Recent content by Cirq

@tina cori, welcome, glad you are doing better! In your initial post, you mentioned bleeding. What kind of bleeding was it? I have loud tinnitus that I’ve gotten used to, though I still get a nosebleed on the left side about every two months. It usually goes on for a while, and I need about...

Hi @delta784, I was in deep depression for two years, mostly in my bedroom. During the first year of tinnitus, I tried to keep living and working, but depression slowly wrapped its vines around me. After three years, I was lying in bed looking at the nice weather and thought, “I can’t do this...

Hi @wwmendenhall, Great advice, this place is full of experience and wisdom. I agree, rest is critical no matter how you get it. Personally, Ambien was my best medication. I tried many others, but most made me groggy. You are trying to get back to normal, and the lack of sleep is disruptive to...

Hi @katekat, I only just now realized I had been experiencing hyperacusis, though it was never formally diagnosed. After a year with tinnitus, sounds that normally would not bother me were suddenly making life unbearable. At first, I thought the electric sounds I was hearing were coming from...

I agree. Your quote effectively sums up the politics on both sides and the coverage.

I came out of a deep depression caused by tinnitus. After I pulled myself out of that depression, the tinnitus did not bother me as much. It is still there, but I ignore it.

I am not a fan of anyone. I state my opinion, and you state yours. Your opinion is that I should not be a fan of his, but I never said I was.

@UKBloke, during my three years with tinnitus and depression, I will be very honest: I wanted to leave this world. You mentioned the suicides. It makes us all so sad. Many of us have been there or are there now. This is real. The problem is that if you do not have tinnitus, you do not know what...

It is, actually. Sorry, you may have Googled it like I did. I assumed it wasn’t, since insurance won’t cover it. My bad. It was granted FDA approval through a De Novo pathway in March 2023. I’ve been wrong more often than I’ve been right. I’m not sure how that connects to insurance not...

@Yellowblue44, you spoke of picking up your daughter from school. I took my nephew to school for most of his life—I raised him. I picked him up along with his grandmother as well. That privilege was taken away by tinnitus, and then depression. I would struggle to pick him up at high school while...

@Jammer, yes, the cost stopped me from trying Lenire. A well-known audiologist told me to get a referral from the VA. I got the referral, but then he told me that my insurance, or any insurance, would not cover it. I would also have to take yet another ear test for $550, an extensive one. I was...

am not positive that stress caused my tinnitus. The blood in the eye makes me believe there may have been something else going on. The shock of the breakup probably opened the door, and I think I had a mental breakdown. Being blindsided with no preparation, my body shut down at first. I could...

@Sonia554, hi, no, it was a stressful event. First, I had the blood in my eye, and then about a week or two later, I went through a breakup. The shock of it sent my body into a tailspin. I was already fighting mentally to deal with everything, and then tinnitus hit me. That’s when the struggle...

@Strife_84, you’re right, they only take cash, the audiologists who offer it. I wonder why. I tried the pulsating bracelet, $250 a month, and it didn’t do anything. Audiologists know people with tinnitus are desperate. In my case, I couldn’t even afford the initial exam. The audiologist told me...

Remission means it is gone or there is very little. I had three years of this hell and very little sleep. Like everyone else, I had thoughts of leaving this earth. Lying around depressed with nothing but bad thoughts tends to lead to planning. How can I get away from this pain, with no hope or...