min. I’m on life level 11 out of 10.

You should get a cat. Then the first thing you'll focus on the in the morning, is the annoying thing walking all over you and bothering you to feed it. =D

@BrOKeN_1 rinse and repeat! ❤️ We're gonna make it!

Yes, this has been my life since getting “T”

Every time I walk into the gas station that happens to me. Goes away immediately after I walk out. It's wierd

@SharonBell I have TMJ. Same symptoms. Aggravates tinnitus big time. I am a big clencher. It can change the nature and frequency of Tinnitus. Getting a night guard. I would look into it.

Hyperacusis basically means your are oversensitive to ("everyday") sounds. Your tolerance of sound levels are not as they should be. It could be loudness h, pain h, or both, and a lot in between this... I suggest you do some searches on the forum about it @SharonBell to get more insight.

Hey @SharonBell I think you are posting inside my profile. Every time you post it is tagging me. There are others here that may have alot better advice. Especially for hyperacusis.

Ok thanks.

I'm here. Been doing okay this week.

Your T hasn’t been bad? Mine has been terrible the same as usual.

My T is I say a 7/10 but I'm not crying all day everyday this week so that's a win.

No. My T started around the 20th of Oct 2020. I've only been using trazadone for around 2 months because I went through a massive spike that caused really bad insomnia.

ok i was just checking

@BrOKeN_1. How are you? Been off for a while. Was doing pretty good and then ended up with another inexplicable spike. Friends took me to dinner at a loud restaurant but I had my custom-made earplugs in. Been dealing with an ailing parent I’m sure the stress and lack of sleep isn’t helping. Now have reactive tinnitus. So much fun not being able to mask. Hope you’re doing OK

@Forever hopeful Sry to hear you are having trouble masking. That stress can really be a SOB. I've pretty much quit trying at this point. Besides the shower nothing works. Luckily I've been able to sleep more then 3 hours a night lately so I'm doing ok. I'm probably as habituated as I'm gonna get so I'm just working on acceptance. One day at a time :)

Broken do you have hyperacusis? I was hoping someone could explain it to me.

https://youtu.be/5-UWXylsgag?si=XflfokSA_N8ZNmb- pretty darn close.. I like the storm sounds on yours

:)

At first sound therapy was so annoying. Still had to use it to sleep. Now can’t sleep without it. I was thinking of getting in ear noise generators but now all noises beginning to cause spikes. Round and round we go :)

@BrOKeN_1... 3 years... Have it improved at all over these 3 years? Tell me it did...

Haha, what?!

Lol.. Pink Floyd.

The Wall.

I know that when I started Wellbutrin, or whenever my dosage was increased, I would have terrible sleep for a few weeks.

I've resisted ADs. No Tradozone, Zoloft, Mirt, Clomipramine, I was prescribed. Bought all of them, and just put away. I am still too scared but I wonder if I should relent.

That's for sure. Was increased anxiety one of the side effects?

@RunningMan Yep. Although it can be difficult to blame the anxiety on the AD or the increased perception of T. Have to ride it out now.

❤️

Love it. Wish you well always.

You will feel much better soon I am sure. The meds can be a life safer. Hope you feel better very soon.

@Ryan Scott fluoxetine (aka prozac) low dose 10mg. Hopefully they get to work and I don't have to bump up.

@4Grace definitely.. I'm pretty sure if successful I'll commit to staying on them long term. At least until there is a sufficient treatment for my type of tinnitus. Which I'm 99.9% sure is the culprit!

@BrOKeN_1 I had to go back on meds too. Now I don’t know if it’s the Meds making me worse. Every time I go on them it’s because I can’t take it anymore. Then when I go on them and begin to feel better I want to come off. Afraid it’s making T worse. I am sure this back and forth not good.

@4Grace yea.. I came off the meds in May thinking I was feeling much better and I could handle going it alone. But for some reason my tolerance took a nose dive nearly 2 weeks ago and now I'm in getting used to the meds agian shit cycle. Emotions are flowing.

@BrOKeN_1 - so sorry to hear that… I know how you feel - The irony that the meds we need to survive can make the condition we suffer from worse is the glaze on the cherry that sits on top of the icing on the cake.

I know it. I'm sorry. =(

@SarahMLFlemmer A little tounge in cheek humor.. not to be confused with real humor ;)

Same! There was one in my garage! He left. I'm sad, lol.

Were not for Your anguish of Tinnitus I would let the little Diva sing anyway, I like the songs, on a similar note they are supposed to be good luck.

Amen to that broken_1.. i tell myself every day.. time is a healer

@kingsfan you and me both brother. My tolerance has gone to shit this week. Anxiety is spiking. And I'm contemplating getting back on the meds after 6 months of being free of them. But enough about me.. sorry to hear your having a rough go all around at the moment.

I know exactly what you mean. It just goes against the very core of the human soul to accept or even adapt to this. Of course we want silence.

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